diff --git a/settings/settings.json b/settings/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70af1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "responseAreaFont": "Liberation Mono",
+  "responseAreaFontSize": "18"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/dashboard/DashboardController.java b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/dashboard/DashboardController.java
index c16a3b3..5c99774 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/dashboard/DashboardController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/dashboard/DashboardController.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.rohitawate.restaurant.models.requests.GETRequest;
 import com.rohitawate.restaurant.models.responses.RestaurantResponse;
 import com.rohitawate.restaurant.requestsmanager.GETRequestManager;
 import com.rohitawate.restaurant.requestsmanager.RequestManager;
+import com.rohitawate.restaurant.settings.Settings;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
 import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ public class DashboardController implements Initializable {
 
     @Override
     public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
+        applySettings();
         responseBox.getChildren().remove(0);
         httpMethodBox.getItems().addAll(httpMethods);
         httpMethodBox.setValue("GET");
@@ -114,4 +116,10 @@ public class DashboardController implements Initializable {
         responseTime.setText(Long.toString(response.getTime()) + " ms");
         responseSize.setText(Integer.toString(response.getSize()) + " B");
     }
+
+    private void applySettings() {
+        String responseAreaCSS = "-fx-font-family: " + Settings.responseAreaFont + ";" +
+                "-fx-font-size: " + Settings.responseAreaFontSize;
+        responseArea.setStyle(responseAreaCSS);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/main/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/main/Main.java
index 401dbf6..4b8d3f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/main/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/main/Main.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.rohitawate.restaurant.main;
 
+import com.rohitawate.restaurant.settings.SettingsLoader;
 import javafx.application.Application;
 import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
 import javafx.scene.Parent;
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ import javafx.stage.Stage;
 public class Main extends Application {
     @Override
     public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
+        SettingsLoader settingsLoader = new SettingsLoader();
+        settingsLoader.SettingsLoaderThread.join();
 		Parent dashboard = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("/fxml/Dashboard.fxml"));
 		Stage dashboardStage = new Stage();
 		dashboardStage.setScene(new Scene(dashboard));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/settings/Settings.java b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/settings/Settings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df2e304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/settings/Settings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Rohit Awate.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.rohitawate.restaurant.settings;
+
+/*
+    Holds settings from settings.json which are
+    loaded by SettingsLoader at startup.
+ */
+public class Settings {
+    public static String responseAreaFont;
+    public static int responseAreaFontSize;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/settings/SettingsLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/settings/SettingsLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51e163e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rohitawate/restaurant/settings/SettingsLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Rohit Awate.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.rohitawate.restaurant.settings;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class SettingsLoader implements Runnable {
+    public Thread SettingsLoaderThread;
+
+    public SettingsLoader() {
+        SettingsLoaderThread = new Thread(this, "Settings loader thread");
+        SettingsLoaderThread.start();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        try {
+            StringBuilder settingsJSON = new StringBuilder();
+            File settingsFile = new File("settings/settings.json");
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(settingsFile));
+
+            String line;
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                settingsJSON.append(line).append('\n');
+            }
+
+            reader.close();
+
+            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            JsonNode nodes = mapper.readTree(settingsJSON.toString());
+            Settings.responseAreaFont = nodes.get("responseAreaFont").toString();
+            Settings.responseAreaFontSize = nodes.get("responseAreaFontSize").asInt();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/css/Default.css b/src/main/resources/css/Default.css
index 8279e79..cee124e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/css/Default.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/css/Default.css
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 }
 
 #responseArea {
-	-fx-font-family: 'Liberation Mono';
+    -fx-font-family: "Liberation Mono";
     -fx-text-fill: #a1a1a1;
     -fx-background-radius: 0;
     -fx-background-insets: 0;