diff --git a/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs b/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs
index 6de6cb6..2e06485 100755
--- a/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs
@@ -152,15 +152,8 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     public bool ShowTitleBar = true;
     public bool ShowPopOutTitleBar = true;
     public bool DatabaseBattleMessages;
-    // Load previously stored messages back into the tabs on plugin start
-    // so a /tell or party conversation picks up where it left off after
-    // a crash, restart or character switch. Default ON because the
-    // privacy filter already gates which channels go into the store at
-    // all; loading what is in there is not an additional privacy cost.
-    // Users can flip this off in Datenbank → Speicherung if they prefer
-    // every session to start with empty tabs.
-    public bool LoadPreviousSession = true;
-    public bool FilterIncludePreviousSessions = true;
+    public bool LoadPreviousSession;
+    public bool FilterIncludePreviousSessions;
     public bool SortAutoTranslate;
     public bool CollapseDuplicateMessages;
     public bool CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
diff --git a/ChatTwo/Util/TabsUtil.cs b/ChatTwo/Util/TabsUtil.cs
index b143a5c..01cb838 100755
--- a/ChatTwo/Util/TabsUtil.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Util/TabsUtil.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ public static class TabsUtil
             [ChatType.LootNotice] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
             [ChatType.LootRoll] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
         },
-        Channel = InputChannel.Party,
+        // No automatic input-channel switch; the Gruppe tab is a read
+        // surface that pulls in Party, CrossParty, Alliance and PvpTeam
+        // together. Auto-routing /party into this tab would surprise the
+        // user when they actually wanted /alliance or /pvpteam.
     };
 
     public static Tab HellionBeginner => new()