diff --git a/engine/settings/src/settings.rs b/engine/settings/src/settings.rs
index 942c99e3..ec1e8a32 100644
--- a/engine/settings/src/settings.rs
+++ b/engine/settings/src/settings.rs
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ sensitivity_y_from_x_ratio=1
 Sensitivity::DeriveY{x:0.0.001,y:DerivedSensitivity{ratio:1.0}}
 */
 
-pub fn read_user_settings()->UserSettings{
+pub fn load_user_settings(path:&std::path::Path)->UserSettings{
 	let mut cfg=configparser::ini::Ini::new();
-	if let Ok(_)=cfg.load("settings.conf"){
+	if let Ok(_)=cfg.load(path){
 		let (cfg_fov_x,cfg_fov_y)=(cfg.getfloat("camera","fov_x"),cfg.getfloat("camera","fov_y"));
 		let fov=match(cfg_fov_x,cfg_fov_y){
 			(Ok(Some(fov_x)),Ok(Some(fov_y)))=>Fov::Exactly {
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ pub fn read_user_settings()->UserSettings{
 	}else{
 		UserSettings::default()
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/strafe-client/Cargo.toml b/strafe-client/Cargo.toml
index 091676b3..64f87fe0 100644
--- a/strafe-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/strafe-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ authors = ["Rhys Lloyd <krakow20@gmail.com>"]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [features]
+user-install=[] # as opposed to portable install
 default = ["snf"]
 snf = ["dep:strafesnet_snf"]
 source = ["dep:strafesnet_deferred_loader", "dep:strafesnet_bsp_loader"]
diff --git a/strafe-client/src/window.rs b/strafe-client/src/window.rs
index 65097b4f..985291c9 100644
--- a/strafe-client/src/window.rs
+++ b/strafe-client/src/window.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use strafesnet_common::physics::{MiscInstruction,SetControlInstruction};
 use crate::file::LoadFormat;
 use crate::physics_worker::Instruction as PhysicsWorkerInstruction;
 use strafesnet_session::session::{self,SessionInputInstruction,SessionControlInstruction,SessionPlaybackInstruction};
-use strafesnet_settings::settings;
+use strafesnet_settings::directories::Directories;
 
 pub enum Instruction{
 	Resize(winit::dpi::PhysicalSize<u32>),
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ pub fn worker<'a>(
 	setup_context:crate::setup::SetupContext<'a>,
 )->crate::compat_worker::QNWorker<'a,TimedInstruction<Instruction,SessionTimeInner>>{
 	// WindowContextSetup::new
-	let user_settings=settings::read_user_settings();
+	#[cfg(feature="user-install")]
+	let directories=Directories::user().unwrap();
+	#[cfg(not(feature="user-install"))]
+	let directories=Directories::portable().unwrap();
+
+	let user_settings=directories.settings();
 
 	let mut graphics=strafesnet_graphics::graphics::GraphicsState::new(&setup_context.device,&setup_context.queue,&setup_context.config);
 	graphics.load_user_settings(&user_settings);