diff --git a/worldeditadditions_core/init.lua b/worldeditadditions_core/init.lua
index 0e68a14..454ad44 100644
--- a/worldeditadditions_core/init.lua
+++ b/worldeditadditions_core/init.lua
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/player.lua") -- Player info functions
 
 
 
-
+wea_c.setting_handler = dofile(wea_c.modpath.."/utils/setting_handler.lua") -- AFTER parser
 
 wea_c.pos = dofile(modpath.."/core/pos.lua") -- AFTER EventEmitter
 wea_c.register_command = dofile(modpath.."/core/register_command.lua")
diff --git a/worldeditadditions_core/utils/setting_handler.lua b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/setting_handler.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5265c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/setting_handler.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- A wrapper to simultaniously handle global and world settings.
+
+-- Initialize settings container
+local wea_c = worldeditadditions_core
+wea_c.settings = {}
+
+-- Initialize wea world folder if not already existing
+local path = minetest.get_worldpath() .. "/worldeditadditions"
+minetest.mkdir(path)
+
+-- @class
+local setting_handler = {}
+
+--- Reads world settings into WEA core settings object
+setting_handler.read = function()
+	local file, err = io.open(path .. "/settings.conf", "rb")
+	if err then return false end
+	-- Split by newline
+	-- local settings = wea_c.split(file:read(),"[\n\r]+")
+	file:close()
+end
+
+--- Write setting to world settings
+setting_handler.write = function(setting, state)
+	local writer, err = io.open(path .. "/settings.conf", "ab")
+	if not writer then
+		return false
+	elseif setting == "" and not state then
+		writer:write("")
+	else
+		writer:write("worldeditadditions_" .. setting .. " = " .. state .. "\n")
+	end
+	writer:flush()
+	writer:close()
+	return true
+end
+
+-- Test for world settings and generate file if none
+if not setting_handler.read() then
+	setting_handler.write("")
+end
+
+return setting_handler
\ No newline at end of file