On startup render distance will always be maxed out causing stuttering

I’ve noticed everytime I go to play minecraft I have stuttering issues, and because I have played in the past with these stuttering issues, normally caused by having the render distance turned to maximum, I knew where to look to turn it back down. But everytime I go to play minecraft, all the settings have reset and render distance has been maxed out again. It’s a problem because I have to waste time recalibrating the settings, and I have noticed others having the stuttering issues, who don’t otherwise know about the render distance causing it.