diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f8094e2a..cef1dd01 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ func makeWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, widgetName string) w
 		settings := gspreadsheets.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
 		widget = gspreadsheets.NewWidget(app, settings)
 	case "hackernews":
-		widget = hackernews.NewWidget(app, pages)
+		settings := hackernews.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
+		widget = hackernews.NewWidget(app, pages, settings)
 	case "ipapi":
 		widget = ipapi.NewWidget(app)
 	case "ipinfo":
diff --git a/modules/hackernews/settings.go b/modules/hackernews/settings.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a50cf4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/hackernews/settings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package hackernews
+
+import (
+	"github.com/olebedev/config"
+	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/cfg"
+)
+
+type Settings struct {
+	common *cfg.Common
+
+	numberOfStories int
+	storyType       string
+}
+
+func NewSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig *config.Config) *Settings {
+	localConfig, _ := ymlConfig.Get("wtf.mods.hackernews")
+
+	settings := Settings{
+		common: cfg.NewCommonSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig),
+
+		numberOfStories: localConfig.UInt("numberOfStories", 10),
+		storyType:       localConfig.UString("storyType", "top"),
+	}
+
+	return &settings
+}
diff --git a/modules/hackernews/widget.go b/modules/hackernews/widget.go
index be19ab36..5c1f4bb5 100644
--- a/modules/hackernews/widget.go
+++ b/modules/hackernews/widget.go
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 	stories  []Story
 	selected int
+	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, "Hacker News", "hackernews", true),
+
+		settings: settings,
 	}
 
 	widget.HelpfulWidget.SetView(widget.View)
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	storyIds, err := GetStories(wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.hackernews.storyType", "top"))
+	storyIds, err := GetStories(widget.settings.storyType)
 	if storyIds == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -68,8 +71,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 	} else {
 		var stories []Story
-		numberOfStoriesToDisplay := wtf.Config.UInt("wtf.mods.hackernews.numberOfStories", 10)
-		for idx := 0; idx < numberOfStoriesToDisplay; idx++ {
+		for idx := 0; idx < widget.settings.numberOfStories; idx++ {
 			story, e := GetStory(storyIds[idx])
 			if e != nil {
 				panic(e)
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
 
 	widget.View.Clear()
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %sstories", widget.Name(), wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.hackernews.storyType", "top"))))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %sstories", widget.Name(), widget.settings.storyType)))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(widget.stories))
 	widget.View.Highlight(strconv.Itoa(widget.selected)).ScrollToHighlight()
 }