diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/CarpetSettings.java b/src/main/java/carpet/CarpetSettings.java
index 13e7995b..e8ffeabc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/CarpetSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/CarpetSettings.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static carpet.api.settings.RuleCategory.BUGFIX;
@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ public class CarpetSettings
     public static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> skipGenerationChecks = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> false);
     public static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> impendingFillSkipUpdates = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> false);
     public static int runPermissionLevel = 2;
-    public static boolean doChainStone = false;
-    public static boolean chainStoneStickToAll = false;
     public static Block structureBlockIgnoredBlock = Blocks.STRUCTURE_VOID;
     private static class LanguageValidator extends Validator<String> {
         @Override public String validate(CommandSourceStack source, CarpetRule<String> currentRule, String newValue, String string) {
@@ -386,13 +383,10 @@ public class CarpetSettings
     @Rule( desc = "Pistons can push block entities, like hoppers, chests etc.", category = {EXPERIMENTAL, FEATURE} )
     public static boolean movableBlockEntities = false;
 
-
-    private static class ChainStoneSetting extends Validator<String> {
-        @Override public String validate(CommandSourceStack source, CarpetRule<String> currentRule, String newValue, String string) {
-            CarpetSettings.doChainStone = !newValue.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).equals("false");
-            CarpetSettings.chainStoneStickToAll = newValue.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).equals("stick_to_all");
-
-            return newValue;
+    public enum ChainStoneMode {
+        TRUE, FALSE, STICK_TO_ALL;
+        public boolean enabled() {
+            return this != FALSE;
         }
     }
 
@@ -402,11 +396,9 @@ public class CarpetSettings
                     "and will stick to other blocks that connect to them directly.",
                     "With stick_to_all: it will stick even if not visually connected"
             },
-            category = {EXPERIMENTAL, FEATURE},
-            options = {"true", "false", "stick_to_all"},
-            validate = ChainStoneSetting.class
+            category = {EXPERIMENTAL, FEATURE}
     )
-    public static String chainStone = "false";
+    public static ChainStoneMode chainStone = ChainStoneMode.FALSE;
 
     @Rule( desc = "Saplings turn into dead shrubs in hot climates and no water access", category = FEATURE )
     public static boolean desertShrubs = false;
@@ -487,18 +479,10 @@ public class CarpetSettings
     private static class ModulePermissionLevel extends Validator<String> {
         @Override public String validate(CommandSourceStack source, CarpetRule<String> currentRule, String newValue, String string) {
             int permissionLevel = switch (newValue) {
-                    case "false":
-                        yield 0;
-                    case "true":
-                    case "ops":
-                        yield 2;
-                    case "0":
-                    case "1":
-                    case "2":
-                    case "3":
-                    case "4":
-                    	yield Integer.parseInt(newValue);
-                    default: throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+                    case "false" -> 0;
+                    case "true", "ops" -> 2;
+                    case "0", "1", "2", "3", "4" -> Integer.parseInt(newValue);
+                    default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException(); // already checked by previous validator
             	};
             if (source != null && !source.hasPermission(permissionLevel))
                 return null;
@@ -591,13 +575,6 @@ public class CarpetSettings
     )
     public static boolean smoothClientAnimations;
 
-    //@Rule(
-    //        desc="Fixes mining ghost blocks by trusting clients with block breaking",
-    //        extra="Increases player allowed mining distance to 32 blocks",
-    //        category = SURVIVAL
-    //)
-    //public static boolean miningGhostBlockFix = false;
-
     private static class PushLimitLimits extends Validator<Integer> {
         @Override public Integer validate(CommandSourceStack source, CarpetRule<Integer> currentRule, Integer newValue, String string) {
             return (newValue>0 && newValue <= 1024) ? newValue : null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ChainBlock_customStickyMixin.java b/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ChainBlock_customStickyMixin.java
index 2e2d1e01..9cad0aea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ChainBlock_customStickyMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ChainBlock_customStickyMixin.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package carpet.mixins;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 
 import carpet.CarpetSettings;
+import carpet.CarpetSettings.ChainStoneMode;
 import carpet.fakes.BlockBehaviourInterface;
 
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public class ChainBlock_customStickyMixin implements BlockBehaviourInterface {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isSticky(BlockState state) {
-        return CarpetSettings.doChainStone;
+        return CarpetSettings.chainStone.enabled();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ public class ChainBlock_customStickyMixin implements BlockBehaviourInterface {
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (CarpetSettings.chainStoneStickToAll) {
+        if (CarpetSettings.chainStone == ChainStoneMode.STICK_TO_ALL) {
             return true;
         }
         if (neighborState.is((Block)(Object)this)) {