diff --git a/SNIClient.py b/SNIClient.py
index d8bc0584..38fabcaa 100644
--- a/SNIClient.py
+++ b/SNIClient.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from json import loads, dumps
 from CommonClient import CommonContext, server_loop, ClientCommandProcessor, gui_enabled, get_base_parser
 
 import Utils
-from settings import Settings
+import settings
 from Utils import async_start
 from MultiServer import mark_raw
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class SNESState(enum.IntEnum):
 
 
 def launch_sni() -> None:
-    sni_path = Settings.sni_options.sni_path
+    sni_path = settings.get_settings().sni_options.sni_path
 
     if not os.path.isdir(sni_path):
         sni_path = Utils.local_path(sni_path)
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ async def game_watcher(ctx: SNIContext) -> None:
 
 
 async def run_game(romfile: str) -> None:
-    auto_start = Settings.sni_options.snes_rom_start
+    auto_start = settings.get_settings().sni_options.snes_rom_start
     if auto_start is True:
         import webbrowser
         webbrowser.open(romfile)