diff --git a/GUI/extenwindow.cpp b/GUI/extenwindow.cpp
index 80d1d4b..0948b2a 100644
--- a/GUI/extenwindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/extenwindow.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "extenwindow.h"
 #include "ui_extenwindow.h"
-#include "defs.h"
 #include <concrt.h>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QFileDialog>
diff --git a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
index 164e97c..38c5779 100644
--- a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ namespace
 		std::wstring path = std::wstring(process).erase(process.rfind(L'\\'));
 
 		PROCESS_INFORMATION info = {};
-		auto useLocale = QSettings(CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat).value(CONFIG_JP_LOCALE, PROMPT).toInt();
+		auto useLocale = openSettings().value(CONFIG_JP_LOCALE, PROMPT).toInt();
 		if (!x64 && (useLocale == ALWAYS || (useLocale == PROMPT && QMessageBox::question(This, SELECT_PROCESS, USE_JP_LOCALE) == QMessageBox::Yes)))
 		{
 			if (HMODULE localeEmulator = LoadLibraryW(L"LoaderDll"))
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ namespace
 	{
 		if (auto processName = GetModuleFilename(selectedProcessId)) if (int last = processName->rfind(L'\\') + 1)
 		{
-			std::wstring configFile = std::wstring(processName.value()).replace(last, std::wstring::npos, L"TextractorConfig.txt");
+			std::wstring configFile = std::wstring(processName.value()).replace(last, std::wstring::npos, GAME_CONFIG_FILE);
 			if (!std::filesystem::exists(configFile)) QTextFile(S(configFile), QFile::WriteOnly).write("see https://github.com/Artikash/Textractor/wiki/Game-configuration-file");
 			_wspawnlp(_P_DETACH, L"notepad", L"notepad", configFile.c_str(), NULL);
 		}
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
 {
-	QSettings(CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat).setValue(WINDOW, geometry());
+	openSettings().setValue(WINDOW, geometry());
 	CleanupExtensions();
 	SetErrorMode(SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
 	ExitProcess(0);
diff --git a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
index 8e1543d..6bc4159 100644
--- a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
+++ b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "qtcommon.h"
 #include "extension.h"
 #include "ui_extrawindow.h"
-#include "defs.h"
 #include "blockmarkup.h"
 #include <fstream>
 #include <process.h>
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ struct PrettyWindow : QDialog
 
 protected:
 	QMenu menu{ ui.display };
-	QSettings settings{ CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat, this };
+	QSettings settings{ openSettings(this) };
 
 private:
 	void RequestFont()
diff --git a/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp b/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp
index 43e6a93..8234a3b 100644
--- a/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp
+++ b/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "qtcommon.h"
 #include "extension.h"
-#include "defs.h"
 #include "blockmarkup.h"
 #include "network.h"
 #include <map>
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ const char* LANGUAGE = u8"Language";
 const std::string TRANSLATION_CACHE_FILE = FormatString("%sCache.txt", TRANSLATION_PROVIDER);
 
 Synchronized<std::wstring> translateTo = L"en";
-QSettings settings(CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat);
 
 Synchronized<std::map<std::wstring, std::wstring>> translationCache;
 int savedSize;
@@ -41,6 +39,7 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved
 	{
 	case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
 	{
+		static QSettings settings = openSettings();
 		settings.beginGroup(TRANSLATION_PROVIDER);
 		if (settings.contains(LANGUAGE)) translateTo->assign(S(settings.value(LANGUAGE).toString()));
 		else QTimer::singleShot(0, []
diff --git a/include/defs.h b/include/defs.h
index 28e9b48..a1ec112 100644
--- a/include/defs.h
+++ b/include/defs.h
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ constexpr auto PIPE_AVAILABLE_EVENT = L"TEXTRACTOR_PIPE_AVAILABLE";
 // Files
 
 constexpr auto ITH_DLL = L"texthook"; // .dll but LoadLibrary automatically adds that
-constexpr auto CONFIG_FILE = u8"Textractor.ini";
-
-// Misc
-
-constexpr auto WINDOW = u8"Window";
+constexpr auto& GAME_CONFIG_FILE = L"TextractorConfig.txt";
 
 // EOF
diff --git a/include/qtcommon.h b/include/qtcommon.h
index a483224..0525f24 100644
--- a/include/qtcommon.h
+++ b/include/qtcommon.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 static thread_local bool ok;
 
+constexpr auto CONFIG_FILE = u8"Textractor.ini";
+constexpr auto WINDOW = u8"Window";
+inline QSettings openSettings(QObject* parent = nullptr) { return { CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat, parent }; }
+
 struct QTextFile : QFile { QTextFile(QString name, QIODevice::OpenMode mode) : QFile(name) { open(mode | QIODevice::Text); } };
 inline std::wstring S(const QString& s) { return { s.toStdWString() }; }
 inline QString S(const std::string& s) { return QString::fromStdString(s); }
diff --git a/test/main.cpp b/test/main.cpp
index d87682b..f72f564 100644
--- a/test/main.cpp
+++ b/test/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "common.h"
-#include "defs.h"
 #include "resource.h"
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
diff --git a/texthook/engine/match.cc b/texthook/engine/match.cc
index cbc177e..7643153 100644
--- a/texthook/engine/match.cc
+++ b/texthook/engine/match.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "match.h"
 #include "engine.h"
 #include "main.h"
+#include "defs.h"
 #include "native/pchooks.h"
 
 extern const char* HIJACK_ERROR;
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ namespace Engine
 		{
 			GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, processPath, MAX_PATH);
 			processName = wcsrchr(processPath, L'\\') + 1;
-			wchar_t configFilename[MAX_PATH + sizeof(L"TextractorConfig.txt")];
+			wchar_t configFilename[MAX_PATH + std::size(GAME_CONFIG_FILE)];
 			wcsncpy_s(configFilename, processPath, MAX_PATH - 1);
-			wcscpy_s(wcsrchr(configFilename, L'\\') + 1, sizeof(L"TextractorConfig.txt"), L"TextractorConfig.txt");
+			wcscpy_s(wcsrchr(configFilename, L'\\') + 1, std::size(GAME_CONFIG_FILE), GAME_CONFIG_FILE);
 			if (AutoHandle<> configFile = CreateFileW(configFilename, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, nullptr, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL))
 			{
 				if (ReadFile(configFile, configFileData, sizeof(configFileData) - 1, DUMMY, nullptr)) ConsoleOutput("Textractor: game configuration loaded");