diff --git a/datasette/app.py b/datasette/app.py
index f2f75884..8cbaaf9f 100644
--- a/datasette/app.py
+++ b/datasette/app.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class Datasette:
         plugins_dir=None,
         static_mounts=None,
         memory=False,
-        config=None,
+        settings=None,
         secret=None,
         version_note=None,
         config_dir=None,
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class Datasette:
             raise StartupError("config.json should be renamed to settings.json")
         if config_dir and (config_dir / "settings.json").exists() and not config:
             config = json.loads((config_dir / "settings.json").read_text())
-        self._settings = dict(DEFAULT_SETTINGS, **(config or {}))
+        self._settings = dict(DEFAULT_SETTINGS, **(settings or {}))
         self.renderers = {}  # File extension -> (renderer, can_render) functions
         self.version_note = version_note
         self.executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ class Datasette:
     def setting(self, key):
         return self._settings.get(key, None)
 
-    def config_dict(self):
-        # Returns a fully resolved config dictionary, useful for templates
+    def settings_dict(self):
+        # Returns a fully resolved settings dictionary, useful for templates
         return {option.name: self.setting(option.name) for option in SETTINGS}
 
     def _metadata_recursive_update(self, orig, updated):
diff --git a/datasette/cli.py b/datasette/cli.py
index d4e23c70..ea6da748 100644
--- a/datasette/cli.py
+++ b/datasette/cli.py
@@ -495,14 +495,14 @@ def serve(
     if metadata:
         metadata_data = parse_metadata(metadata.read())
 
-    combined_config = {}
+    combined_settings = {}
     if config:
         click.echo(
             "--config name:value will be deprecated in Datasette 1.0, use --setting name value instead",
             err=True,
         )
-        combined_config.update(config)
-    combined_config.update(settings)
+        combined_settings.update(config)
+    combined_settings.update(settings)
 
     kwargs = dict(
         immutables=immutable,
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def serve(
         template_dir=template_dir,
         plugins_dir=plugins_dir,
         static_mounts=static,
-        config=combined_config,
+        settings=combined_settings,
         memory=memory,
         secret=secret,
         version_note=version_note,
diff --git a/datasette/templates/table.html b/datasette/templates/table.html
index 466e8a47..a28945ad 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/table.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/table.html
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
                 CSV options:
                 <label><input type="checkbox" name="_dl"> download file</label>
                 {% if expandable_columns %}<label><input type="checkbox" name="_labels" checked> expand labels</label>{% endif %}
-                {% if next_url and config.allow_csv_stream %}<label><input type="checkbox" name="_stream"> stream all rows</label>{% endif %}
+                {% if next_url and settings.allow_csv_stream %}<label><input type="checkbox" name="_stream"> stream all rows</label>{% endif %}
                 <input type="submit" value="Export CSV">
                 {% for key, value in url_csv_hidden_args %}
                     <input type="hidden" name="{{ key }}" value="{{ value }}">
diff --git a/datasette/views/base.py b/datasette/views/base.py
index 1cea1386..3333781c 100644
--- a/datasette/views/base.py
+++ b/datasette/views/base.py
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class DataView(BaseView):
                     ]
                     + [("_size", "max")],
                     "datasette_version": __version__,
-                    "config": self.ds.config_dict(),
+                    "settings": self.ds.settings_dict(),
                 },
             }
             if "metadata" not in context:
diff --git a/datasette/views/database.py b/datasette/views/database.py
index 7c36034c..e3070ce6 100644
--- a/datasette/views/database.py
+++ b/datasette/views/database.py
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class QueryView(DataView):
                 "canned_query": canned_query,
                 "edit_sql_url": edit_sql_url,
                 "metadata": metadata,
-                "config": self.ds.config_dict(),
+                "settings": self.ds.settings_dict(),
                 "request": request,
                 "show_hide_link": show_hide_link,
                 "show_hide_text": show_hide_text,
diff --git a/tests/fixtures.py b/tests/fixtures.py
index 4a420e4b..dc22c609 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def make_app_client(
     max_returned_rows=None,
     cors=False,
     memory=False,
-    config=None,
+    settings=None,
     filename="fixtures.db",
     is_immutable=False,
     extra_databases=None,
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def make_app_client(
                 # Insert at start to help test /-/databases ordering:
                 files.insert(0, extra_filepath)
         os.chdir(os.path.dirname(filepath))
-        config = config or {}
+        settings = settings or {}
         for key, value in {
             "default_page_size": 50,
             "max_returned_rows": max_returned_rows or 100,
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ def make_app_client(
             # errors when running the full test suite:
             "num_sql_threads": 1,
         }.items():
-            if key not in config:
-                config[key] = value
+            if key not in settings:
+                settings[key] = value
         ds = Datasette(
             files,
             immutables=immutables,
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def make_app_client(
             cors=cors,
             metadata=metadata or METADATA,
             plugins_dir=PLUGINS_DIR,
-            config=config,
+            settings=settings,
             inspect_data=inspect_data,
             static_mounts=static_mounts,
             template_dir=template_dir,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def app_client_no_files():
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def app_client_base_url_prefix():
-    with make_app_client(config={"base_url": "/prefix/"}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"base_url": "/prefix/"}) as client:
         yield client
 
 
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ def app_client_two_attached_databases_one_immutable():
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def app_client_with_hash():
-    with make_app_client(config={"hash_urls": True}, is_immutable=True) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"hash_urls": True}, is_immutable=True) as client:
         yield client
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def app_client_with_trace():
-    with make_app_client(config={"trace_debug": True}, is_immutable=True) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"trace_debug": True}, is_immutable=True) as client:
         yield client
 
