Crashplan headless suppport: .ui_info resets every time I reboot
I'm having the same issue. After googling for a while I found what Code42 (CrashPlan's developers) state in their instructions for running CrashPlan on a headless computer:

Changes Can Be Reset
The changes made in this step are reset when the CrashPlan service on the local computer restarts. To avoid overwriting your changes, leave the CrashPlan service running on your local computer.