diff --git a/moremesecons_sayer/init.lua b/moremesecons_sayer/init.lua
index 85b82ce..f5d0bad 100644
--- a/moremesecons_sayer/init.lua
+++ b/moremesecons_sayer/init.lua
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if use_speech_dispatcher then
 		nil,
 		""
 	}
-	local language = minetest.setting_get("language") or "en"
+	local language = minetest.settings:get("language") or "en"
 	if language ~= "en" then
 		tab[3] = "-l "..language
 	end
diff --git a/moremesecons_utils/init.lua b/moremesecons_utils/init.lua
index 0f83dab..f22c88a 100644
--- a/moremesecons_utils/init.lua
+++ b/moremesecons_utils/init.lua
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ function moremesecons.setting(modname, settingname, default, min)
 	local setting = "moremesecons_" .. modname .. "." .. settingname
 
 	if type(default) == "boolean" then
-		local ret = minetest.setting_getbool(setting)
+		local ret = minetest.settings:get_bool(setting)
 		if ret == nil then
 			ret = default
 		end
 		return ret
 	elseif type(default) == "string" then
-		return minetest.setting_get(setting) or default
+		return minetest.settings:get(setting) or default
 	elseif type(default) == "number" then
-		local ret = tonumber(minetest.setting_get(setting)) or default
+		local ret = tonumber(minetest.settings:get(setting)) or default
 		if ret ~= ret then -- NaN
 			minetest.log("warning", "[moremesecons_"..modname.."]: setting '"..setting.."' is NaN. Set to default value ("..tostring(default)..").")
 			ret = default