diff --git a/src/Database/Migrations/2021-07-04-041948_CreateSettingsTable.php b/src/Database/Migrations/2021-07-04-041948_CreateSettingsTable.php
index 26627ab..eb45235 100644
--- a/src/Database/Migrations/2021-07-04-041948_CreateSettingsTable.php
+++ b/src/Database/Migrations/2021-07-04-041948_CreateSettingsTable.php
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\Forge;
 use CodeIgniter\Database\Migration;
+use CodeIgniter\Settings\Config\Settings;
 
 class CreateSettingsTable extends Migration
 {
+    private Settings $config;
+
     public function __construct(?Forge $forge = null)
     {
-        $this->DBGroup = config('Settings')->database['group'] ?? null;
+        $this->config  = config('Settings');
+        $this->DBGroup = $this->config->database['group'] ?? null;
 
         parent::__construct($forge);
     }
@@ -44,11 +48,11 @@ public function up()
                 'null' => false,
             ],
         ]);
-        $this->forge->createTable(config('Settings')->database['table'], true);
+        $this->forge->createTable($this->config->database['table'], true);
     }
 
     public function down()
     {
-        $this->forge->dropTable(config('Settings')->database['table']);
+        $this->forge->dropTable($this->config->database['table']);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Database/Migrations/2021-11-14-143905_AddContextColumn.php b/src/Database/Migrations/2021-11-14-143905_AddContextColumn.php
index 26ee063..9bf7fe2 100644
--- a/src/Database/Migrations/2021-11-14-143905_AddContextColumn.php
+++ b/src/Database/Migrations/2021-11-14-143905_AddContextColumn.php
@@ -4,19 +4,23 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\Forge;
 use CodeIgniter\Database\Migration;
+use CodeIgniter\Settings\Config\Settings;
 
 class AddContextColumn extends Migration
 {
+    private Settings $config;
+
     public function __construct(?Forge $forge = null)
     {
-        $this->DBGroup = config('Settings')->database['group'] ?? null;
+        $this->config  = config('Settings');
+        $this->DBGroup = $this->config->database['group'] ?? null;
 
         parent::__construct($forge);
     }
 
     public function up()
     {
-        $this->forge->addColumn(config('Settings')->database['table'], [
+        $this->forge->addColumn($this->config->database['table'], [
             'context' => [
                 'type'       => 'varchar',
                 'constraint' => 255,
@@ -28,6 +32,6 @@ public function up()
 
     public function down()
     {
-        $this->forge->dropColumn(config('Settings')->database['table'], 'context');
+        $this->forge->dropColumn($this->config->database['table'], 'context');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php b/src/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php
index abeffda..240ee2b 100644
--- a/src/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php
+++ b/src/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\Settings\Handlers;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseBuilder;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseConnection;
 use CodeIgniter\I18n\Time;
+use CodeIgniter\Settings\Config\Settings;
 use RuntimeException;
 
 /**
@@ -12,6 +14,11 @@
  */
 class DatabaseHandler extends ArrayHandler
 {
+    /**
+     * The DB connection for the Settings.
+     */
+    private BaseConnection $db;
+
     /**
      * The Query Builder for the Settings table.
      */
@@ -24,12 +31,16 @@ class DatabaseHandler extends ArrayHandler
      */
     private $hydrated = [];
 
+    private Settings $config;
+
     /**
      * Stores the configured database table.
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->builder = db_connect(config('Settings')->database['group'])->table(config('Settings')->database['table']);
+        $this->config  = config('Settings');
+        $this->db      = db_connect($this->config->database['group']);
+        $this->builder = $this->db->table($this->config->database['table']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -97,7 +108,7 @@ public function set(string $class, string $property, $value = null, ?string $con
         }
 
         if ($result !== true) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(db_connect(config('Settings')->database['group'])->error()['message'] ?? 'Error writing to the database.');
+            throw new RuntimeException($this->db->error()['message'] ?? 'Error writing to the database.');
         }
 
         // Update storage
@@ -122,7 +133,7 @@ public function forget(string $class, string $property, ?string $context = null)
             ->delete();
 
         if (! $result) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(db_connect(config('Settings')->database['group'])->error()['message'] ?? 'Error writing to the database.');
+            throw new RuntimeException($this->db->error()['message'] ?? 'Error writing to the database.');
         }
 
         // Delete from local storage
@@ -160,7 +171,7 @@ private function hydrate(?string $context): void
         }
 
         if (is_bool($result = $query->get())) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(db_connect(config('Settings')->database['group'])->error()['message'] ?? 'Error reading from database.');
+            throw new RuntimeException($this->db->error()['message'] ?? 'Error reading from database.');
         }
 
         foreach ($result->getResultObject() as $row) {
diff --git a/tests/DatabaseHandlerTest.php b/tests/DatabaseHandlerTest.php
index 251d149..2244c2c 100644
--- a/tests/DatabaseHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/DatabaseHandlerTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
+        /** @var \CodeIgniter\Settings\Config\Settings $config */
         $config           = config('Settings');
         $config->handlers = ['database'];
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public function testInvalidGroup()
     {
         $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
 
+        /** @var \CodeIgniter\Settings\Config\Settings $config */
         $config                    = config('Settings');
         $config->handlers          = ['database'];
         $config->database['group'] = 'another';
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ public function testInvalidGroup()
 
     public function testSetDefaultGroup()
     {
+        /** @var \CodeIgniter\Settings\Config\Settings $config */
         $config                    = config('Settings');
         $config->handlers          = ['database'];
         $config->database['group'] = 'default';