diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/network/qutescheme.py b/qutebrowser/browser/network/qutescheme.py
index 864f64345..0432fa6fc 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/network/qutescheme.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/network/qutescheme.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Module attributes:
     pyeval_output: The output of the last :pyeval command.
 """
 
+import functools
 import configparser
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, QObject
@@ -171,8 +172,10 @@ def qute_help(win_id, request):
 
 def qute_settings(win_id, _request):
     """Handler for qute:settings. View/change qute configuration."""
+    config_getter = functools.partial(objreg.get('config').get, raw=True)
     html = jinja.env.get_template('settings.html').render(
-        win_id=win_id, title='settings', config=configdata)
+        win_id=win_id, title='settings', config=configdata,
+        confget=config_getter)
     return html.encode('UTF-8', errors='xmlcharrefreplace')
 
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/settings.html b/qutebrowser/html/settings.html
index 2bf6c6fc2..c4fbdcc59 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/settings.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/settings.html
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ th pre { color: grey; text-align: left; }
   <tr><th colspan="2"><h3>{{ section }}</h3><pre>{{ config.SECTION_DESC.get(section)|wordwrap(width=120) }}</pre></th></tr>
   {% for d, e in config.DATA.get(section).items() %}
     <tr>
-      <td>{{ d }} (Current: {{ e.value()|truncate(100) }})</td>
+      <td>{{ d }} (Current: {{ confget(section, d)|truncate(100) }})</td>
       <td>
         <input type="input"
           onblur="cset('{{ section }}', '{{ d }}', this)"
-          value="{{ e.value() }}">
+          value="{{ confget(section, d) }}">
         </input>
       </td>
     </tr>