diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6c03915..602e6a2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Optionally, you can use the following command-line flags:
 | `--local_rank LOCAL_RANK`    | DeepSpeed: Optional argument for distributed setups. |
 | `--rwkv-strategy RWKV_STRATEGY`         |    The strategy to use while loading RWKV models. Examples: `"cpu fp32"`, `"cuda fp16"`, `"cuda fp16 *30 -> cpu fp32"`. |
 | `--no-stream`   | Don't stream the text output in real time. This improves the text generation performance.|
-| `--settings SETTINGS_FILE` | Load the default interface settings from this json file. See `settings-template.json` for an example.|
+| `--settings SETTINGS_FILE` | Load the default interface settings from this json file. See `settings-template.json` for an example. If you create a file called `settings.json`, this file will be loaded by default without the need to use the `--settings` flag.|
 |  `--extensions EXTENSIONS [EXTENSIONS ...]` |  The list of extensions to load. If you want to load more than one extension, write the names separated by spaces. |
 | `--listen`   | Make the web UI reachable from your local network.|
 |  `--listen-port LISTEN_PORT` | The listening port that the server will use. |
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 29276fd3..e1d3765b 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--nvme-offload-dir', type=str, help='DeepSpeed: Directory t
 parser.add_argument('--local_rank', type=int, default=0, help='DeepSpeed: Optional argument for distributed setups.')
 parser.add_argument('--rwkv-strategy', type=str, default=None, help='The strategy to use while loading RWKV models. Examples: "cpu fp32", "cuda fp16", "cuda fp16 *30 -> cpu fp32".')
 parser.add_argument('--no-stream', action='store_true', help='Don\'t stream the text output in real time. This improves the text generation performance.')
-parser.add_argument('--settings', type=str, help='Load the default interface settings from this json file. See settings-template.json for an example.')
+parser.add_argument('--settings', type=str, help='Load the default interface settings from this json file. See settings-template.json for an example. If you create a file called settings.json, this file will be loaded by default without the need to use the --settings flag.')
 parser.add_argument('--extensions', type=str, nargs="+", help='The list of extensions to load. If you want to load more than one extension, write the names separated by spaces.')
 parser.add_argument('--listen', action='store_true', help='Make the web UI reachable from your local network.')
 parser.add_argument('--listen-port', type=int, help='The listening port that the server will use.')
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index ed46224e..9f584ba3 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ if (shared.args.chat or shared.args.cai_chat) and not shared.args.no_stream:
     print('Warning: chat mode currently becomes somewhat slower with text streaming on.\nConsider starting the web UI with the --no-stream option.\n')
     
 # Loading custom settings
+settings_file = None
 if shared.args.settings is not None and Path(shared.args.settings).exists():
-    new_settings = json.loads(open(Path(shared.args.settings), 'r').read())
+    settings_file = Path(shared.args.settings)
+elif Path('settings.json').exists():
+    settings_file = Path('settings.json')
+if settings_file is not None:
+    print(f"Loading settings from {settings_file}...")
+    new_settings = json.loads(open(settings_file, 'r').read())
     for item in new_settings:
         shared.settings[item] = new_settings[item]