diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b4f6d61b..1b58aad7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ mod comms;
 mod db;
 mod error;
 mod globals;
+mod settings;
 mod ui;
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56e1b2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use crate::db::DbSetting;
+use crate::error::Error;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+pub const DEFAULT_FEED_CHUNK: u64 = 43200; // 12 hours
+pub const DEFAULT_OVERLAP: u64 = 600; // 10 minutes
+pub const DEFAULT_AUTOFOLLOW: u64 = 0;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Settings {
+    pub feed_chunk: u64,
+    pub overlap: u64,
+    pub autofollow: u64,
+}
+
+impl Default for Settings {
+    fn default() -> Settings {
+        Settings {
+            feed_chunk: DEFAULT_FEED_CHUNK,
+            overlap: DEFAULT_OVERLAP,
+            autofollow: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Settings {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn load() -> Result<Settings, Error> {
+        let feed_chunk =
+            DbSetting::fetch_setting_u64_or_default("feed_chunk", DEFAULT_FEED_CHUNK).await?;
+
+        let overlap = DbSetting::fetch_setting_u64_or_default("overlap", DEFAULT_OVERLAP).await?;
+
+        let autofollow =
+            DbSetting::fetch_setting_u64_or_default("autofollow", DEFAULT_AUTOFOLLOW).await?;
+
+        Ok(Settings {
+            feed_chunk,
+            overlap,
+            autofollow,
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn save(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        DbSetting::update("feed_chunk".to_string(), self.feed_chunk).await?;
+        DbSetting::update("overlap".to_string(), self.overlap).await?;
+        DbSetting::update("autofollow".to_string(), self.autofollow).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index 36e0f320..86fcbc32 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 use eframe::egui;
 
 pub fn run() {