--- a/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/Settings.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/Settings.java
@@ -25,13 +_,27 @@
 
 public abstract class Settings<T extends Settings<T>> {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogUtils.getLogger();
-    protected final Properties properties;
+    public final Properties properties;
+    private static final boolean skipComments = Boolean.getBoolean("Paper.skipServerPropertiesComments"); // Paper - allow skipping server.properties comments
+    // CraftBukkit start
+    private joptsimple.OptionSet options = null;
 
-    public Settings(Properties properties) {
+    public Settings(Properties properties, final joptsimple.OptionSet options) {
         this.properties = properties;
+        this.options = options;
+    }
+
+    private String getOverride(String name, String value) {
+        if (this.options != null && this.options.has(name)) {
+            return String.valueOf(this.options.valueOf(name));
+        }
+
+        return value;
+        // CraftBukkit end
     }
 
     public static Properties loadFromFile(Path path) {
+        if (!Files.exists(path)) return new Properties(); // CraftBukkit - SPIGOT-7465, MC-264979: Don't load if file doesn't exist
         try {
             try {
                 Properties var13;
@@ -65,7 +_,53 @@
     }
 
     public void store(Path path) {
-        try (Writer bufferedWriter = Files.newBufferedWriter(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+        try /*(Writer bufferedWriter = Files.newBufferedWriter(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))*/ { // Paper
+            // CraftBukkit start - Don't attempt writing to file if it's read only
+            if (path.toFile().exists() && !path.toFile().canWrite()) {
+                Settings.LOGGER.warn("Can not write to file {}, skipping.", path); // Paper - log message file is read-only
+                return;
+            }
+            // CraftBukkit end
+            // Paper start - allow skipping server.properties comments
+            java.io.OutputStream outputstream = Files.newOutputStream(path);
+            java.io.BufferedOutputStream bufferedOutputStream = !skipComments ? new java.io.BufferedOutputStream(outputstream) : new java.io.BufferedOutputStream(outputstream) {
+                private boolean isRightAfterNewline = true; // If last written char was newline
+                private boolean isComment = false; // Are we writing comment currently?
+
+                @Override
+                public void write(@org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull byte[] b) throws IOException {
+                    this.write(b, 0, b.length);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void write(@org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull byte[] bbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+                    int latest_offset = off; // The latest offset, updated when comment ends
+                    for (int index = off; index < off + len; ++index ) {
+                        byte c = bbuf[index];
+                        boolean isNewline = (c == '\n' || c == '\r');
+                        if (isNewline && this.isComment) {
+                            // Comment has ended
+                            this.isComment = false;
+                            latest_offset = index+1;
+                        }
+                        if (c == '#' && this.isRightAfterNewline) {
+                            this.isComment = true;
+                            if (index != latest_offset) {
+                                // We got some non-comment data earlier
+                                super.write(bbuf, latest_offset, index-latest_offset);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        this.isRightAfterNewline = isNewline; // Store for next iteration
+
+                    }
+                    if (latest_offset < off+len && !this.isComment) {
+                        // We have some unwritten data, that isn't part of a comment
+                        super.write(bbuf, latest_offset, (off + len) - latest_offset);
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            java.io.BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new java.io.BufferedWriter(new java.io.OutputStreamWriter(bufferedOutputStream, java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.newEncoder()));
+            // Paper end - allow skipping server.properties comments
             this.properties.store(bufferedWriter, "Minecraft server properties");
         } catch (IOException var7) {
             LOGGER.error("Failed to store properties to file: {}", path);
@@ -93,8 +_,8 @@
     }
 
     @Nullable
-    private String getStringRaw(String key) {
-        return (String)this.properties.get(key);
+    public String getStringRaw(String key) {
+        return (String)this.getOverride(key, this.properties.getProperty(key)); // CraftBukkit
     }
 
     @Nullable
@@ -109,6 +_,15 @@
     }
 
     protected <V> V get(String key, Function<String, V> serializer, Function<V, String> deserializer, V defaultValue) {
+        // CraftBukkit start
+        try {
+            return this.get0(key, serializer, deserializer, defaultValue);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not load invalidly configured property '" + key + "'", ex);
+        }
+    }
+    private <V> V get0(String key, Function<String, V> serializer, Function<V, String> deserializer, V defaultValue) {
+        // CraftBukkit end
         String stringRaw = this.getStringRaw(key);
         V object = MoreObjects.firstNonNull(stringRaw != null ? serializer.apply(stringRaw) : null, defaultValue);
         this.properties.put(key, deserializer.apply(object));
@@ -181,7 +_,7 @@
         return map;
     }
 
-    protected abstract T reload(RegistryAccess registryAccess, Properties properties);
+    protected abstract T reload(RegistryAccess registryAccess, Properties properties, joptsimple.OptionSet optionset); // CraftBukkit
 
     public class MutableValue<V> implements Supplier<V> {
         private final String key;
@@ -202,7 +_,7 @@
         public T update(RegistryAccess registryAccess, V newValue) {
             Properties map = Settings.this.cloneProperties();
             map.put(this.key, this.serializer.apply(newValue));
-            return Settings.this.reload(registryAccess, map);
+            return Settings.this.reload(registryAccess, map, Settings.this.options); // CraftBukkit
         }
     }
 }
