diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 5a48105c..b206d075 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub ident_formats_theme: Option<IdentFormatsTheme>,
     pub field_names_for_enums: bool,
     pub base_address_shift: u64,
-    pub html_url: Option<url::Url>,
     /// Path to YAML file with chip-specific settings
-    pub settings: Option<PathBuf>,
+    pub settings_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// Chip-specific settings
+    pub settings: Settings,
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
@@ -320,8 +321,21 @@ pub enum IdentFormatsTheme {
 #[non_exhaustive]
 /// Chip-specific settings
 pub struct Settings {
+    /// Path to chip HTML generated by svdtools
+    pub html_url: Option<url::Url>,
     /// RISC-V specific settings
     pub riscv_config: Option<riscv::RiscvConfig>,
 }
 
+impl Settings {
+    pub fn update_from(&mut self, source: Self) {
+        if source.html_url.is_some() {
+            self.html_url = source.html_url;
+        }
+        if source.riscv_config.is_some() {
+            self.riscv_config = source.riscv_config;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub mod riscv;
diff --git a/src/generate/device.rs b/src/generate/device.rs
index 677b7e8d..d2b3ee9c 100644
--- a/src/generate/device.rs
+++ b/src/generate/device.rs
@@ -28,19 +28,6 @@ pub fn render(d: &Device, config: &Config, device_x: &mut String) -> Result<Toke
         }
     };
 
-    let settings = match config.settings.as_ref() {
-        #[cfg(feature = "yaml")]
-        Some(settings) => {
-            let file = std::fs::read_to_string(settings).context("could not read settings file")?;
-            Some(serde_yaml::from_str(&file).context("could not parse settings file")?)
-        }
-        #[cfg(not(feature = "yaml"))]
-        Some(_) => {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Support for yaml config files is not available because svd2rust was compiled without the yaml feature"));
-        }
-        None => None,
-    };
-
     // make_mod option explicitly disables inner attributes.
     if config.target == Target::Msp430 && !config.make_mod {
         out.extend(quote! {
@@ -203,7 +190,7 @@ pub fn render(d: &Device, config: &Config, device_x: &mut String) -> Result<Toke
 
     match config.target {
         Target::RISCV => {
-            if settings.is_none() {
+            if config.settings.riscv_config.is_none() {
                 warn!("No settings file provided for RISC-V target. Using legacy interrupts rendering");
                 warn!("Please, consider migrating your PAC to riscv 0.12.0 or later");
                 out.extend(interrupt::render(
@@ -214,12 +201,7 @@ pub fn render(d: &Device, config: &Config, device_x: &mut String) -> Result<Toke
                 )?);
             } else {
                 debug!("Rendering RISC-V specific code");
-                out.extend(riscv::render(
-                    &d.peripherals,
-                    device_x,
-                    settings.as_ref().unwrap(),
-                    config,
-                )?);
+                out.extend(riscv::render(&d.peripherals, device_x, config)?);
             }
         }
         _ => {
@@ -241,10 +223,7 @@ pub fn render(d: &Device, config: &Config, device_x: &mut String) -> Result<Toke
             // Core peripherals are handled above
             continue;
         }
-        if config.target == Target::RISCV
-            && settings.is_some()
-            && riscv::is_riscv_peripheral(p, settings.as_ref().unwrap())
-        {
+        if config.target == Target::RISCV && riscv::is_riscv_peripheral(p, &config.settings) {
             // RISC-V specific peripherals are handled above
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/generate/riscv.rs b/src/generate/riscv.rs
index 9436ef9d..fff9e970 100644
--- a/src/generate/riscv.rs
+++ b/src/generate/riscv.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pub fn is_riscv_peripheral(p: &Peripheral, s: &Settings) -> bool {
 pub fn render(
     peripherals: &[Peripheral],
     device_x: &mut String,
-    settings: &Settings,
     config: &Config,
 ) -> Result<TokenStream> {
     let mut mod_items = TokenStream::new();
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn render(
         .as_ref()
         .map(|feature| quote!(#[cfg_attr(feature = #feature, derive(defmt::Format))]));
 
-    if let Some(c) = settings.riscv_config.as_ref() {
+    if let Some(c) = config.settings.riscv_config.as_ref() {
         if !c.core_interrupts.is_empty() {
             debug!("Rendering target-specific core interrupts");
             writeln!(device_x, "/* Core interrupt sources and trap handlers */")?;
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ pub fn render(
     }
 
     let mut riscv_peripherals = TokenStream::new();
-    if let Some(c) = &settings.riscv_config {
+    if let Some(c) = config.settings.riscv_config.as_ref() {
         let harts = match c.harts.is_empty() {
             true => vec![],
             false => c
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index edec886e..b5d5c4ab 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -628,6 +628,22 @@ pub fn generate(input: &str, config: &Config) -> Result<Generation> {
     use std::fmt::Write;
 
     let mut config = config.clone();
+
+    match config.settings_file.as_ref() {
+        #[cfg(feature = "yaml")]
+        Some(settings) => {
+            let file = std::fs::read_to_string(settings).context("could not read settings file")?;
+            config
+                .settings
+                .update_from(serde_yaml::from_str(&file).context("could not parse settings file")?)
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "yaml"))]
+        Some(_) => {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Support for yaml config files is not available because svd2rust was compiled without the yaml feature"));
+        }
+        None => {}
+    };
+
     let mut ident_formats = match config.ident_formats_theme {
         Some(IdentFormatsTheme::Legacy) => IdentFormats::legacy_theme(),
         _ => IdentFormats::default_theme(),
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 880bb4ab..27607bfc 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
                 .value_name("TOML_FILE"),
         )
         .arg(
-            Arg::new("settings")
+            Arg::new("settings_file")
                 .long("settings")
                 .help("Target-specific settings YAML file")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
@@ -276,14 +276,6 @@ Allowed cases are `unchanged` (''), `pascal` ('p'), `constant` ('c') and `snake`
 Useful for soft-cores where the peripheral address range isn't necessarily fixed.
 Ignore this option if you are not building your own FPGA based soft-cores."),
         )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::new("html_url")
-                .long("html-url")
-                .alias("html_url")
-                .help("Path to chip HTML generated by svdtools")
-                .action(ArgAction::Set)
-                .value_name("URL"),
-        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("log_level")
                 .long("log")
@@ -330,6 +322,21 @@ Ignore this option if you are not building your own FPGA based soft-cores."),
         }
     }
 
+    match config.settings_file.as_ref() {
+        #[cfg(feature = "yaml")]
+        Some(settings) => {
+            let file = std::fs::read_to_string(settings).context("could not read settings file")?;
+            config
+                .settings
+                .update_from(serde_yaml::from_str(&file).context("could not parse settings file")?)
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "yaml"))]
+        Some(_) => {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Support for yaml config files is not available because svd2rust was compiled without the yaml feature"));
+        }
+        None => {}
+    };
+
     if let Some(file) = config.input.as_ref() {
         config.source_type = SourceType::from_path(file)
     }