diff --git a/TTS/GTTS.py b/TTS/GTTS.py
index 992eeb5..27b6934 100644
--- a/TTS/GTTS.py
+++ b/TTS/GTTS.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import random
-import os
+from utils import settings
 from gtts import gTTS
 
 max_chars = 0
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class GTTS:
         self.voices = []
 
     def run(self, text, filepath):
-        tts = gTTS(text=text, lang=os.getenv("POSTLANG") or "en", slow=False)
+        tts = gTTS(text=text, lang=settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_lang"] or "en", slow=False)
         tts.save(filepath)
 
     def randomvoice(self):
diff --git a/TTS/TikTok.py b/TTS/TikTok.py
index 91ba526..4583358 100644
--- a/TTS/TikTok.py
+++ b/TTS/TikTok.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import base64
-import os
+from utils import settings
 import random
 import requests
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter, Retry
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TikTok:  # TikTok Text-to-Speech Wrapper
         voice = (
             self.randomvoice()
             if random_voice
-            else (os.getenv("TIKTOK_VOICE") or random.choice(self.voices["human"]))
+            else (settings.config["settings"]["tts"]["tiktok_voice"] or random.choice(self.voices["human"]))
         )
         try:
             r = requests.post(f"{self.URI_BASE}{voice}&req_text={text}&speaker_map_type=0")
diff --git a/TTS/aws_polly.py b/TTS/aws_polly.py
index 6cbe4c5..94143db 100644
--- a/TTS/aws_polly.py
+++ b/TTS/aws_polly.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from boto3 import Session
 from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
 import sys
-import os
+from utils import settings
 import random
 
 voices = [
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ class AWSPolly:
         if random_voice:
             voice = self.randomvoice()
         else:
-            if not os.getenv("AWS_VOICE"):
+            if not settings.config["settings"]["tts"]["aws_polly_voice"]:
                 return ValueError(
                     f"Please set the environment variable AWS_VOICE to a valid voice. options are: {voices}"
                 )
-            voice = str(os.getenv("AWS_VOICE")).capitalize()
+            voice = str(settings.config["settings"]["tts"]["aws_polly_voice"]).capitalize()
         try:
             # Request speech synthesis
             response = polly.synthesize_speech(
diff --git a/TTS/engine_wrapper.py b/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
index 13ff850..c520ab0 100644
--- a/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
+++ b/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Tuple
 import re
-from os import getenv
 
 # import sox
 # from mutagen import MutagenError
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ from rich.progress import track
 from moviepy.editor import AudioFileClip, CompositeAudioClip, concatenate_audioclips
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from utils.voice import sanitize_text
+from utils import settings
 
 DEFUALT_MAX_LENGTH: int = 50  # video length variable
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TTSEngine:
         print_step("Saving Text to MP3 files...")
 
         self.call_tts("title", self.reddit_object["thread_title"])
-        if self.reddit_object["thread_post"] != "" and getenv("STORYMODE", "").casefold() == "true":
+        if self.reddit_object["thread_post"] != "" and settings.config["settings"]["storymode"] == True:
             self.call_tts("posttext", self.reddit_object["thread_post"])
 
         idx = None
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class TTSEngine:
         clip.close()
 
 def process_text(text: str):
-    lang = getenv("POSTLANG", "")
+    lang = settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["post_lang"]
     new_text = sanitize_text(text)
     if lang:
         print_substep("Translating Text...")
diff --git a/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py b/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py
index 066fa53..f880b98 100644
--- a/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py
+++ b/TTS/streamlabs_polly.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import random
-import os
 import requests
 from requests.exceptions import JSONDecodeError
+from utils import settings
 
 voices = [
     "Brian",
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ class StreamlabsPolly:
         if random_voice:
             voice = self.randomvoice()
         else:
-            if not os.getenv("STREAMLABS_VOICE"):
+            if not settings.config["settings"]["tts"]["streamlabs_polly_voice"]:
                 return ValueError(
                     f"Please set the environment variable STREAMLABS_VOICE to a valid voice. options are: {voices}"
                 )
-            voice = str(os.getenv("STREAMLABS_VOICE")).capitalize()
+            voice = str(settings.config["settings"]["tts"]["streamlabs_polly_voice"]).capitalize()
         body = {"voice": voice, "text": text, "service": "polly"}
         response = requests.post(self.url, data=body)
         try:
@@ -56,5 +56,3 @@ class StreamlabsPolly:
     def randomvoice(self):
         return random.choice(self.voices)
 
-
-# StreamlabsPolly().run(text=str('hi hi ' * 92)[1:], filepath='hello.mp3', random_voice=True)