diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/ex/DefaultColorSchemesManager.java b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/ex/DefaultColorSchemesManager.java
index 81c14027ade6..53ac33ba72fc 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/ex/DefaultColorSchemesManager.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/ex/DefaultColorSchemesManager.java
@@ -15,34 +15,25 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.ex;
 
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.NamedComponent;
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsScheme;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.impl.DefaultColorsScheme;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.InvalidDataException;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMExternalizable;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.WriteExternalException;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- * @author max
- */
-public class DefaultColorSchemesManager implements JDOMExternalizable, NamedComponent {
+@State(
+  name = "DefaultColorSchemesManager",
+  storages = @Storage(file = StoragePathMacros.APP_CONFIG + "/other.xml")
+)
+public class DefaultColorSchemesManager implements PersistentStateComponent<Element> {
   private final List<DefaultColorsScheme> mySchemes;
   @NonNls private static final String SCHEME_ELEMENT = "scheme";
 
-  @Override
-  @NotNull
-  public String getComponentName() {
-    return "DefaultColorSchemesManager";
-  }
-
   public DefaultColorSchemesManager() {
     mySchemes = new ArrayList<DefaultColorsScheme>();
   }
@@ -51,20 +42,24 @@ public class DefaultColorSchemesManager implements JDOMExternalizable, NamedComp
     return ServiceManager.getService(DefaultColorSchemesManager.class);
   }
 
+  @Nullable
   @Override
-  public void readExternal(Element element) throws InvalidDataException {
-    List schemes = element.getChildren(SCHEME_ELEMENT);
-    for (Object scheme : schemes) {
-      Element schemeElement = (Element)scheme;
-      DefaultColorsScheme newScheme = new DefaultColorsScheme(this);
-      newScheme.readExternal(schemeElement);
-      mySchemes.add(newScheme);
-    }
+  public Element getState() {
+    return null;
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void writeExternal(Element element) throws WriteExternalException {
-    throw new WriteExternalException();
+  public void loadState(Element state) {
+    for (Element schemeElement : state.getChildren(SCHEME_ELEMENT)) {
+      DefaultColorsScheme newScheme = new DefaultColorsScheme(this);
+      try {
+        newScheme.readExternal(schemeElement);
+      }
+      catch (InvalidDataException e) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      }
+      mySchemes.add(newScheme);
+    }
   }
 
   public DefaultColorsScheme[] getAllSchemes() {
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index 0f1ea54bc37d..588675bfb14e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.openapi.options.SchemesManagerFactory"
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.openapi.options.SchemesManagerFactoryImpl"/>
 
-    <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.ex.DefaultColorSchemesManager"
-                        serviceImplementation="com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.ex.DefaultColorSchemesManager"/>
+    <applicationService serviceImplementation="com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.ex.DefaultColorSchemesManager"/>
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey$TextAttributeKeyDefaultsProvider"
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.impl.TextAttributeKeyDefaultsProviderImpl"/>
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsManager"