diff --git a/source/funkin/play/song/Song.hx b/source/funkin/play/song/Song.hx
index 398c28753..ec89d8706 100644
--- a/source/funkin/play/song/Song.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/play/song/Song.hx
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class SongDifficulty
   public var songName:String = SongValidator.DEFAULT_SONGNAME;
   public var songArtist:String = SongValidator.DEFAULT_ARTIST;
   public var timeFormat:SongTimeFormat = SongValidator.DEFAULT_TIMEFORMAT;
-  public var divisions:Int = SongValidator.DEFAULT_DIVISIONS;
+  public var divisions:Null<Int> = SongValidator.DEFAULT_DIVISIONS;
   public var looped:Bool = SongValidator.DEFAULT_LOOPED;
   public var generatedBy:String = SongValidator.DEFAULT_GENERATEDBY;
 
diff --git a/source/funkin/play/song/SongData.hx b/source/funkin/play/song/SongData.hx
index 6f2475cf9..fbd7e3383 100644
--- a/source/funkin/play/song/SongData.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/play/song/SongData.hx
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ typedef RawSongMetadata =
   var songName:String;
   var artist:String;
   var timeFormat:SongTimeFormat;
-  var divisions:Int;
+  var divisions:Null<Int>; // Optional field
   var timeChanges:Array<SongTimeChange>;
   var looped:Bool;
   var playData:SongPlayData;
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ abstract SongMetadata(RawSongMetadata)
         songName: songName,
         artist: artist,
         timeFormat: 'ms',
-        divisions: 96,
+        divisions: null,
         timeChanges: [new SongTimeChange(-1, 0, 100, 4, 4, [4, 4, 4, 4])],
         looped: false,
         playData:
diff --git a/source/funkin/play/song/SongValidator.hx b/source/funkin/play/song/SongValidator.hx
index 936ad46f7..d91dda1d9 100644
--- a/source/funkin/play/song/SongValidator.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/play/song/SongValidator.hx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class SongValidator
   public static final DEFAULT_SONGNAME:String = "Unknown";
   public static final DEFAULT_ARTIST:String = "Unknown";
   public static final DEFAULT_TIMEFORMAT:SongTimeFormat = SongTimeFormat.MILLISECONDS;
-  public static final DEFAULT_DIVISIONS:Int = -1;
+  public static final DEFAULT_DIVISIONS:Null<Int> = null;
   public static final DEFAULT_LOOPED:Bool = false;
   public static final DEFAULT_STAGE:String = "mainStage";
   public static final DEFAULT_SCROLLSPEED:Float = 1.0;