diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueConverters/GridValueConverter.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueConverters/GridValueConverter.cs
index 11f915fabd..b3db026c89 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueConverters/GridValueConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueConverters/GridValueConverter.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors.ValueConverters
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This ensures that the grid config is merged in with the front-end value
+    /// </summary>
     [DefaultPropertyValueConverter(typeof(JsonValueConverter))] //this shadows the JsonValueConverter
     [PropertyValueType(typeof(JToken))]
     [PropertyValueCache(PropertyCacheValue.All, PropertyCacheLevel.Content)]
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors.ValueConverters
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    LogHelper.Error<JsonValueConverter>("Could not parse the string " + sourceString + " to a json object", ex);
+                    LogHelper.Error<GridValueConverter>("Could not parse the string " + sourceString + " to a json object", ex);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueConverters/ImageCropperValueConverter.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueConverters/ImageCropperValueConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ad0b7d69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueConverters/ImageCropperValueConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors.ValueConverters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This ensures that the cropper config (pre-values/crops) are merged in with the front-end value.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DefaultPropertyValueConverter(typeof (JsonValueConverter))] //this shadows the JsonValueConverter
+    [PropertyValueType(typeof (JToken))]
+    [PropertyValueCache(PropertyCacheValue.All, PropertyCacheLevel.Content)]
+    public class ImageCropperValueConverter : JsonValueConverter
+    {
+        public override bool IsConverter(PublishedPropertyType propertyType)
+        {
+            return propertyType.PropertyEditorAlias.InvariantEquals(Constants.PropertyEditors.ImageCropperAlias);
+        }
+
+        public override object ConvertDataToSource(PublishedPropertyType propertyType, object source, bool preview)
+        {
+            if (source == null) return null;
+            var sourceString = source.ToString();
+
+            if (sourceString.DetectIsJson())
+            {
+                JObject obj;
+                try
+                {
+                    obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(sourceString);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    LogHelper.Error<ImageCropperValueConverter>("Could not parse the string " + sourceString + " to a json object", ex);
+                    return sourceString;
+                }
+
+                //need to lookup the pre-values for this data type
+                //TODO: Change all singleton access to use ctor injection in v8!!!
+                var dt = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.DataTypeService.GetPreValuesCollectionByDataTypeId(propertyType.DataTypeId);
+
+                if (dt != null && dt.IsDictionaryBased && dt.PreValuesAsDictionary.ContainsKey("crops"))
+                {
+                    var cropsString = dt.PreValuesAsDictionary["crops"].Value;
+                    JArray crops;
+                    try
+                    {
+                        crops = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JArray>(cropsString);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        LogHelper.Error<ImageCropperValueConverter>("Could not parse the string " + cropsString + " to a json object", ex);
+                        return sourceString;
+                    }
+                    obj["crops"] = crops;
+                }
+                
+                return obj;
+            }
+
+            //it's not json, just return the string
+            return sourceString;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 3476d1fcc3..cee2f8ee3f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\DecimalValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\ValueConverters\GridValueConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\ValueConverters\DecimalValueConverter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\ValueConverters\ImageCropperValueConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Publishing\UnPublishedStatusType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Publishing\UnPublishStatus.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\BackOfficeClaimsIdentityFactory.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js
index 8272f032ee..29176da102 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js
@@ -580,11 +580,11 @@ angular.module("umbraco")
 
 
         // *********************************************
-        // INITIALISATION
+        // Initialization
         // these methods are called from ng-init on the template
         // so we can controll their first load data
         //
-        // intialisation sets non-saved data like percentage sizing, allowed editors and
+        // intialization sets non-saved data like percentage sizing, allowed editors and
         // other data that should all be pre-fixed with $ to strip it out on save
         // *********************************************
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
index a76b39f187..e592c157aa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@
 
             if (mediaItem.HasProperty(propertyAlias) && mediaItem.HasValue(propertyAlias))
             {
+                //TODO: We should change this, the default value is JObject now, this means we are ToString() ing the value,
+                // then re-deserializing it back to json and then to a strongly typed model.
+                // With a tiny bit of work we can make this more efficient since it's already a JObject.
+
                 imageCropperValue = mediaItem.GetPropertyValue<string>(propertyAlias);
 
                 // get the raw value (this will be json)