diff --git a/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.gd b/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.gd
index a593595..a130ca5 100644
--- a/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.gd
+++ b/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.gd
@@ -1,48 +1,6 @@
 extends HBoxContainer
 class_name OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem
 
-# god help me
-const TYPE_NAMES := {
-	TYPE_NIL: "Type: Nil",
-	TYPE_BOOL: "Type: Bool",
-	TYPE_INT: "Type: Int",
-	TYPE_FLOAT: "Type: Float",
-	TYPE_STRING: "Type: String",
-	TYPE_VECTOR2: "Type: Vector2",
-	TYPE_VECTOR2I: "Type: Vector2i",
-	TYPE_RECT2: "Type: Rect2",
-	TYPE_RECT2I: "Type: Rect2i",
-	TYPE_VECTOR3: "Type: Vector3",
-	TYPE_VECTOR3I: "Type: Vector3i",
-	TYPE_TRANSFORM2D: "Type: Transform2D",
-	TYPE_VECTOR4: "Type: Vector4",
-	TYPE_VECTOR4I: "Type: Vector4i",
-	TYPE_PLANE: "Type: Plane",
-	TYPE_QUATERNION: "Type: Quaternion",
-	TYPE_AABB: "Type: AABB",
-	TYPE_BASIS: "Type: Basis",
-	TYPE_TRANSFORM3D: "Type: Transform3D",
-	TYPE_PROJECTION: "Type: Projection",
-	TYPE_COLOR: "Type: Color",
-	TYPE_STRING_NAME: "Type: StringName",
-	TYPE_NODE_PATH: "Type: NodePath",
-	TYPE_RID: "Type: RID",
-	TYPE_OBJECT: "Type: Object",
-	TYPE_CALLABLE: "Type: Callable",
-	TYPE_SIGNAL: "Type: Signal",
-	TYPE_DICTIONARY: "Type: Dictionary",
-	TYPE_ARRAY: "Type: Array",
-	TYPE_PACKED_BYTE_ARRAY: "Type: PackedByteArray",
-	TYPE_PACKED_INT32_ARRAY: "Type: PackedInt32Array",
-	TYPE_PACKED_INT64_ARRAY: "Type: PackedInt64Array",
-	TYPE_PACKED_FLOAT32_ARRAY: "Type: PackedFloat32Array",
-	TYPE_PACKED_FLOAT64_ARRAY: "Type: PackedFloat64Array",
-	TYPE_PACKED_STRING_ARRAY: "Type: PackedStringArray",
-	TYPE_PACKED_VECTOR2_ARRAY: "Type: PackedVector2Array",
-	TYPE_PACKED_VECTOR3_ARRAY: "Type: PackedVector3Array",
-	TYPE_PACKED_COLOR_ARRAY: "Type: PackedColorArray",
-}
-
 @onready var property_name_line_edit: LineEdit = %PropertyNameLineEdit
 @onready var property_type_option_button: OptionButton = %PropertyTypeOptionButton
 @onready var property_value_line_edit: LineEdit = %PropertyValueLineEdit
@@ -52,14 +10,15 @@ const TYPE_NAMES := {
 func _ready() -> void:
 	# for now, type is just a hint for the convert function.
 	# in the future, there will be custom editors for types, like godot's inspector.
-	for type in TYPE_MAX:
-		property_type_option_button.add_item(TYPE_NAMES[type])
+	# update: convert() is fucking broken.
+#	for type in TYPE_MAX:
+#		property_type_option_button.add_item(TYPE_NAMES[type])
 
 	delete_item_button.pressed.connect(queue_free)
 
 
 func get_property() -> Dictionary:
 	var prop_name = property_name_line_edit.text
-	var value = convert(property_value_line_edit.text, property_type_option_button.get_selected_id())
+	var value = str_to_var(prop_name)
 
 	return {prop_name: value}
diff --git a/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.tscn b/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.tscn
index 4e53449..cccb435 100644
--- a/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.tscn
+++ b/UI/Components/OverrideEditorSettingsMenu/OverrideEditorSettingsMenuItem.tscn
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ placeholder_text = "Property name"
 
 [node name="PropertyTypeOptionButton" type="OptionButton" parent="."]
 unique_name_in_owner = true
+visible = false
 layout_mode = 2
 size_flags_horizontal = 3
 size_flags_stretch_ratio = 0.72