diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f863f3..7ced6b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
 find_package(KDE4)
 
-  if(MINGW)
-    SET (CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT windres)
-    ENABLE_LANGUAGE (RC)
-    SET (CMAKE_RC_COMPILE_OBJECT "<CMAKE_RC_COMPILER> -O coff -i <SOURCE> -o <OBJECT>")
-  endif(MINGW)
+if(MINGW)
+SET (CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT windres)
+ENABLE_LANGUAGE (RC)
+SET (CMAKE_RC_COMPILE_OBJECT "<CMAKE_RC_COMPILER> -O coff -i <SOURCE> -o <OBJECT>")
+endif(MINGW)
 
 if(KDE4_FOUND)
 	add_definitions(-DHAVE_KDE ${KDE4_DEFINITIONS} -D_UNICODE)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/NoKDE.cmake b/cmake/modules/NoKDE.cmake
index 5ce391f..c4d30b0 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/NoKDE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/NoKDE.cmake
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ include_directories(
         ${QT_QTCORE_INCLUDE_DIR} ${QT_QTGUI_INCLUDE_DIR}
         ${QT_QTNETWORK_INCLUDE_DIR} ${QT_QTDBUS_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-
-
 include( ${QT_USE_FILE} )
 
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4737fb9..7968b1a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif(WIN32)
 
 automoc4_add_executable( snorenotify ${WIN32_SPECIFIC}  main.cpp snorenotify.cpp trayicon.cpp ${SNORENOTIFY_DEPS})
 
-target_link_libraries( snorenotify snorecore ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTXML_LIBRARY} )
+target_link_libraries( snorenotify snorecore ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} )
 
 if(MSVC)
 	set_target_properties(snorenotify PROPERTIES   LINK_FLAGS "/ENTRY:\"mainCRTStartup\"")
diff --git a/src/core/snoreserver.cpp b/src/core/snoreserver.cpp
index 40b043e..744b857 100644
--- a/src/core/snoreserver.cpp
+++ b/src/core/snoreserver.cpp
@@ -35,19 +35,16 @@ QString const SnoreServer::snoreTMP(){
     return tmp;
 }
 
-void SnoreServer::initTMP(){
+
+SnoreServer::SnoreServer ( QSystemTrayIcon *trayIcon ) :
+        _notificationBackend ( NULL ),
+        _trayIcon ( trayIcon )
+{    
     QDir home ( snoreTMP() );
     if ( !home.exists() ){
         home.cdUp();
         home.mkdir("SnoreNotify");
     }
-}
-
-SnoreServer::SnoreServer ( QSystemTrayIcon *trayIcon ) :
-        _notificationBackend ( NULL ),
-        _trayIcon ( trayIcon )
-{
-    qDebug() <<"Inititalized";
 
     if ( trayIcon!=NULL )
     {
diff --git a/src/core/snoreserver.h b/src/core/snoreserver.h
index d18781a..431e9dc 100644
--- a/src/core/snoreserver.h
+++ b/src/core/snoreserver.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ class SNORE_EXPORT SnoreServer:public QObject
 public:
 	static const QString version();
     static const QString snoreTMP();
-    static void initTMP();
-
 
 public:
 	 SnoreServer ( class QSystemTrayIcon *trayIcon=0 );
diff --git a/src/plugins/snarl/snarl_backend.cpp b/src/plugins/snarl/snarl_backend.cpp
index a48b2d4..6260c55 100644
--- a/src/plugins/snarl/snarl_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/snarl/snarl_backend.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ using namespace Snarl::V42;
 Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2(snarl_backend,Snarl_Backend);
 
 Snarl_Backend::Snarl_Backend(SnoreServer *snore):
-Notification_Backend("SnarlBackend",snore)
+Notification_Backend("Snarl",snore)
 {
 	winIDWidget = new SnarlWidget(this);
 	SnarlInterface *snarlInterface = new SnarlInterface();
diff --git a/src/snorenotify.cpp b/src/snorenotify.cpp
index 47e5c7b..df50cff 100644
--- a/src/snorenotify.cpp
+++ b/src/snorenotify.cpp
@@ -24,26 +24,17 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QPluginLoader>
 #include <QSystemTrayIcon>
-#include <QtXml/qdom.h>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QTextStream>
+#include <QSettings>
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
-#define PROFILEPATH qgetenv("APPDATA") + "\\snorenotify\\"
-#elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
-#define PROFILEPATH qgetenv("HOME") + "/.snorenotify/"
-#endif
 
 
-
-
-SnoreNotify::SnoreNotify()
+SnoreNotify::SnoreNotify():
+    _settings("TheOneRing","SnoreNotify")
 {
     _trayIcon = new TrayIcon();
     _snore = new SnoreServer(_trayIcon->trayIcon());
-    _snore->initTMP();
 
     QDir pluginsDir ( qApp->applicationDirPath() +"/snoreplugins" );
     foreach ( QString fileName, pluginsDir.entryList ( QDir::Files ) )
@@ -65,50 +56,11 @@ SnoreNotify::~SnoreNotify(){
 }
 
 void SnoreNotify::load(){
-    QDomDocument doc( "Settings" );
-    QFile file( PROFILEPATH + "settings.xml" );
-    if(!file.open( QFile::ReadOnly )){
-        std::cout<<"Failed openeing settings file: "<<QString(PROFILEPATH).toLatin1().data()<<"settings.xml"<<std::endl;
-        return;
-    }
-
-    QString errorMessage;
-    int errorLine = -1;
-    int errorCulumn = -1;
-
-    if(!doc.setContent(&file,&errorMessage,&errorLine, &errorCulumn )){
-        std::cout<<"Failed parsing settings file: "<<QString(PROFILEPATH).toLatin1().data()<<"settings.xml\n"
-                <<"Error: "<<errorMessage.toLatin1().data()<<" line: "
-               <<QString::number(errorLine).toLatin1().data()<<" collumn: "<<QString::number(errorCulumn).toLatin1().data()<<std::endl;
-        file.close();
-        return;
-    }
-    file.close();
-
-    QDomElement root = doc.documentElement();
-    QDomElement backend = root.elementsByTagName("notificationBackend").item(0).toElement();
-    if(!backend.isNull())
-        _snore->setPrimaryNotificationBackend(backend.text());
+    _snore->setPrimaryNotificationBackend(_settings.value("notificationBackend").toString());
 }
 
 void SnoreNotify::save(){
-    QDomDocument doc("Settings");
-    QDomElement root = doc.createElement( "SnoreNotifyProfile" );
-    doc.appendChild(root);
-    QDomElement backend = doc.createElement( "notificationBackend");
-    backend.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(_snore->primaryNotificationBackend()));
-    root.appendChild(backend);
-
-
-    QFile file( PROFILEPATH + "settings.xml" );
-    if(!file.exists()){
-        QDir(PROFILEPATH).mkpath(PROFILEPATH);
-    }
-    file.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
-
-    QTextStream ts( &file );
-    doc.save(ts,4);
-    file.close();
+    _settings.setValue("notificationBackend",_snore->primaryNotificationBackend());
 }
 
 void SnoreNotify::exit(){
diff --git a/src/snorenotify.h b/src/snorenotify.h
index 8f15d64..88033d0 100644
--- a/src/snorenotify.h
+++ b/src/snorenotify.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
 private:
 	class TrayIcon *_trayIcon;
 	class SnoreServer *_snore;
+        class QSettings _settings;
 
 private slots:
     void exit();