diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 43c9813a51..a891eaea41 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ bool setupEssentials(int& argc, char** argv) {
 
     Setting::preInit();
 
-    bool previousSessionCrashed = CrashHandler::checkForAndHandleCrash();
+    bool previousSessionCrashed = CrashHandler::checkForResetSettings();
     CrashHandler::writeRunningMarkerFiler();
     qAddPostRoutine(CrashHandler::deleteRunningMarkerFile);
 
diff --git a/interface/src/CrashHandler.cpp b/interface/src/CrashHandler.cpp
index 14ed8a0382..872f5cf02e 100644
--- a/interface/src/CrashHandler.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/CrashHandler.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 static const QString RUNNING_MARKER_FILENAME = "Interface.running";
 
-bool CrashHandler::checkForAndHandleCrash() {
+bool CrashHandler::checkForResetSettings() {
     QSettings::setDefaultFormat(QSettings::IniFormat);
     QSettings settings;
     settings.beginGroup("Developer");
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bool CrashHandler::checkForAndHandleCrash() {
                 handleCrash(action);
             }
         }
-        return true;
+        return wasLikelyCrash;
     }
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/CrashHandler.h b/interface/src/CrashHandler.h
index 6b855d04e4..566b780d61 100644
--- a/interface/src/CrashHandler.h
+++ b/interface/src/CrashHandler.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 class CrashHandler {
 
 public:
-    static bool checkForAndHandleCrash();
+    static bool checkForResetSettings();
 
     static void writeRunningMarkerFiler();
     static void deleteRunningMarkerFile();