diff --git a/app/src/settings/reset_settings_on_start.c b/app/src/settings/reset_settings_on_start.c
index 3b3890f4..47f5e8f2 100644
--- a/app/src/settings/reset_settings_on_start.c
+++ b/app/src/settings/reset_settings_on_start.c
@@ -4,16 +4,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  */
 
-#include <zephyr/device.h>
 #include <zephyr/init.h>
 
 #include <zmk/settings.h>
 
-static int reset_settings_init(const struct device *dev) {
-    ARG_UNUSED(dev);
-    return zmk_settings_erase();
-}
-
 // Reset after the kernel is initialized but before any application code to
 // ensure settings are cleared before anything tries to use them.
-SYS_INIT(reset_settings_init, POST_KERNEL, CONFIG_APPLICATION_INIT_PRIORITY);
+SYS_INIT(zmk_settings_erase, POST_KERNEL, CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);