diff --git a/TileGenerator.cpp b/TileGenerator.cpp
index ca3a290..a8c86f3 100644
--- a/TileGenerator.cpp
+++ b/TileGenerator.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <cstring>
 #include "config.h"
+#include "Settings.h"
 #include "PlayerAttributes.h"
 #include "TileGenerator.h"
 #include "ZlibDecompressor.h"
@@ -714,38 +715,8 @@ void TileGenerator::parseHeightMapNodesLine(const std::string &line, std::string
 
 std::string TileGenerator::getWorldDatabaseBackend(const std::string &input)
 {
-	string backend;
-
-	std::string worldFile = input + PATH_SEPARATOR + "world.mt";
-	ifstream in;
-	in.open(worldFile.c_str(), ifstream::in);
-	if (!in.is_open())
-		throw std::runtime_error(std::string("Failed to open world.mt file '") + worldFile + "'");
-
-	std::string line;
-	int linenr = 0;
-	for (std::getline(in,line); in.good(); std::getline(in,line)) {
-		linenr++;
-		istringstream iline;
-		iline.str(line);
-		iline >> std::skipws;
-		string variable;
-		string eq;
-		iline >> variable;
-		if (variable != "backend")
-			continue;
-		iline >> eq;
-		iline >> backend;
-		if (in.fail() || eq != "=") {
-			ostringstream oss;
-			oss << "Error parsing 'backend' in world.mt file at line " << linenr;
-			throw std::runtime_error(oss.str());
-		}
-	}
-	in.close();
-	if (backend == "")
-		backend = "sqlite3";
-	return backend;
+	Settings world_mt(input + PATH_SEPARATOR + "world.mt");
+	return world_mt.get("backend", "sqlite3");
 }
 
 int TileGenerator::getMapChunkSize(const std::string &input)