Minecraft Earth Skins reverts to Alex or Steve

Everytime the game is booted up, the Minecraft Earth Skin will revert back to either Alex or Steve. This is happening every time.

What's supposed to happen:
The skin in the character creator should stay locked as is

What actually happens:
The skin will revert back to Alex/Steve

This is really annoying if you use the skin and have to go through the trouble of resetting it back