diff --git a/toot/__init__.py b/toot/__init__.py
index 739ff78..e293c15 100644
--- a/toot/__init__.py
+++ b/toot/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+from os.path import join, expanduser
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 __version__ = '0.37.0'
@@ -9,3 +13,22 @@ DEFAULT_INSTANCE = 'https://mastodon.social'
 
 CLIENT_NAME = 'toot - a Mastodon CLI client'
 CLIENT_WEBSITE = 'https://github.com/ihabunek/toot'
+
+TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME = "toot"
+
+
+def get_config_dir():
+    """Returns the path to toot config directory"""
+
+    # On Windows, store the config in roaming appdata
+    if sys.platform == "win32" and "APPDATA" in os.environ:
+        return join(os.getenv("APPDATA"), TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME)
+
+    # Respect XDG_CONFIG_HOME env variable if set
+    # https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+    if "XDG_CONFIG_HOME" in os.environ:
+        config_home = expanduser(os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"])
+        return join(config_home, TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME)
+
+    # Default to ~/.config/toot/
+    return join(expanduser("~"), ".config", TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME)
diff --git a/toot/config.py b/toot/config.py
index cff9856..077e098 100644
--- a/toot/config.py
+++ b/toot/config.py
@@ -1,44 +1,22 @@
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
 from functools import wraps
-from os.path import dirname, join, expanduser
+from os.path import dirname, join
 
-from toot import User, App
+from toot import User, App, get_config_dir
 from toot.exceptions import ConsoleError
 from toot.output import print_out
 
 
-TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME = "toot"
 TOOT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "config.json"
 
 
-def get_config_dir():
-    """Returns the path to toot config directory"""
-
-    # On Windows, store the config in roaming appdata
-    if sys.platform == "win32" and "APPDATA" in os.environ:
-        return join(os.getenv("APPDATA"), TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME)
-
-    # Respect XDG_CONFIG_HOME env variable if set
-    # https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
-    if "XDG_CONFIG_HOME" in os.environ:
-        config_home = expanduser(os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"])
-        return join(config_home, TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME)
-
-    # Default to ~/.config/toot/
-    return join(expanduser("~"), ".config", TOOT_CONFIG_DIR_NAME)
-
-
 def get_config_file_path():
     """Returns the path to toot config file."""
     return join(get_config_dir(), TOOT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME)
 
 
-CONFIG_FILE = get_config_file_path()
-
-
 def user_id(user):
     return "{}@{}".format(user.username, user.instance)
 
@@ -63,15 +41,18 @@ def make_config(path):
 
 
 def load_config():
-    if not os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE):
-        make_config(CONFIG_FILE)
+    path = get_config_file_path()
 
-    with open(CONFIG_FILE) as f:
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        make_config(path)
+
+    with open(path) as f:
         return json.load(f)
 
 
 def save_config(config):
-    with open(CONFIG_FILE, 'w') as f:
+    path = get_config_file_path()
+    with open(path, "w") as f:
         return json.dump(config, f, indent=True, sort_keys=True)
 
 
diff --git a/toot/output.py b/toot/output.py
index c1d89c6..6fd59a2 100644
--- a/toot/output.py
+++ b/toot/output.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import sys
 import textwrap
 
 from functools import lru_cache
+from toot import settings
 from toot.entities import Instance, Notification, Poll, Status
 from toot.utils import get_text, parse_html
 from toot.wcstring import wc_wrap
@@ -118,8 +119,7 @@ def use_ansi_color():
         return False
 
     # Check in settings
-    from toot.settings import get_setting
-    color = get_setting("common.color", bool)
+    color = settings.get_setting("common.color", bool)
     if color is not None:
         return color
 
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ def use_ansi_color():
 
 
 def print_out(*args, **kwargs):
-    from toot import settings
     if not settings.get_quiet():
         args = [colorize(a) if use_ansi_color() else strip_tags(a) for a in args]
         print(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/toot/settings.py b/toot/settings.py
index 990fcc1..408b1ae 100644
--- a/toot/settings.py
+++ b/toot/settings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 from functools import lru_cache
 from os.path import exists, join
 from tomlkit import parse
-from toot.config import get_config_dir
+from toot import get_config_dir
 from typing import Optional, Type
 
 
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ def get_settings_path():
     return join(get_config_dir(), TOOT_SETTINGS_FILE_NAME)
 
 
-SETTINGS_FILE = get_settings_path()
-
-
 def load_settings() -> dict:
-    if not exists(SETTINGS_FILE):
+    path = get_settings_path()
+
+    if not exists(path):
         return {}
 
-    with open(SETTINGS_FILE) as f:
+    with open(path) as f:
         return parse(f.read())