diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author.php
index 679fcf2..4123ca8 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Author extends Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Helper {
 
-	protected $settings;
 	protected $name;
 
 	/**
@@ -12,8 +11,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Author extends Display_Featured_Image_Genes
 	 */
 	public function set_author_meta() {
 
-		$this->settings = new Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Settings();
-		$this->name     = 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis';
+		$this->name = 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis';
 		// current user
 		add_action( 'profile_personal_options', array( $this, 'do_author_fields' ) );
 		add_action( 'personal_options_update', array( $this, 'save_profile_fields' ) );
diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output.php
index 8eaa9cf..ae3fb8a 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-output.php
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Output {
 	 */
 	public function manage_output() {
 
-		$settings             = new Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Settings();
-		$this->displaysetting = $settings->get_display_setting();
+		$this->displaysetting = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_setting();
 		$skip                 = $this->displaysetting['exclude_front'];
 		/**
 		 * Creates display_featured_image_genesis_skipped_posttypes filter to check
diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-rss.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-rss.php
index cd7733c..2784095 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-rss.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-rss.php
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_RSS {
 	 */
 	public function maybe_do_feed() {
 
-		$settings       = new Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Settings();
-		$displaysetting = $settings->get_display_setting();
+		$displaysetting = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_setting();
 		$feed_image     = $displaysetting['feed_image'];
 
 		// if the user isn't sending images to the feed, we're done
diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php
index 45aede5..448976f 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis {
 		add_action( 'template_redirect', array( $this->rss, 'maybe_do_feed' ) );
 		add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'enqueue_scripts' ) );
 		add_filter( 'plugin_action_links_' . DISPLAYFEATUREDIMAGEGENESIS_BASENAME, array( $this, 'add_settings_link' ) );
+		add_filter( 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_setting', array( $this->settings, 'get_display_setting' ) );
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/includes/helper-functions.php b/includes/helper-functions.php
index e5a611d..b16e5d7 100644
--- a/includes/helper-functions.php
+++ b/includes/helper-functions.php
@@ -225,3 +225,7 @@ function displayfeaturedimagegenesis_check_image_id( $image_id = '' ) {
 function displayfeaturedimagegenesis_can_do() {
 	return apply_filters( 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis_can_do', false );
 }
+
+function displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_setting() {
+	return apply_filters( 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_setting', false );
+}