diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 69e17ea9..870113d2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ func makeWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, widgetName string) w
 		settings := system.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
 		widget = system.NewWidget(app, date, version, settings)
 	case "textfile":
-		widget = textfile.NewWidget(app, pages)
+		settings := textfile.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
+		widget = textfile.NewWidget(app, pages, settings)
 	case "todo":
 		cfg := todo.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
 		widget = todo.NewWidget(app, pages, cfg)
diff --git a/modules/textfile/settings.go b/modules/textfile/settings.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0681aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/textfile/settings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package textfile
+
+import (
+	"github.com/olebedev/config"
+	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/cfg"
+)
+
+type Settings struct {
+	common *cfg.Common
+
+	filePaths   []interface{}
+	format      bool
+	formatStyle string
+}
+
+func NewSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig *config.Config) *Settings {
+	localConfig, _ := ymlConfig.Get("wtf.mods.textfile")
+
+	settings := Settings{
+		common: cfg.NewCommonSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig),
+
+		filePaths:   localConfig.UList("filePaths"),
+		format:      localConfig.UBool("format", false),
+		formatStyle: localConfig.UString("formatStyle", "vim"),
+	}
+
+	return &settings
+}
diff --git a/modules/textfile/widget.go b/modules/textfile/widget.go
index 6125681b..8ead3508 100644
--- a/modules/textfile/widget.go
+++ b/modules/textfile/widget.go
@@ -34,13 +34,17 @@ type Widget struct {
 	wtf.HelpfulWidget
 	wtf.MultiSourceWidget
 	wtf.TextWidget
+
+	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),
 		MultiSourceWidget: wtf.NewMultiSourceWidget("textfile", "filePath", "filePaths"),
 		TextWidget:        wtf.NewTextWidget(app, "TextFile", "textfile", true),
+
+		settings: settings,
 	}
 
 	// Don't use a timer for this widget, watch for filesystem changes instead
@@ -76,16 +80,14 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	text := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.Sources), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
 
-	if wtf.Config.UBool("wtf.mods.textfile.format", false) {
+	if widget.settings.format {
 		text = text + widget.formattedText()
 	} else {
 		text = text + widget.plainText()
 	}
 
-	//widget.View.Lock()
 	widget.View.SetTitle(title) // <- Writes to TextView's title
 	widget.View.SetText(text)   // <- Writes to TextView's text
-	//widget.View.Unlock()
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) fileName() string {
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) formattedText() string {
 		lexer = lexers.Fallback
 	}
 
-	style := styles.Get(wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.textfile.formatStyle", "vim"))
+	style := styles.Get(widget.settings.formatStyle)
 	if style == nil {
 		style = styles.Fallback
 	}