 
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ def app_client_returned_rows_matches_page_size():
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def app_client_larger_cache_size():
-    with make_app_client(config={"cache_size_kb": 2500}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"cache_size_kb": 2500}) as client:
         yield client
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def app_client_csv_max_mb_one():
-    with make_app_client(config={"max_csv_mb": 1}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"max_csv_mb": 1}) as client:
         yield client
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 83cca521..1e93c62e 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1711,14 +1711,14 @@ def test_suggested_facets(app_client):
 
 
 def test_allow_facet_off():
-    with make_app_client(config={"allow_facet": False}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"allow_facet": False}) as client:
         assert 400 == client.get("/fixtures/facetable.json?_facet=planet_int").status
         # Should not suggest any facets either:
         assert [] == client.get("/fixtures/facetable.json").json["suggested_facets"]
 
 
 def test_suggest_facets_off():
-    with make_app_client(config={"suggest_facets": False}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"suggest_facets": False}) as client:
         # Now suggested_facets should be []
         assert [] == client.get("/fixtures/facetable.json").json["suggested_facets"]
 
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ def test_config_cache_size(app_client_larger_cache_size):
 
 
 def test_config_force_https_urls():
-    with make_app_client(config={"force_https_urls": True}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"force_https_urls": True}) as client:
         response = client.get("/fixtures/facetable.json?_size=3&_facet=state")
         assert response.json["next_url"].startswith("https://")
         assert response.json["facet_results"]["state"]["results"][0][
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ def test_custom_query_with_unicode_characters(app_client):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("trace_debug", (True, False))
 def test_trace(trace_debug):
-    with make_app_client(config={"trace_debug": trace_debug}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"trace_debug": trace_debug}) as client:
         response = client.get("/fixtures/simple_primary_key.json?_trace=1")
         assert response.status == 200
 
diff --git a/tests/test_custom_pages.py b/tests/test_custom_pages.py
index 5a71f56d..76c67397 100644
--- a/tests/test_custom_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_custom_pages.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def custom_pages_client():
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def custom_pages_client_with_base_url():
     with make_app_client(
-        template_dir=TEST_TEMPLATE_DIRS, config={"base_url": "/prefix/"}
+        template_dir=TEST_TEMPLATE_DIRS, settings={"base_url": "/prefix/"}
     ) as client:
         yield client
 
diff --git a/tests/test_facets.py b/tests/test_facets.py
index 18fb8c3b..22927512 100644
--- a/tests/test_facets.py
+++ b/tests/test_facets.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ async def test_json_array_with_blanks_and_nulls():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_facet_size():
-    ds = Datasette([], memory=True, config={"max_returned_rows": 50})
+    ds = Datasette([], memory=True, settings={"max_returned_rows": 50})
     db = ds.add_database(Database(ds, memory_name="test_facet_size"))
     await db.execute_write(
         "create table neighbourhoods(city text, neighbourhood text)", block=True
diff --git a/tests/test_html.py b/tests/test_html.py
index f12f89cd..90fcdae7 100644
--- a/tests/test_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_html.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def test_definition_sql(path, expected_definition_sql, app_client):
 
 
 def test_table_cell_truncation():
-    with make_app_client(config={"truncate_cells_html": 5}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"truncate_cells_html": 5}) as client:
         response = client.get("/fixtures/facetable")
         assert response.status == 200
         table = Soup(response.body, "html.parser").find("table")
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def test_table_cell_truncation():
 
 
 def test_row_page_does_not_truncate():
-    with make_app_client(config={"truncate_cells_html": 5}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"truncate_cells_html": 5}) as client:
         response = client.get("/fixtures/facetable/1")
         assert response.status == 200
         table = Soup(response.body, "html.parser").find("table")
@@ -1072,7 +1072,9 @@ def test_database_download_disallowed_for_memory():
 
 
 def test_allow_download_off():
-    with make_app_client(is_immutable=True, config={"allow_download": False}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(
+        is_immutable=True, settings={"allow_download": False}
+    ) as client:
         response = client.get("/fixtures")
         soup = Soup(response.body, "html.parser")
         assert not len(soup.findAll("a", {"href": re.compile(r"\.db$")}))
@@ -1486,7 +1488,7 @@ def test_query_error(app_client):
 
 
 def test_config_template_debug_on():
-    with make_app_client(config={"template_debug": True}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"template_debug": True}) as client:
         response = client.get("/fixtures/facetable?_context=1")
         assert response.status == 200
         assert response.text.startswith("<pre>{")
@@ -1500,7 +1502,7 @@ def test_config_template_debug_off(app_client):
 
 def test_debug_context_includes_extra_template_vars():
     # https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/693
-    with make_app_client(config={"template_debug": True}) as client:
+    with make_app_client(settings={"template_debug": True}) as client:
         response = client.get("/fixtures/facetable?_context=1")
         # scope_path is added by PLUGIN1
         assert "scope_path" in response.text
@@ -1744,7 +1746,7 @@ def test_facet_more_links(
     expected_ellipses_url,
 ):
     with make_app_client(
-        config={"max_returned_rows": max_returned_rows, "default_facet_size": 2}
+        settings={"max_returned_rows": max_returned_rows, "default_facet_size": 2}
     ) as client:
         response = client.get(path)
         soup = Soup(response.body, "html.parser")