diff --git a/Plugin.cs b/Plugin.cs
index bdf15a5..6be47c1 100644
--- a/Plugin.cs
+++ b/Plugin.cs
@@ -13,20 +13,22 @@
 
 namespace SSSoftcoded
 {
-    [BepInPlugin("mod.clevercrumbish.SSSoftcoded", "Sunless Sea Softcoded", "1.0.0")]
+    [BepInPlugin(PluginInfo.PLUGIN_GUID, PluginInfo.PLUGIN_NAME, PluginInfo.PLUGIN_VERSION)]
     public class Plugin : BaseUnityPlugin
     {
-        private void Start()
-        {
-            SSSLoadingHelper.Initialise();
-            SSSLoadingHelper.DocumentAllCustomContent();
-        }
         private void Awake()
         {
             Logger.LogInfo($"Loaded {PluginInfo.PLUGIN_GUID} {PluginInfo.PLUGIN_VERSION}!");
             DoPatching();
         }
 
+        private void Start()
+        {
+            SSSLoadingHelper.Initialise();
+            SSSLoadingHelper.DocumentAllCustomContent();
+            CustomLoadingScreenTips();
+        }
+
         private void DoPatching()
         {
             Harmony.CreateAndPatchAll(typeof(SetupBackgroundPatch));
@@ -36,8 +38,30 @@ private void DoPatching()
             Harmony.CreateAndPatchAll(typeof(PlayRegularSFXPatch));
             Harmony.CreateAndPatchAll(typeof(StopRegularSFXPatch));
         }
+
+        private static void CustomLoadingScreenTips()
+        {
+            string[] oldTips = StaticEntities.LoadingScreenTips;
+            string[] customTips = SSSLoadingHelper.GetCustomLoadingScreenTips();
+
+            List<string> newTips = customTips.ToList();
+
+            if (!SSSLoadingHelper.ignoreVanillaLoadingScreenTips)
+            {
+                // Add old tips to the loading tips list
+                newTips.AddRange(oldTips);
+            }
+            else if (customTips.Length == 0) // if the user ignores vanilla tips, but doesn't provide their own
+            {
+                // Add a fallback tip to prevent a crash, and to inform the user of the fact they've disabled vanilla tips without providing new ones
+                newTips.Add("Ignore Vanilla Loading Screen Tips is enabled, but no custom tips have been provided.");
+            }
+
+            StaticEntities.LoadingScreenTips = newTips.ToArray();
+        }
     }
 
+
     [HarmonyPatch(typeof(LoadingScreen), "SetupBackground")]
     class SetupBackgroundPatch
     {
@@ -50,7 +74,8 @@ static bool Prefix(LoadingScreen __instance)
             if (chosenWallpaper.GetExtension() != "")
             {
                 texture2D = SSSLoadingHelper.LoadWallpaperTexture(chosenWallpaper);
-            } else
+            }
+            else
             {
                 texture2D = UnityEngine.Resources.Load("UI/Loading/Backgrounds/" + chosenWallpaper.GetName()) as Texture2D;
             }
diff --git a/SSSLoadingHelper.cs b/SSSLoadingHelper.cs
index eefa6a3..c0fc04a 100644
--- a/SSSLoadingHelper.cs
+++ b/SSSLoadingHelper.cs
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ public static class SSSLoadingHelper
         private static string regularSFXFilePath = GameProvider.Instance.GetApplicationPath("audio/sfx/");
 
         private static bool ignoreVanillaWallpapers = false;
+        public static bool ignoreVanillaLoadingScreenTips = false;
 
         private static SSSLoadableResource[] customWallpapers;
         private static SSSLoadableResource[] customMusicTracks;
         private static SSSLoadableResource[] customAmbientSFX;
         private static SSSLoadableResource[] customRegularSFX;
 
+        private static string[] customLoadingScreenTips;
+
         private static List<AudioClip> loadedAmbientSFX = new List<AudioClip>();
         private static List<AudioClip> loadedRegularSFX = new List<AudioClip>();
 
@@ -36,15 +39,11 @@ public static void Initialise()
 
                 foreach (var s in lines)
                 {
-                    s.Trim();
+                    string line = s.Replace(" ", "");
 
-                    if (s.StartsWith("#") || s.StartsWith("["))
-                    {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    else if (s.Contains("="))
+                    if (line.Contains("="))
                     {
-                        string[] split = s.Split('=');
+                        string[] split = line.Split('=');
                         optionsDict.Add(split[0], split[1]);
                     }
                 }
@@ -69,6 +68,10 @@ public static void Initialise()
                 {
                     ignoreVanillaWallpapers = true;
                 }
+                if (optionsDict["ignoreVanillaLoadingScreenTips"] == "true")
+                {
+                    ignoreVanillaLoadingScreenTips = true;
+                }
             } else
             {
                 System.Console.WriteLine("Couldn't find SSSConfig.ini in the Sunless Sea root folder. Only default settings will be available");
@@ -253,6 +256,11 @@ public static SSSLoadableResource[] GetCustomWallPapers()
             return customWallpapers;
         }
 
+        public static string[] GetCustomLoadingScreenTips()
+        {
+            return customLoadingScreenTips;
+        }
+
         public static SSSLoadableResource[] GetCustomMusicTracks()
         {
             return customMusicTracks;
diff --git a/SSSoftcoded.csproj b/SSSoftcoded.csproj
index 37539d0..5634dcf 100644
--- a/SSSoftcoded.csproj
+++ b/SSSoftcoded.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net35</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>SSSoftcoded</AssemblyName>
-    <Description>My first plugin</Description>
     <Version>1.0.0</Version>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>