diff --git a/src/components/widgets/openweathermap/weather.jsx b/src/components/widgets/openweathermap/weather.jsx
index 63b7b081..a2074353 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/openweathermap/weather.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/openweathermap/weather.jsx
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import { BiError } from "react-icons/bi";
 import Icon from "./icon";
 
 export default function OpenWeatherMap({ options }) {
-  const { data, error } = useSWR(
-    `/api/widgets/openweathermap?lat=${options.latitude}&lon=${options.longitude}&apiKey=${options.apiKey}&duration=${options.cache}&units=${options.units}`
-  );
+  const { data, error } = useSWR(`/api/widgets/openweathermap?${new URLSearchParams(options).toString()}`);
 
   if (error || data?.cod == 401) {
     return (
diff --git a/src/components/widgets/weather/weather.jsx b/src/components/widgets/weather/weather.jsx
index 6fc365f0..87d03786 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/weather/weather.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/weather/weather.jsx
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ import { BiError } from "react-icons/bi";
 import Icon from "./icon";
 
 export default function WeatherApi({ options }) {
-  const { data, error } = useSWR(
-    `/api/widgets/weather?lat=${options.latitude}&lon=${options.longitude}&apiKey=${options.apiKey}&duration=${options.cache}`
-  );
+  console.log(options);
+  const { data, error } = useSWR(`/api/widgets/weather?${new URLSearchParams(options).toString()}`);
 
   if (error) {
     return (
diff --git a/src/pages/api/widgets/openweathermap.js b/src/pages/api/widgets/openweathermap.js
index 07dc9139..5a687725 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/widgets/openweathermap.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/widgets/openweathermap.js
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
 import cachedFetch from "utils/cached-fetch";
+import { getSettings } from "utils/config";
 
 export default async function handler(req, res) {
-  const { lat, lon, apiKey, duration, units } = req.query;
+  const { latitude, longitude, units, provider, cache } = req.query;
+  let { apiKey } = req.query;
 
-  const api_url = `https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=${lat}&lon=${lon}&appid=${apiKey}&units=${units}`;
+  if (!apiKey && !provider) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: "Missing API key or provider" });
+  }
 
-  res.send(await cachedFetch(api_url, duration));
+  if (!apiKey && provider !== "openweathermap") {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: "Invalid provider for endpoint" });
+  }
+
+  if (!apiKey && provider) {
+    const settings = await getSettings();
+    apiKey = settings?.providers?.openweathermap;
+  }
+
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: "Missing API key" });
+  }
+
+  const api_url = `https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=${latitude}&lon=${longitude}&appid=${apiKey}&units=${units}`;
+
+  res.send(await cachedFetch(api_url, cache));
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/widgets/weather.js b/src/pages/api/widgets/weather.js
index 5d1af4b0..a7da1093 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/widgets/weather.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/widgets/weather.js
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
 import cachedFetch from "utils/cached-fetch";
+import { getSettings } from "utils/config";
 
 export default async function handler(req, res) {
-  const { lat, lon, apiKey, duration } = req.query;
+  const { latitude, longitude, provider, cache } = req.query;
+  let { apiKey } = req.query;
 
-  const api_url = `http://api.weatherapi.com/v1/current.json?q=${lat},${lon}&key=${apiKey}`;
+  if (!apiKey && !provider) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: "Missing API key or provider" });
+  }
 
-  res.send(await cachedFetch(api_url, duration));
+  if (!apiKey && provider !== "weatherapi") {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: "Invalid provider for endpoint" });
+  }
+
+  if (!apiKey && provider) {
+    const settings = await getSettings();
+    apiKey = settings?.providers?.weatherapi;
+  }
+
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: "Missing API key" });
+  }
+
+  const api_url = `http://api.weatherapi.com/v1/current.json?q=${latitude},${longitude}&key=${apiKey}`;
+
+  res.send(await cachedFetch(api_url, cache));
 }
diff --git a/src/skeleton/settings.yaml b/src/skeleton/settings.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5efd0e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/skeleton/settings.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+providers:
+  openweathermap: openweathermapapikey
+  weatherapi: weatherapiapikey
diff --git a/src/utils/config.js b/src/utils/config.js
index 758393ce..d00f3818 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.js
+++ b/src/utils/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { join } from "path";
 import { existsSync, copyFile } from "fs";
+import { promises as fs } from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+import yaml from "js-yaml";
 
 export default function checkAndCopyConfig(config) {
   const configYaml = join(process.cwd(), "config", config);
@@ -14,3 +17,11 @@ export default function checkAndCopyConfig(config) {
     });
   }
 }
+
+export async function getSettings() {
+  checkAndCopyConfig("settings.yaml");
+
+  const settingsYaml = path.join(process.cwd(), "config", "settings.yaml");
+  const fileContents = await fs.readFile(settingsYaml, "utf8");
+  return yaml.load(fileContents);
+}