diff --git a/src/FactSystem/Fact.cc b/src/FactSystem/Fact.cc
index 83fe83e9223ba126e333c3ea5a1a460e086e642f..8d882983789fec0def448f3f36cdc142ce906bcd 100644
--- a/src/FactSystem/Fact.cc
+++ b/src/FactSystem/Fact.cc
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-
-/// @file
-///     @author Don Gagne <don@thegagnes.com>
-
 #include "Fact.h"
 #include "QGCMAVLink.h"
+#include "QGCApplication.h"
+#include "QGCCorePlugin.h"
 
 #include <QtQml>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
@@ -50,6 +48,21 @@ Fact::Fact(int componentId, QString name, FactMetaData::ValueType_t type, QObjec
     QQmlEngine::setObjectOwnership(this, QQmlEngine::CppOwnership);
 }
 
+Fact::Fact(FactMetaData* metaData, QObject* parent)
+    : QObject(parent)
+    , _name                     (metaData->name())
+    , _componentId              (0)
+    , _rawValue                 (0)
+    , _type                     (metaData->type())
+    , _metaData                 (NULL)
+    , _sendValueChangedSignals  (true)
+    , _deferredValueChangeSignal(false)
+{
+    // Allow core plugin a chance to override the default value
+    qgcApp()->toolbox()->corePlugin()->adjustSettingMetaData(*metaData);
+    setMetaData(metaData, true /* setDefaultFromMetaData */);
+}
+
 Fact::Fact(const Fact& other, QObject* parent)
     : QObject(parent)
 {
diff --git a/src/FactSystem/Fact.h b/src/FactSystem/Fact.h
index 63ee9a584dbc13d1aecd13ba05632bc6d7cac284..c8888ea5d42cca87edf7d0061aeb54850a9bd92c 100644
--- a/src/FactSystem/Fact.h
+++ b/src/FactSystem/Fact.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public:
     Fact(int componentId, QString name, FactMetaData::ValueType_t type, QObject* parent = NULL);
     Fact(const Fact& other, QObject* parent = NULL);
 
+    /// Creates a Fact using the name and type from metaData. Also calls QGCCorePlugin::adjustSettingsMetaData allowing
+    /// custom builds to override the metadata.
+    Fact(FactMetaData* metaData, QObject* parent = NULL);
+
     const Fact& operator=(const Fact& other);
 
     Q_PROPERTY(int          componentId             READ componentId                                        CONSTANT)
diff --git a/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc b/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc
index af36a4f52719241d13eb0b887b7f2bbfebba35d2..c906acac02514d2e3e26d713e9ea5f5b368b6747 100644
--- a/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc
+++ b/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc
@@ -986,29 +986,58 @@ FactMetaData* FactMetaData::createFromJsonObject(const QJsonObject& json, QObjec
     if (json.contains(_unitsJsonKey)) {
         metaData->setRawUnits(json[_unitsJsonKey].toString());
     }
+
+    QString defaultValueJsonKey;
 #ifdef __mobile__
     if (json.contains(_mobileDefaultValueJsonKey)) {
-        metaData->setRawDefaultValue(json[_mobileDefaultValueJsonKey].toVariant());
-    } else if (json.contains(_defaultValueJsonKey)) {
-        metaData->setRawDefaultValue(json[_defaultValueJsonKey].toVariant());
-    }
-#else
-    if (json.contains(_defaultValueJsonKey)) {
-        metaData->setRawDefaultValue(json[_defaultValueJsonKey].toVariant());
+        defaultValueJsonKey = _mobileDefaultValueJsonKey
     }
 #endif
+    if (defaultValueJsonKey.isEmpty() && json.contains(_defaultValueJsonKey)) {
+        defaultValueJsonKey = _defaultValueJsonKey;
+    }
+    if (!defaultValueJsonKey.isEmpty()) {
+        QVariant typedValue;
+        QString errorString;
+        QVariant initialValue = json[defaultValueJsonKey].toVariant();
+        if (metaData->convertAndValidateRaw(initialValue, true /* convertOnly */, typedValue, errorString)) {
+            metaData->setRawDefaultValue(typedValue);
+        } else {
+            qWarning() << "Invalid default value, name:" << metaData->name()
+                       << " type:" << metaData->type()
+                       << " value:" << initialValue
+                       << " error:" << errorString;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (json.contains(_minJsonKey)) {
         QVariant typedValue;
         QString errorString;
-        metaData->convertAndValidateRaw(json[_minJsonKey].toVariant(), true /* convertOnly */, typedValue, errorString);
-        metaData->setRawMin(typedValue);
+        QVariant initialValue = json[_minJsonKey].toVariant();
+        if (metaData->convertAndValidateRaw(initialValue, true /* convertOnly */, typedValue, errorString)) {
+            metaData->setRawMin(typedValue);
+        } else {
+            qWarning() << "Invalid min value, name:" << metaData->name()
+                       << " type:" << metaData->type()
+                       << " value:" << initialValue
+                       << " error:" << errorString;
+        }
     }
+
     if (json.contains(_maxJsonKey)) {
         QVariant typedValue;
         QString errorString;
-        metaData->convertAndValidateRaw(json[_maxJsonKey].toVariant(), true /* convertOnly */, typedValue, errorString);
-        metaData->setRawMax(typedValue);
+        QVariant initialValue = json[_maxJsonKey].toVariant();
+        if (metaData->convertAndValidateRaw(initialValue, true /* convertOnly */, typedValue, errorString)) {
+            metaData->setRawMax(typedValue);
+        } else {
+            qWarning() << "Invalid max value, name:" << metaData->name()
+                       << " type:" << metaData->type()
+                       << " value:" << initialValue
+                       << " error:" << errorString;
+        }
     }
+
     if (json.contains(_hasControlJsonKey)) {
         metaData->setHasControl(json[_hasControlJsonKey].toBool());
     } else {