public boolean saveUserSettings(){
		setUpUserSettings();
	    OutputStream outputStream = null;
	    Writer writer = null;

	    try {
	        outputStream = new FileOutputStream(this.fUserData);
	        writer = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
	        this.xstream.toXML(userSettings, writer);
	    }
	    catch (Exception exp) {
	        return false;
	    }
	    return true;
	}