diff --git a/src/ExcalidrawAutomate.ts b/src/ExcalidrawAutomate.ts
index a8fc2eb..00847af 100644
--- a/src/ExcalidrawAutomate.ts
+++ b/src/ExcalidrawAutomate.ts
@@ -717,6 +717,12 @@ export class ExcalidrawAutomate {
           this.style.roundness ? "round":"sharp",
         gridSize: template?.appState?.gridSize ?? this.canvas.gridSize,
         colorPalette: template?.appState?.colorPalette ?? this.colorPalette,
+        ...template?.appState?.frameRendering
+          ? {frameRendering: template.appState.frameRendering}
+          : {},
+        ...template?.appState?.objectsSnapModeEnabled
+          ? {objectsSnapModeEnabled: template.appState.objectsSnapModeEnabled}
+          : {},
       },
       files: template?.files ?? {},
     };
@@ -2953,6 +2959,7 @@ async function getTemplate(
     }
 
     excalidrawData.destroy();
+    const filehead = data.substring(0, trimLocation);
     return {
       elements: convertMarkdownLinksToObsidianURLs
         ? updateElementLinksToObsidianLinks({
@@ -2960,7 +2967,7 @@ async function getTemplate(
           hostFile: file,
         }) : groupElements,
       appState: scene.appState,
-      frontmatter: data.substring(0, trimLocation),
+      frontmatter: filehead.match(/^---\n.*\n---\n/ms)?.[0] ?? filehead,
       files: scene.files,
       hasSVGwithBitmap,
     };
diff --git a/src/ExcalidrawData.ts b/src/ExcalidrawData.ts
index 0af6ce0..7129e8a 100644
--- a/src/ExcalidrawData.ts
+++ b/src/ExcalidrawData.ts
@@ -720,6 +720,24 @@ export class ExcalidrawData {
       this.scene.appState.theme = isObsidianThemeDark() ? "dark" : "light";
     }
 
+    //girdSize, gridStep, previousGridSize, gridModeEnabled migration
+    if(this.scene.appState.hasOwnProperty("previousGridSize")) { //if previousGridSize was present this is legacy data
+      if(this.scene.appState.gridSize === null) {
+        this.scene.appState.gridSize = this.scene.appState.previousGridSize;
+        this.scene.appState.gridModeEnabled = false;
+      } else {
+        this.scene.appState.gridModeEnabled = true; 
+      }
+      delete this.scene.appState.previousGridSize;
+    }
+
+    if(this.scene.appState?.gridColor?.hasOwnProperty("MajorGridFrequency")) { //if this is present, this is legacy data
+      if(this.scene.appState.gridColor.MajorGridFrequency>1) {
+        this.scene.gridStep = this.scene.appState.gridColor.MajorGridFrequency;
+      }
+      delete this.scene.appState.gridColor.MajorGridFrequency;
+    }
+
     //once off migration of legacy scenes
     if(this.scene?.elements?.some((el:any)=>el.type==="iframe" && !el.customData)) {
         const prompt = new ConfirmationPrompt(
diff --git a/src/ExcalidrawView.ts b/src/ExcalidrawView.ts
index f198269..b24a777 100644
--- a/src/ExcalidrawView.ts
+++ b/src/ExcalidrawView.ts
@@ -2213,13 +2213,13 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
     });
   }
 
-  private getGridColor(bgColor: string, st: AppState):{Bold: string, Regular: string, MajorGridFrequency: number} {
+  private getGridColor(bgColor: string, st: AppState):{Bold: string, Regular: string} {
     (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') && DEBUGGING && debug(this.getGridColor, "ExcalidrawView.getGridColor", bgColor, st);
     const cm = this.plugin.ea.getCM(bgColor);
     const isDark = cm.isDark();
     const Regular = (isDark ? cm.lighterBy(7) : cm.darkerBy(7)).stringHEX({alpha: false});
     const Bold = (isDark ? cm.lighterBy(14) : cm.darkerBy(14)).stringHEX({alpha: false});
-    return {Bold, Regular, MajorGridFrequency:st.gridColor.MajorGridFrequency};
+    return {Bold, Regular};
   }
 
   public activeLoader: EmbeddedFilesLoader = null;
@@ -3230,6 +3230,7 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
       version: 2,
       source: GITHUB_RELEASES+PLUGIN_VERSION,
       elements: el,
+      //see also ExcalidrawAutomate async create(
       appState: {
         theme: st.theme,
         viewBackgroundColor: st.viewBackgroundColor,
@@ -3250,10 +3251,11 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
         zoom: st.zoom,
         currentItemRoundness: st.currentItemRoundness,
         gridSize: st.gridSize,
+        gridStep: st.gridStep,
+        gridModeEnabled: st.gridModeEnabled,
         gridColor: st.gridColor,
         colorPalette: st.colorPalette,
         currentStrokeOptions: st.currentStrokeOptions,
-        previousGridSize: st.previousGridSize,
         frameRendering: st.frameRendering,
         objectsSnapModeEnabled: st.objectsSnapModeEnabled,
       },
diff --git a/src/lang/locale/en.ts b/src/lang/locale/en.ts
index 09b2a19..011cda6 100644
--- a/src/lang/locale/en.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/en.ts
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ FILENAME_HEAD: "Filename",
   TOGGLE_FRAME_RENDERING: "Toggle frame rendering",
   TOGGLE_FRAME_CLIPPING: "Toggle frame clipping",
   OPEN_LINK_CLICK: "Open Link",
-  OPEN_LINK_PROPS: "Open markdown-embed properties or open link in new window",
+  OPEN_LINK_PROPS: "Open markdown-embed properties or the LaTeX editor or open the link in a new window",
 
   //IFrameActionsMenu.tsx
   NARROW_TO_HEADING: "Narrow to heading...",