diff --git a/lib/nulla/instance_settings.ex b/lib/nulla/instance_settings.ex
index d2dfe9d..3e4f495 100644
--- a/lib/nulla/instance_settings.ex
+++ b/lib/nulla/instance_settings.ex
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Nulla.InstanceSettings do
   use Ecto.Schema
   import Ecto.Changeset
+  alias Nulla.Repo
 
   schema "instance_settings" do
     field :name, :string, default: "Nulla"
@@ -17,4 +18,6 @@ defmodule Nulla.InstanceSettings do
     |> cast(attrs, [:name, :description, :domain, :registration, :max_characters, :max_upload_size])
     |> validate_required([:name, :description, :domain, :registration, :max_characters, :max_upload_size])
   end
+
+  def get_instance_settings!, do: Repo.one!(Nulla.InstanceSettings)
 end