diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78085a6..2e7cf9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # fennel-ls
-A language server for fennel-ls.
+A language server for fennel.
 Supports Go-to-definition, and a little bit of completion suggestions.
 Fennel-LS uses static analysis, and does not execute your code.
 
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ fennel-ls default settings:
 }
 ```
 
+Your editor can send these settings using one of these two methods:
+* The client sends an `initialize` request with the structure `{initializationOptions: {"fennel-ls": {...}}, ...}`
+* The client sends a `workspace/didChangeConfiguration` notfication containing the field `{settings: {"fennel-ls": {YOUR_SETTINGS}}}`
+
 ## License
 fennel-ls is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more info.
 This project also contains files from other projects:
diff --git a/src/fennel-ls/handlers.fnl b/src/fennel-ls/handlers.fnl
index f463d4e..5a56e0d 100644
--- a/src/fennel-ls/handlers.fnl
+++ b/src/fennel-ls/handlers.fnl
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Every time the client sends a message, it gets handled by a function in the corr
   (state.flush-uri self uri))
 
 (λ notifications.workspace/didChangeConfiguration [self send {: settings}]
-  (state.write-configuration self settings.fennel-ls))
+  (state.write-configuration self (?. settings :fennel-ls)))
 
 (λ requests.shutdown [self send]
   "The server still needs to respond to this request, so the program can't close yet. Just wait until notifications.exit"