diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 7983cdf422..dc3b6b0728 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -645,9 +645,8 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine()
     mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->getShaderManager().setMaxTextureUnits(mGlMaxTextureImageUnits);
     mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->setUnRefImageDataAfterApply(
         false); // keep to Off for now to allow better state sharing
-    mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->setFilterSettings(Settings::Manager::getString("texture mag filter", "General"),
-        Settings::Manager::getString("texture min filter", "General"),
-        Settings::Manager::getString("texture mipmap", "General"), Settings::Manager::getInt("anisotropy", "General"));
+    mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->setFilterSettings(Settings::general().mTextureMagFilter,
+        Settings::general().mTextureMinFilter, Settings::general().mTextureMipmap, Settings::general().mAnisotropy);
     mEnvironment.setResourceSystem(*mResourceSystem);
 
     mWorkQueue = new SceneUtil::WorkQueue(Settings::cells().mPreloadNumThreads);
@@ -655,8 +654,8 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine()
 
     mScreenCaptureOperation = new SceneUtil::AsyncScreenCaptureOperation(mWorkQueue,
         new SceneUtil::WriteScreenshotToFileOperation(mCfgMgr.getScreenshotPath(),
-            Settings::Manager::getString("screenshot format", "General"),
-            Settings::Manager::getBool("notify on saved screenshot", "General")
+            Settings::general().mScreenshotFormat,
+            Settings::general().mNotifyOnSavedScreenshot
                 ? std::function<void(std::string)>(ScheduleNonDialogMessageBox{})
                 : std::function<void(std::string)>(IgnoreString{})));
 
@@ -665,8 +664,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine()
     mViewer->addEventHandler(mScreenCaptureHandler);
 
     mL10nManager = std::make_unique<l10n::Manager>(mVFS.get());
-    mL10nManager->setPreferredLocales(Settings::Manager::getStringArray("preferred locales", "General"),
-        Settings::Manager::getBool("gmst overrides l10n", "General"));
+    mL10nManager->setPreferredLocales(Settings::general().mPreferredLocales, Settings::general().mGmstOverridesL10n);
     mEnvironment.setL10nManager(*mL10nManager);
 
     mLuaManager = std::make_unique<MWLua::LuaManager>(mVFS.get(), mResDir / "lua_libs");
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
index 4affff459c..2532a676e5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <components/files/conversion.hpp>
 #include <components/interpreter/interpreter.hpp>
 #include <components/misc/utf8stream.hpp>
-#include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
+#include <components/settings/values.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwscript/extensions.hpp"
 #include "../mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp"
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     void Console::initConsoleHistory()
     {
         const auto filePath = mCfgMgr.getUserConfigPath() / "console_history.txt";
-        const size_t retrievalLimit = Settings::Manager::getSize("console history buffer size", "General");
+        const size_t retrievalLimit = Settings::general().mConsoleHistoryBufferSize;
 
         // Read the previous session's commands from the file
         if (retrievalLimit > 0)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/debugwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/debugwindow.cpp
index 2a9ae25664..5d3948e76d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/debugwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/debugwindow.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <LinearMath/btQuickprof.h>
 #include <components/debug/debugging.hpp>
-#include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
+#include <components/settings/values.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwbase/environment.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/luamanager.hpp"
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void DebugWindow::startLogRecording()
     {
-        sLogCircularBuffer.resize(Settings::Manager::getSize("log buffer size", "General"));
+        sLogCircularBuffer.resize(Settings::general().mLogBufferSize);
         Debug::setLogListener([](Debug::Level level, std::string_view prefix, std::string_view msg) {
             if (sLogCircularBuffer.empty())
                 return; // Log viewer is disabled.
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
index 8cfeb88aba..e624f8e692 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         }
         highlightCurrentResolution();
 
-        const std::string& tmip = Settings::Manager::getString("texture mipmap", "General");
+        const std::string& tmip = Settings::general().mTextureMipmap;
         mTextureFilteringButton->setCaptionWithReplacing(textureMipmappingToStr(tmip));
 
         int waterTextureSize = Settings::Manager::getInt("rtt size", "Water");
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         std::sort(availableLanguages.begin(), availableLanguages.end());
 
-        std::vector<std::string> currentLocales = Settings::Manager::getStringArray("preferred locales", "General");
+        std::vector<std::string> currentLocales = Settings::general().mPreferredLocales;
         if (currentLocales.empty())
             currentLocales.push_back("en");
 
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->interactiveMessageBox(
             "#{OMWEngine:ChangeRequiresRestart}", { "#{Interface:OK}" }, true);
 
-        std::vector<std::string> currentLocales = Settings::Manager::getStringArray("preferred locales", "General");
+        std::vector<std::string> currentLocales = Settings::general().mPreferredLocales;
         if (currentLocales.size() <= langPriority)
             currentLocales.resize(langPriority + 1, "en");
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         else
             currentLocales.resize(1);
 
