Actually I ran into the same problem and found that ANY crop preset using the number 1 (i.e. 1:1, 1:2, 2:1 and so on) does not work and is not saved correctly.
My work around was to use another number like 2:2 or 3:3 or whatever (I actually used 10:10, 10:20 and so on). The actual number does not really matter as it only defines the aspect ratio, not the actual crop size or orientation
(Kirk, please correct me if I'm wrong).
Juerg