diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f3f86c2ed..af39314d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir muse2
           cp target/release/muse2${{ matrix.exe_suffix }} muse2
           cp LICENSE muse2/LICENCE.txt
+          cp assets/settings.toml muse2
           cp assets/readme/readme_${{ matrix.osname }}.txt muse2/README.txt
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1698d085c..eaa0fe2be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "current_dir"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eef2919c1b81568a02425279ba21d61a450e76848eb1b50dff756b739529b70a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -804,6 +810,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap-markdown",
  "csv",
+ "current_dir",
  "derive_more",
  "fern",
  "float-cmp",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d458db9ee..940abf6e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ platform-info = "2.0.5"
 derive_more = "0.99"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+current_dir = "0.1.2"
 regex = "1.11.1"
 rstest = {version = "0.25.0", default-features = false, features = ["crate-name"]}
 
diff --git a/examples/simple/settings.toml b/assets/settings.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/simple/settings.toml
rename to assets/settings.toml
diff --git a/examples/simple_mc/settings.toml b/examples/simple_mc/settings.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35f983615..000000000
--- a/examples/simple_mc/settings.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Modify this file if you want to change your program settings
-# log_level = "info"
-# debug_model = false
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index a9f1f723f..7d563a42e 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub fn handle_run_command(
     debug_model: bool,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     // Load program settings
-    let mut settings = Settings::from_path(model_path).context("Failed to load settings.")?;
+    let mut settings = Settings::load().context("Failed to load settings.")?;
 
     // This setting can be overridden by command-line argument
     if debug_model {
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index 1acb18d5e..8fdc80b5a 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -28,19 +28,20 @@ impl Settings {
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// The program settings as a `Settings` struct or an error if the file is invalid
-    pub fn from_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(model_dir: P) -> Result<Settings> {
-        let file_path = model_dir.as_ref().join(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME);
+    pub fn load() -> Result<Settings> {
+        let file_path = Path::new(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME);
         if !file_path.is_file() {
             return Ok(Settings::default());
         }
 
-        read_toml(&file_path)
+        read_toml(file_path)
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use current_dir::Cwd;
     use std::fs::File;
     use std::io::Write;
     use tempfile::tempdir;
@@ -48,21 +49,24 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_settings_from_path_no_file() {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            Settings::from_path(dir.path()).unwrap(),
-            Settings::default()
-        );
+        let mut cwd = Cwd::mutex().lock().unwrap();
+        cwd.set(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Settings::load().unwrap(), Settings::default());
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_settings_from_path() {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut cwd = Cwd::mutex().lock().unwrap();
+        cwd.set(dir.path()).unwrap();
+
         {
-            let mut file = File::create(dir.path().join(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME)).unwrap();
+            let mut file = File::create(Path::new(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME)).unwrap();
             writeln!(file, "log_level = \"warn\"").unwrap();
         }
+
         assert_eq!(
-            Settings::from_path(dir.path()).unwrap(),
+            Settings::load().unwrap(),
             Settings {
                 log_level: Some("warn".to_string()),
                 debug_model: false