[O] org-emphasis-alist not saved/loaded

[Xebar Saram]

Hi all

I am having issues all of a sudden with org-emphasis-alist. it used to work perfectly until a few days ago. now it wont load the prev org-emphasis-alist definitions and wont save new ones. i use an org file as my .emacs with a simple init. here are the init and .emacs org file:

https://paste.xinu.at/VXu/

https://paste.xinu.at/ZLwkX/

would appreciate any help to try to figure what went wrong

thx alot in advance guys!

itai