diff --git a/Plugin.gd b/Plugin.gd
index 4d3d160..4f7d61d 100644
--- a/Plugin.gd
+++ b/Plugin.gd
@@ -6,12 +6,21 @@ var ScreenReader = preload("ScreenReader.gd")
 var screen_reader
 
 func _enter_tree():
-    add_autoload_singleton("TTS", "res://addons/godot-tts/TTS.gd")
-    screen_reader = ScreenReader.new()
-    get_tree().root.call_deferred("add_child", screen_reader)
-    call_deferred("connect", "scene_changed", screen_reader, "set_initial_scene_focus")
-    call_deferred("connect", "main_screen_changed", screen_reader, "set_initial_screen_focus")
-    add_custom_type("ScreenReader", "Node", preload("ScreenReader.gd"), null)
+    var enabled = true
+    var rate = 50
+    var config = ConfigFile.new()
+    var     err = config.load("res://.godot-accessibility-editor-settings.ini")
+    if not err:
+        enabled = config.get_value("global", "enabled", true)
+        rate = config.get_value("speech", "rate", 50)
+    if enabled:
+        add_autoload_singleton("TTS", "res://addons/godot-tts/TTS.gd")
+        TTS.call_deferred("set_rate", rate)
+        screen_reader = ScreenReader.new()
+        get_tree().root.call_deferred("add_child", screen_reader)
+        call_deferred("connect", "scene_changed", screen_reader, "set_initial_scene_focus")
+        call_deferred("connect", "main_screen_changed", screen_reader, "set_initial_screen_focus")
+        add_custom_type("ScreenReader", "Node", preload("ScreenReader.gd"), null)
 
 func _exit_tree():
     remove_custom_type("ScreenReader")