Screen Saver keeps defaulting to National Geographic no matter what I set it to.

I have repeatedly set my screen saver preference to Photo Library, but the computer keeps resetting it to National Geographic. I have tried setting the screen saver to other settings, such as Aerial or Cosmos, just to see what happens, and it always goes back to National Geographic.
Help! Is this just a glitch? Or am I missing something...?
I am starting to hate National Geographic.

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