diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 870113d2..34886935 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -292,10 +292,11 @@ func makeWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, widgetName string) w
 		settings := textfile.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
 		widget = textfile.NewWidget(app, pages, settings)
 	case "todo":
-		cfg := todo.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
-		widget = todo.NewWidget(app, pages, cfg)
+		settings := todo.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
+		widget = todo.NewWidget(app, pages, settings)
 	case "todoist":
-		widget = todoist.NewWidget(app, pages)
+		settings := todoist.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
+		widget = todoist.NewWidget(app, pages, settings)
 	case "travisci":
 		widget = travisci.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "trello":
diff --git a/modules/todoist/display.go b/modules/todoist/display.go
index 0352b6e6..c9071419 100644
--- a/modules/todoist/display.go
+++ b/modules/todoist/display.go
@@ -46,6 +46,5 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		str = str + row + wtf.PadRow((checkWidth+len(item.Content)), (checkWidth+maxLen+1)) + "\n"
 	}
 
-	//widget.View.Clear()
 	widget.View.SetText(str)
 }
diff --git a/modules/todoist/settings.go b/modules/todoist/settings.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..912d13cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/todoist/settings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package todoist
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/olebedev/config"
+	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/cfg"
+)
+
+type Settings struct {
+	common *cfg.Common
+
+	apiKey   string
+	projects []interface{}
+}
+
+func NewSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig *config.Config) *Settings {
+	localConfig, _ := ymlConfig.Get("wtf.mods.todoist")
+
+	settings := Settings{
+		common: cfg.NewCommonSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig),
+
+		apiKey:   localConfig.UString("apiKey", os.Getenv("WTF_TODOIST_TOKEN")),
+		projects: localConfig.UList("projects"),
+	}
+
+	return &settings
+}
diff --git a/modules/todoist/widget.go b/modules/todoist/widget.go
index e59d4751..5d037695 100644
--- a/modules/todoist/widget.go
+++ b/modules/todoist/widget.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package todoist
 
 import (
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/darkSasori/todoist"
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
@@ -31,18 +29,21 @@ type Widget struct {
 	wtf.HelpfulWidget
 	wtf.TextWidget
 
-	projects []*Project
 	idx      int
+	projects []*Project
+	settings *Settings
 }
 
-func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
+func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, settings *Settings) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
 		HelpfulWidget: wtf.NewHelpfulWidget(app, pages, HelpText),
 		TextWidget:    wtf.NewTextWidget(app, "Todoist", "todoist", true),
+
+		settings: settings,
 	}
 
 	widget.loadAPICredentials()
-	widget.projects = loadProjects()
+	widget.loadProjects()
 
 	widget.HelpfulWidget.SetView(widget.View)
 	widget.View.SetInputCapture(widget.keyboardIntercept)
@@ -169,21 +170,18 @@ func (w *Widget) keyboardIntercept(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) loadAPICredentials() {
-	todoist.Token = wtf.Config.UString(
-		"wtf.mods.todoist.apiKey",
-		os.Getenv("WTF_TODOIST_TOKEN"),
-	)
+	todoist.Token = widget.settings.apiKey
 }
 
-func loadProjects() []*Project {
+func (widget *Widget) loadProjects() {
 	projects := []*Project{}
 
-	for _, id := range wtf.Config.UList("wtf.mods.todoist.projects") {
+	for _, id := range widget.settings.projects {
 		proj := NewProject(id.(int))
 		projects = append(projects, proj)
 	}
 
-	return projects
+	widget.projects = projects
 }
 
 func (w *Widget) vimBindings(event *tcell.EventKey) tcell.Key {