diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index d36ff34..aaefb80 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,32 @@
+import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
 import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
-import definePlugin from "@utils/types";
+import definePlugin, { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
 import { FluxDispatcher } from "@webpack/common";
 
 const logger = new Logger("muter");
-const reconnect_interval = 5000;
-const port = 3034;
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+	port: {
+		description: "Port to connect to muter on.",
+		type: OptionType.NUMBER,
+		default: 3034,
+		onChange: value => {
+			port = value;
+			socket.close();
+			connect();
+		}
+	},
+	reconnect: {
+		description: "Reconnect interval in seconds.",
+		type: OptionType.NUMBER,
+		default: 5,
+		onChange: value => {
+			reconnect = value * 1000;
+		}
+	}
+});
+
+let port: number;
+let reconnect: number;
 let muted = false;
 let socket: WebSocket;
 
@@ -28,7 +50,7 @@ function connect() {
 	socket.onclose = e => {
 		if (!e.wasClean) {
 			logger.error("Connection to muter was interrupted. Reconnecting...");
-			setTimeout(connect, reconnect_interval);
+			setTimeout(connect, reconnect);
 		} else {
 			logger.info("Connection to muter closed");
 		}
@@ -39,8 +61,11 @@ export default definePlugin({
 	name: "muter",
 	description: "muter companion plugin. Mirrors system mutes to Discord.",
 	authors: [{ name: "isitreallyalive", id: 1269669249056510026n }],
+	settings,
 
 	start() {
+		port = settings.store.port;
+		reconnect = settings.store.reconnect;
 		connect();
 		// todo: try to fix weird virtual bug
 	},
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e1b1db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# muter-vencord
+
+A plugin for [Vencord](https://vencord.dev/) which integrates with [muter](https://git.newty.dev/newt/muter) to synchronise system mutes to Discord.