diff --git a/src/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/src/app/app.component.ts
index 0c1859bb6564a5c10928b1feedf636c2a09f1048..cc6ae017d24ecf4d4d9df9530f519e551915866c 100644
--- a/src/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Settings } from '../pages/settings/settings';
 import { Sponsors } from '../pages/sponsors/sponsors';
 
 import { LecturesProvider } from '../providers/lectures-provider';
+import { SettingsProvider } from '../providers/settings';
 
 @Component({
   templateUrl: 'app.html'
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export class MyApp {
 
   pages: Array<{title: string, component: any}>;
 
-  constructor(public platform: Platform, private statusBar: StatusBar, private splashScreen: SplashScreen, private storage: Storage, private lecturesProvider: LecturesProvider) {
+  constructor(public platform: Platform, private statusBar: StatusBar, private splashScreen: SplashScreen, private storage: Storage, private lecturesProvider: LecturesProvider, private settings: SettingsProvider) {
     this.initializeApp();
 
     // used for an example of ngFor and navigation
diff --git a/src/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/src/app/app.module.ts
index 2d76c7b6c238d5a808b18b7c2d61cea20e73d7a1..d3338fd54f23eb0d2e96c5765f6a6adb537fc6f7 100644
--- a/src/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import { Settings } from '../pages/settings/settings';
 
 
 import { LecturesProvider } from '../providers/lectures-provider';
-import { LecturesProviderFactory } from '../providers/lectures-provider';
 import { FacebookProvider } from '../providers/facebook-provider';
+import { SettingsProvider } from '../providers/settings';
 let pages = [
 MyApp,
 Tabs,
@@ -33,22 +33,6 @@ Sponsors,
 Settings
 ];
 
-export function provideSettings(storage: Storage) {
-  /**
-   * The Settings provider takes a set of default settings for your app.
-   *
-   * You can add new settings options at any time. Once the settings are saved,
-   * these values will not overwrite the saved values (this can be done manually if desired).
-   */
-/**  return new Settings(storage, {
-    option1: true,
-    option2: 'Ionitron J. Framework',
-    option3: '3',
-    option4: 'Hello'
-  });
-  */
-}
-
 
 export function declarations() {
   return pages;
@@ -64,8 +48,9 @@ export function providers() {
     StatusBar,
     FacebookProvider,
     LecturesProvider,
+    SettingsProvider,
     // { provide: LecturesProvider, useFactory: LecturesProviderFactory, deps: [Http,Storage] },
-    { provide: Settings, useFactory: provideSettings, deps: [Storage] },
+    //{ provide: Settings, useFactory: provideSettings, deps: [Storage] },
     // Keep this to enable Ionic's runtime error handling during development
     { provide: ErrorHandler, useClass: IonicErrorHandler }
   ];
diff --git a/src/src/pages/settings/settings.html b/src/src/pages/settings/settings.html
index 2d6a327024d5143cc0f31bc07314e37f10905e39..f5b6faf36a4fee7277ff2d63237d91b6390ac03d 100644
--- a/src/src/pages/settings/settings.html
+++ b/src/src/pages/settings/settings.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <ion-item>Version: {{lecturesProvider.lecturesVersion}}</ion-item>
     <ion-item>Source: {{lecturesProvider.source}}</ion-item>
     <ion-item>driver: {{lecturesProvider.storage.driver}}</ion-item>
-
+    <ion-item>url: {{settings.data.lecturesURL}}</ion-item>
     <ion-item>
          <ion-label>Boromir</ion-label>
          <ion-toggle color="royal"></ion-toggle>
diff --git a/src/src/pages/settings/settings.ts b/src/src/pages/settings/settings.ts
index 1560f8066a080b4e8c6b166e0649d0f22b5d7fe1..b18709a6433331274184f353f56a99f3f3bfc035 100644
--- a/src/src/pages/settings/settings.ts
+++ b/src/src/pages/settings/settings.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { NavController, NavParams } from 'ionic-angular';
 import { LecturesProvider } from '../../providers/lectures-provider';
+import { SettingsProvider } from '../../providers/settings';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'page-settings',
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ import { LecturesProvider } from '../../providers/lectures-provider';
 })
 export class Settings {
 
-  constructor(public navCtrl: NavController, public navParams: NavParams, public lecturesProvider: LecturesProvider) {
+  constructor(public navCtrl: NavController, public navParams: NavParams, public lecturesProvider: LecturesProvider, public settings: SettingsProvider) {
+
   }
 
   ionViewDidLoad() {
diff --git a/src/src/providers/lectures-provider.ts b/src/src/providers/lectures-provider.ts
index 9c3a66c2aa87f6c9270c465991c1ad7a1755ac51..cfcb532106fa3abfb59850c7b01e26d3d158c08a 100644
--- a/src/src/providers/lectures-provider.ts
+++ b/src/src/providers/lectures-provider.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { Storage } from '@ionic/storage';
 @Injectable()
 export class LecturesProvider {
 
-  private isInitialized: boolean = false;
   times: any[] = []
   lecturesVersion: string;
   lecturesData: any;
diff --git a/src/src/providers/settings.ts b/src/src/providers/settings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e3b02e596c5d99f7916146f240bc1be3db492bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/src/providers/settings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Storage } from '@ionic/storage';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class SettingsProvider {
+  initial: any = null;
+  version: number = null;
+  data: {[setting: string]:string} = null;
+  constructor(public storage: Storage) {
+  if (!this.initial){
+  storage.ready().then(() => {
+
+      storage.get("version").then((version) => {
+        if (version){
+          console.log('settings version: '+ version);
+          this.version = version;
+          storage.get("data").then((settings) => {
+            this.data = JSON.parse(settings);
+          });
+       } else {
+            console.log('no settings data: new install');
+            this.version = version;
+            this.data = {};
+            this.data['lecturesURL'] = "https://test.wonko.de/lectures.json";
+            this.version = 1;
+            storage.set('data',JSON.stringify(this.data));
+            storage.set('version',this.version);
+            }
+      });
+      });
+
+    }
+  }
+
+}