diff --git a/src/ClientHandle.cpp b/src/ClientHandle.cpp
index 03b1b0dc2..c4f4e496a 100644
--- a/src/ClientHandle.cpp
+++ b/src/ClientHandle.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include "CompositeChat.h"
 #include "Items/ItemSword.h"
 
-#include "WorldStorage/StatSerializer.h"
-
 #include "md5/md5.h"
 
 
@@ -339,12 +337,6 @@ void cClientHandle::Authenticate(const AString & a_Name, const AString & a_UUID)
 	// Send scoreboard data
 	World->GetScoreBoard().SendTo(*this);
 
-#if 0
-	// Load stats
-	cStatSerializer StatSerializer(World->GetName(), m_Player->GetName(), &m_Player->GetStatManager());
-	StatSerializer.Load();
-#endif
-
 	// Delay the first ping until the client "settles down"
 	// This should fix #889, "BadCast exception, cannot convert bit to fm" error in client
 	cTimer t1;
diff --git a/src/Entities/Player.cpp b/src/Entities/Player.cpp
index a42fe89cf..1df473eb2 100644
--- a/src/Entities/Player.cpp
+++ b/src/Entities/Player.cpp
@@ -133,15 +133,6 @@ cPlayer::~cPlayer(void)
 
 	SaveToDisk();
 
-#if 0
-	/* Save statistics. */
-	cStatSerializer StatSerializer(m_World->GetName(), m_PlayerName, &m_Stats);
-	if (!StatSerializer.Save())
-	{
-		LOGERROR("Could not save stats for player %s", m_PlayerName.c_str());
-	}
-#endif
-
 	m_World->RemovePlayer( this );
 
 	m_ClientHandle = NULL;
@@ -1638,6 +1629,12 @@ bool cPlayer::LoadFromDisk()
 	m_Inventory.LoadFromJson(root["inventory"]);
 
 	m_LoadedWorldName = root.get("world", "world").asString();
+
+	/* Load the player stats.
+	 * We use the default world name (like bukkit) because stats are shared between dimensions/worlds.
+	 */
+	cStatSerializer StatSerializer(cRoot::Get()->GetDefaultWorld()->GetName(), GetName(), &m_Stats);
+	StatSerializer.Load();
 	
 	LOGD("Player \"%s\" was read from file, spawning at {%.2f, %.2f, %.2f} in world \"%s\"",
 		m_PlayerName.c_str(), GetPosX(), GetPosY(), GetPosZ(), m_LoadedWorldName.c_str()
@@ -1709,6 +1706,17 @@ bool cPlayer::SaveToDisk()
 		LOGERROR("ERROR WRITING PLAYER JSON TO FILE \"%s\"", SourceFile.c_str()); 
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	/* Save the player stats.
+	 * We use the default world name (like bukkit) because stats are shared between dimensions/worlds.
+	 */
+	cStatSerializer StatSerializer(cRoot::Get()->GetDefaultWorld()->GetName(), m_PlayerName, &m_Stats);
+	if (!StatSerializer.Save())
+	{
+		LOGERROR("Could not save stats for player %s", m_PlayerName.c_str());
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1723,7 +1731,10 @@ cPlayer::StringList cPlayer::GetResolvedPermissions()
 	const PermissionMap& ResolvedPermissions = m_ResolvedPermissions;
 	for( PermissionMap::const_iterator itr = ResolvedPermissions.begin(); itr != ResolvedPermissions.end(); ++itr )
 	{
-		if( itr->second ) Permissions.push_back( itr->first );
+		if (itr->second)
+		{
+			Permissions.push_back( itr->first );
+		}
 	}
 
 	return Permissions;
diff --git a/src/Statistics.cpp b/src/Statistics.cpp
index 94076f828..65addb0dd 100644
--- a/src/Statistics.cpp
+++ b/src/Statistics.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ eStatistic cStatInfo::GetType(const AString & a_Name)
 {
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ARRAYCOUNT(ms_Info); ++i)
 	{
-		if (NoCaseCompare(ms_Info[i].m_Name, a_Name))
+		if (NoCaseCompare(ms_Info[i].m_Name, a_Name) == 0)
 		{
 			return ms_Info[i].m_Type;
 		}
diff --git a/src/WorldStorage/StatSerializer.cpp b/src/WorldStorage/StatSerializer.cpp
index 5c6724c60..66e5e1e9e 100644
--- a/src/WorldStorage/StatSerializer.cpp
+++ b/src/WorldStorage/StatSerializer.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "../Statistics.h"
 
-#include <fstream>
-
 
 
 
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ cStatSerializer::cStatSerializer(const AString& a_WorldName, const AString& a_Pl
 	AString StatsPath;
 	Printf(StatsPath, "%s/stats", a_WorldName.c_str());
 
-	m_Path = StatsPath + "/" + a_PlayerName + ".dat";
+	m_Path = StatsPath + "/" + a_PlayerName + ".json";
 
 	/* Ensure that the directory exists. */
 	cFile::CreateFolder(FILE_IO_PREFIX + StatsPath);
@@ -88,6 +86,8 @@ void cStatSerializer::SaveStatToJSON(Json::Value & a_Out)
 
 			a_Out[StatName] = Value;
 		}
+
+		// TODO 2014-05-11 xdot: Save "progress"
 	}
 }
 
@@ -107,11 +107,28 @@ bool cStatSerializer::LoadStatFromJSON(const Json::Value & a_In)
 
 		if (StatType == statInvalid)
 		{
-			LOGWARNING("Invalid statistic type %s", StatName.c_str());
+			LOGWARNING("Invalid statistic type \"%s\"", StatName.c_str());
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		m_Manager->SetValue(StatType, (*it).asInt());
+		Json::Value & Node = *it;
+
+		if (Node.isInt())
+		{
+			m_Manager->SetValue(StatType, Node.asInt());
+		}
+		else if (Node.isObject())
+		{
+			StatValue Value = Node.get("value", 0).asInt();
+
+			// TODO 2014-05-11 xdot: Load "progress"
+
+			m_Manager->SetValue(StatType, Value);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			LOGWARNING("Invalid statistic value for type \"%s\"", StatName.c_str());
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true;