diff --git a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/HomeScreenController.cs b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/HomeScreenController.cs
index 4f0dd66..efd1f9e 100644
--- a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/HomeScreenController.cs	
+++ b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/HomeScreenController.cs	
@@ -72,19 +72,34 @@ void Awake()
         if (Saver.loadData() == null || false) //the || false/true is for debugging purposes
         {
             //new player, create new player data file
+            List<int> skins = new List<int>();
+            skins.Add(0);
+
             PlayerData newPlayerData = new PlayerData(true, 0, 0,        //new player, money, and highscore
                                                      0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      //upgrades (reset all to zero)
                                                      0,                  //number of crystals unlocked (set to zero)
-                                                     new List<int>(), 0, //IDs of currently unlocked skins 
+                                                     skins, 0,           //IDs of currently unlocked skins 
                                                      0, true);           //sound (medium volume, music turned on)
 
             Debug.Log("New player, creating player data file");
             Saver.SavePlayer(newPlayerData);
         }
 
-        //load data
         data = Saver.loadData();
 
+        #region Upgrading player data files if necessary
+        if (data.SkinsUnlocked == null)
+        {
+            List<int> skins = new List<int>();
+            skins.Add(0);
+            data.SkinsUnlocked = skins;
+            data.SelectedSkin = 0;
+
+            Saver.SavePlayer(data);
+        }
+        #endregion
+
+        //load data
         money = data.Money;
         highScore = data.HighScore;
 
diff --git a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/UgradeScreenController.cs b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/UgradeScreenController.cs
index fdec5a6..c06b272 100644
--- a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/UgradeScreenController.cs	
+++ b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Controllers/UgradeScreenController.cs	
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ void Awake()
         updateCrystalSprite();
 
         curColor = 0;
-        playerCustomization.setColor(curColor, true, true);
         playerCustomization.SkinCost = 300; //keeping all the set prices in this file for organization
     }
 
@@ -349,6 +348,8 @@ public void BuySkin()
             data.SelectedSkin = curColor;
             Saver.SavePlayer(data);
         }
+
+        playerCustomization.setColor(curColor, data.SkinsUnlocked.Contains(curColor), data.SelectedSkin == curColor);
     }
     #endregion
 }
diff --git a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Player.cs b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Player.cs
index f3d98cd..f9beb82 100644
--- a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Player.cs	
+++ b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Player.cs	
@@ -231,6 +231,24 @@ void Awake()
 
         if (SceneManager.GetActiveScene().name != "Main" && LevelController.saved) //if there are saved settings
             loadTempState(); //load temp saved data because the level changed
+
+        //set the player's color
+        if (HomeScreenController.PlayerColors != null && data.SelectedSkin != 0)
+        {
+            Color selectedSkin = HomeScreenController.PlayerColors[data.SelectedSkin];
+
+            GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().color = selectedSkin;
+            dash_light.color = selectedSkin;
+            ParticleSystem.MainModule p_settings = dash_particles.main;
+
+            //create a slightly brighter color for the second particle color
+            Color secondColor = selectedSkin;
+            secondColor.r = Mathf.Max(0, secondColor.r - 0.2f);
+            secondColor.g = Mathf.Max(0, secondColor.g - 0.2f);
+            secondColor.b = Mathf.Max(0, secondColor.b - 0.2f);
+
+            p_settings.startColor = new ParticleSystem.MinMaxGradient(selectedSkin, secondColor);
+        }
     }
 
     void Start()
diff --git a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Upgrade Menu/PlayerCustomization.cs b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Upgrade Menu/PlayerCustomization.cs
index 49b576b..7fca67a 100644
--- a/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Upgrade Menu/PlayerCustomization.cs	
+++ b/Dashing Game/Assets/Scripts/Upgrade Menu/PlayerCustomization.cs	
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ void Awake()
 
     void Start()
     {
+        PlayerData data = Saver.loadData();
+
         priceText.SetText("$" + skinCost);
+        setColor(0, true, data.SelectedSkin == 0);
     }
 
     void Update()
diff --git a/Dashing Game/Assets/Store.unity b/Dashing Game/Assets/Store.unity
index 525b2d0..8ee02e6 100644
--- a/Dashing Game/Assets/Store.unity	
+++ b/Dashing Game/Assets/Store.unity	
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ LightmapSettings:
     m_TrainingDataDestination: TrainingData
     m_LightProbeSampleCountMultiplier: 4
   m_LightingDataAsset: {fileID: 0}
-  m_UseShadowmask: 1
+  m_UseShadowmask: 0
 --- !u!196 &4
 NavMeshSettings:
   serializedVersion: 2
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ RectTransform:
   m_AnchorMin: {x: 0.5, y: 0.5}
   m_AnchorMax: {x: 0.5, y: 0.5}
   m_AnchoredPosition: {x: 0, y: -75.8}
-  m_SizeDelta: {x: 98.55, y: 30}
+  m_SizeDelta: {x: 141.84, y: 30}
   m_Pivot: {x: 0.5, y: 0.5}
 --- !u!114 &244908673
 MonoBehaviour:
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
     m_NormalColor: {r: 1, g: 1, b: 1, a: 0}
     m_HighlightedColor: {r: 0.9607843, g: 0.9607843, b: 0.9607843, a: 0.4117647}
     m_PressedColor: {r: 0.78431374, g: 0.78431374, b: 0.78431374, a: 0.83137256}
-    m_SelectedColor: {r: 0.9607843, g: 0.9607843, b: 0.9607843, a: 1}
+    m_SelectedColor: {r: 0.9607843, g: 0.9607843, b: 0.9607843, a: 0}
     m_DisabledColor: {r: 0.78431374, g: 0.78431374, b: 0.78431374, a: 0}
     m_ColorMultiplier: 1
     m_FadeDuration: 0.1
@@ -1588,19 +1588,8 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
   TurnSpeedNormal: 30
-  TurnSpeedMax: 100
-  TurnSpeedDecay: 2.5
-  PlayerColors:
-  - {r: 1, g: 1, b: 1, a: 1}
-  - {r: 0, g: 1, b: 0, a: 1}
-  - {r: 0, g: 0, b: 1, a: 1}
-  - {r: 1, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1}
-  - {r: 1, g: 1, b: 0, a: 1}
-  - {r: 1, g: 0, b: 1, a: 1}
-  - {r: 0.4319067, g: 0, b: 1, a: 1}
-  - {r: 0, g: 1, b: 0.71418786, a: 1}
-  - {r: 1, g: 0.5458693, b: 0, a: 1}
-  - {r: 1, g: 0, b: 0.41291904, a: 1}
+  TurnSpeedMax: 1000
+  TurnSpeedDecay: 10
 --- !u!1 &738522068
 GameObject:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0