-        Settings::Manager::setStringArray("preferred locales", "General", currentLocales);
+        Settings::general().mPreferredLocales.set(currentLocales);
     }
 
     void SettingsWindow::onGmstOverridesL10nChanged(MyGUI::Widget*)
@@ -681,9 +681,9 @@ namespace MWGui
     void SettingsWindow::onTextureFilteringChanged(MyGUI::ComboBox* _sender, size_t pos)
     {
         if (pos == 0)
-            Settings::Manager::setString("texture mipmap", "General", "nearest");
+            Settings::general().mTextureMipmap.set("nearest");
         else if (pos == 1)
-            Settings::Manager::setString("texture mipmap", "General", "linear");
+            Settings::general().mTextureMipmap.set("linear");
         else
             Log(Debug::Warning) << "Unexpected option pos " << pos;
         apply();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index d8e0bd13c8..4a781a4720 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -1292,11 +1292,8 @@ namespace MWRender
     {
         mViewer->stopThreading();
 
-        mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->setFilterSettings(
-            Settings::Manager::getString("texture mag filter", "General"),
-            Settings::Manager::getString("texture min filter", "General"),
-            Settings::Manager::getString("texture mipmap", "General"),
-            Settings::Manager::getInt("anisotropy", "General"));
+        mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->setFilterSettings(Settings::general().mTextureMagFilter,
+            Settings::general().mTextureMinFilter, Settings::general().mTextureMipmap, Settings::general().mAnisotropy);
 
         mTerrain->updateTextureFiltering();
         mWater->processChangedSettings({});
diff --git a/components/settings/categories/general.hpp b/components/settings/categories/general.hpp
index 94f6848798..7bbb651ee8 100644
--- a/components/settings/categories/general.hpp
+++ b/components/settings/categories/general.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace Settings
         SettingValue<std::string> mTextureMipmap{ mIndex, "General", "texture mipmap",
             makeEnumSanitizerString({ "none", "nearest", "linear" }) };
         SettingValue<bool> mNotifyOnSavedScreenshot{ mIndex, "General", "notify on saved screenshot" };
-        SettingValue<std::string> mPreferredLocales{ mIndex, "General", "preferred locales" };
+        SettingValue<std::vector<std::string>> mPreferredLocales{ mIndex, "General", "preferred locales" };
         SettingValue<bool> mGmstOverridesL10n{ mIndex, "General", "gmst overrides l10n" };
         SettingValue<std::size_t> mLogBufferSize{ mIndex, "General", "log buffer size" };
         SettingValue<std::size_t> mConsoleHistoryBufferSize{ mIndex, "General", "console history buffer size" };
diff --git a/components/settings/settings.cpp b/components/settings/settings.cpp
index 6d35bab046..ce50d59ae1 100644
--- a/components/settings/settings.cpp
+++ b/components/settings/settings.cpp
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ namespace Settings
         setInt(setting, category, static_cast<int>(value));
     }
 
+    void Manager::set(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category, const std::vector<std::string>& value)
+    {
+        setStringArray(setting, category, value);
+    }
+
     void Manager::recordInit(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category)
     {
         sInitialized.emplace(category, setting);
diff --git a/components/settings/settings.hpp b/components/settings/settings.hpp
index 536977399f..d8b10782ad 100644
--- a/components/settings/settings.hpp
+++ b/components/settings/settings.hpp
@@ -104,12 +104,13 @@ namespace Settings
         static void set(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category, const osg::Vec2f& value);
         static void set(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category, const osg::Vec3f& value);
         static void set(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category, DetourNavigator::CollisionShapeType value);
+        static void set(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category, const std::vector<std::string>& value);
 
     private:
         static std::set<std::pair<std::string_view, std::string_view>> sInitialized;
 
         template <class T>
-        static T getImpl(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category);
+        static T getImpl(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category) = delete;
 
         static void recordInit(std::string_view setting, std::string_view category);
     };
@@ -180,6 +181,13 @@ namespace Settings
     {
         return DetourNavigator::toCollisionShapeType(getInt(setting, category));
     }
+
+    template <>
+    inline std::vector<std::string> Manager::getImpl<std::vector<std::string>>(
+        std::string_view setting, std::string_view category)
+    {
+        return getStringArray(setting, category);
+    }
 }
 
 #endif // COMPONENTS_SETTINGS_H
diff --git a/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp b/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp
index 435f82ab1b..cd04dbc820 100644
--- a/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp
+++ b/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace Settings
 {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ namespace Settings
         Vec2f,
         Vec3f,
         CollisionShapeType,
+        StringArray,
     };
 
     template <class T>
@@ -116,6 +118,12 @@ namespace Settings
         return SettingValueType::CollisionShapeType;
     }
 
+    template <>
+    inline constexpr SettingValueType getSettingValueType<std::vector<std::string>>()
+    {
+        return SettingValueType::StringArray;
+    }
+
     inline constexpr std::string_view getSettingValueTypeName(SettingValueType type)
     {
         switch (type)
@@ -146,6 +154,8 @@ namespace Settings
                 return "vec3f";
             case SettingValueType::CollisionShapeType:
                 return "collision shape type";
+            case SettingValueType::StringArray:
+                return "string array";
         }
         return "unsupported";
     }
@@ -292,6 +302,18 @@ namespace Settings
             {
                 if constexpr (std::is_enum_v<T>)
                     return stream << static_cast<std::underlying_type_t<T>>(value.mValue);
+                else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, std::vector<std::string>>)
+                {
+                    bool first = true;
+                    for (const std::string& v : value.mValue)
+                    {
+                        if (std::exchange(first, false))
+                            stream << v;
+                        else
+                            stream << "," << v;
+                    }
+                    return stream;
+                }
                 else
                     return stream << value.mValue;
             }