diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index 09cf2bba..3fabce07 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
     "serverAddress": "https://sponsor.ajay.app",
     "testingServerAddress": "https://sponsor.ajay.app/test",
     "serverAddressComment": "This specifies the default SponsorBlock server to connect to",
-    "categoryList": ["sponsor", "intro", "outro", "interaction", "selfpromo", "music_offtopic"]
+    "categoryList": ["sponsor", "intro", "outro", "interaction", "selfpromo", "intermission", "music_offtopic"]
 }
diff --git a/public/_locales/en/messages.json b/public/_locales/en/messages.json
index f0c7907a..55bd3744 100644
--- a/public/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/public/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -512,6 +512,12 @@
     "category_selfpromo_description": {
         "message": "Similar to \"sponsor\" except for unpaid or self promotion. This includes sections about merchandise, donations, or information about who they collaborated with."
     },
+    "category_intermission": {
+        "message": "Intermission"
+    },
+    "category_intermission_description": {
+        "message": "An interval without actual content. Could be a pause, static frame, or repeating animation in the video. Should not be used for pauses or transitions with actual content"
+    },
     "category_music_offtopic": {
         "message": "Music: Non-Music Section"
     },
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 4198b7d6..38225cff 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ interface SBConfig {
         "preview-interaction": PreviewBarOption,
         "selfpromo": PreviewBarOption,
         "preview-selfpromo": PreviewBarOption,
+        "intermission": PreviewBarOption,
+        "preview-intermission": PreviewBarOption
         "music_offtopic": PreviewBarOption,
-        "preview-music_offtopic": PreviewBarOption
+        "preview-music_offtopic": PreviewBarOption,
     }
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +198,14 @@ var Config: SBObject = {
                 color: "#bfbf35",
                 opacity: "0.7"
             },
+            "intermission": {
+                color: "#45a8ff",
+                opacity: "0.7"
+            },
+            "preview-intermission": {
+                color: "#0066bf",
+                opacity: "0.7"
+            },
             "music_offtopic": {
                 color: "#ff9900",
                 opacity: "0.7"
@@ -398,6 +408,12 @@ function addDefaults() {
     for (const key in Config.defaults) {
         if(!Config.localConfig.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
 	        Config.localConfig[key] = Config.defaults[key];
+        } else if (key === "barTypes") {
+            for (const key2 in Config.defaults[key]) {
+                if(!Config.localConfig[key].hasOwnProperty(key2)) {
+                    Config.localConfig[key][key2] = Config.defaults[key][key2];
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 };