diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index f0432f6..15c0c53 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* see example dunstrc for additional explanations about these options */
 
-settings_t defaults = {
+struct settings defaults = {
 
 .font = "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*",
 .markup = MARKUP_NO,
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index 5d3fbff..d6e5834 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "x11/x.h"
 
-settings_t settings;
+struct settings settings;
 
 static void parse_follow_mode(const char *mode)
 {
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index f35a11c..3c50490 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct geometry {
 
 };
 
-typedef struct _settings {
+struct settings {
         bool print_notifications;
         bool per_monitor_dpi;
         enum markup_mode markup;
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ typedef struct _settings {
         enum mouse_action mouse_left_click;
         enum mouse_action mouse_middle_click;
         enum mouse_action mouse_right_click;
-} settings_t;
+};
 
-extern settings_t settings;
+extern struct settings settings;
 
 void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path);