diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Connections.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Connections.php
index cecada769..0e5f1dfe2 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Connections.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Connections.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace Zotlabs\Module;
 
+use App;
 
 require_once('include/socgraph.php');
 require_once('include/selectors.php');
@@ -12,8 +13,10 @@ class Connections extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 	
 		if(! local_channel())
 			return;
+
+		App::$profile_uid = local_channel();
 	
-		$channel = \App::get_channel();
+		$channel = App::get_channel();
 		if($channel)
 			head_set_icon($channel['xchan_photo_s']);
 	
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ class Connections extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 		$all         = false;
 	
 		if(! $_REQUEST['aj'])
-			$_SESSION['return_url'] = \App::$query_string;
+			$_SESSION['return_url'] = App::$query_string;
 	
 		$search_flags = "";
 		$head = '';
@@ -88,14 +91,14 @@ class Connections extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 						$search_flags = " and abook_pending = 1 ";
 						$head = t('New');
 						$pending = true;
-						\App::$argv[1] = 'pending';
+						App::$argv[1] = 'pending';
 					}
 					else {
 						$head = t('All');
 						$search_flags = '';
 						$all = true;
-						\App::$argc = 1;
-						unset(\App::$argv[1]);
+						App::$argc = 1;
+						unset(App::$argv[1]);
 					}
 					break;
 	//			case 'unconnected':
@@ -225,15 +228,15 @@ class Connections extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 			intval(local_channel())
 		);
 		if($r) {
-			\App::set_pager_total($r[0]['total']);
+			App::set_pager_total($r[0]['total']);
 			$total = $r[0]['total'];
 		}
 	
 		$r = q("SELECT abook.*, xchan.* FROM abook left join xchan on abook.abook_xchan = xchan.xchan_hash
 			WHERE abook_channel = %d and abook_self = 0 and xchan_deleted = 0 and xchan_orphan = 0 $sql_extra $sql_extra2 ORDER BY xchan_name LIMIT %d OFFSET %d ",
 			intval(local_channel()),
-			intval(\App::$pager['itemspage']),
-			intval(\App::$pager['start'])
+			intval(App::$pager['itemspage']),
+			intval(App::$pager['start'])
 		);
 	
 		$contacts = array();
@@ -337,7 +340,7 @@ class Connections extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 				'$finding' => (($searching) ? t('Connections search') . ": '" . $search . "'" : ""),
 				'$submit' => t('Find'),
 				'$edit' => t('Edit'),
-				'$cmd' => \App::$cmd,
+				'$cmd' => App::$cmd,
 				'$contacts' => $contacts,
 				'$paginate' => paginate($a),
 	
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Connections.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Connections.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..361d86ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Connections.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Zotlabs\Module\Settings;
+
+
+class Connections {
+
+	function post() {
+		check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/connections', 'settings_connections');
+	
+		$features = self::get_features();
+
+		process_features_post(local_channel(), $features, $_POST);
+		
+		build_sync_packet();
+		return;
+	}
+
+	function get() {
+		
+		$features = self::get_features();
+
+		$tpl = get_markup_template("settings_module.tpl");
+
+		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+			'$action_url' => 'settings/connections',
+			'$form_security_token' => get_form_security_token("settings_connections"),
+			'$title' => t('Connections Settings'),
+			'$features'  => process_features_get(local_channel(), $features),
+			'$submit'    => t('Submit')
+		));
+	
+		return $o;
+	}
+
+	function get_features() {
+		$arr = [
+			[
+				'connfilter',
+				t('Connection Filtering'),
+				t('Filter incoming posts from connections based on keywords/content'),
+				false,
+				get_config('feature_lock','connfilter')
+			]
+		];
+
+		return $arr;
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Network.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Network.php
index 4e2e3915e..eaf11f3da 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Network.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Network.php
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ class Network {
 	
 		$features = self::get_features();
 
-		foreach($features as $f) {
-			$k = $f[0];
-			if(array_key_exists("feature_$k",$_POST))
-				set_pconfig(local_channel(),'feature',$k, (string) $_POST["feature_$k"]);
-			else
-				set_pconfig(local_channel(),'feature', $k, '');
-		}
+		process_features_post(local_channel(), $features, $_POST);
 		
 		build_sync_packet();
 		return;
@@ -26,17 +20,13 @@ class Network {
 		
 		$features = self::get_features();
 
-		foreach($features as $f) {
-			$arr[] = array('feature_' . $f[0],$f[1],((intval(feature_enabled(local_channel(),$f[0]))) ? "1" : ''),$f[2],array(t('Off'),t('On')));
-		}
-
 		$tpl = get_markup_template("settings_module.tpl");
 
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 			'$action_url' => 'settings/network',
 			'$form_security_token' => get_form_security_token("settings_network"),
 			'$title' => t('Activity Settings'),
-			'$features'  => $arr,
+			'$features'  => process_features_get(local_channel(), $features),
 			'$submit'    => t('Submit')
 		));
 	
diff --git a/app/connections.apd b/app/connections.apd
index 631f093a8..6ab5977af 100644
--- a/app/connections.apd
+++ b/app/connections.apd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-version: 1
-url: $baseurl/connections
+version: 1.1
+url: $baseurl/connections, $baseurl/settings/connections
 requires: local_channel
 name: Connections
 photo: icon:users
diff --git a/include/features.php b/include/features.php
index 5479be122..c3ef54945 100644
--- a/include/features.php
+++ b/include/features.php
@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@ function feature_level($feature,$def) {
 	return $def;
 }
 
+function process_features_get($uid, $features) {
+	foreach($features as $f) {
+		$arr[] = array('feature_' . $f[0],$f[1],((intval(feature_enabled($uid, $f[0]))) ? "1" : ''),$f[2],array(t('Off'),t('On')));
+	}
+	return $arr;
+}
+
+function process_features_post($uid, $features, $post_arr) {
+	foreach($features as $f) {
+		$k = $f[0];
+		if(array_key_exists("feature_$k",$post_arr))
+			set_pconfig($uid,'feature',$k, (string) $post_arr["feature_$k"]);
+		else
+			set_pconfig($uid,'feature', $k, '');
+	}
+}
+
 function get_features($filtered = true, $level = (-1)) {
 
 	$account = \App::get_account();
diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index f8d6f2438..5a2096e02 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -199,17 +199,21 @@ function nav($template = 'default') {
 	// turned off until somebody discovers this and figures out a good location for it. 
 	$powered_by = '';
 
+	$url = '';
+	$settings_url = '';
+
 	if(App::$profile_uid && App::$nav_sel['raw_name']) {
 		$active_app = q("SELECT app_url FROM app WHERE app_channel = %d AND app_name = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval(App::$profile_uid),
 			dbesc(App::$nav_sel['raw_name'])
 		);
-	
+
 		if($active_app) {
 			if(strpos($active_app[0]['app_url'], ',')) {
 				$urls = explode(',', $active_app[0]['app_url']);
 				$url = trim($urls[0]);
-				$settings_url = trim($urls[1]);
+				if($is_owner)
+					$settings_url = trim($urls[1]);
 			}
 			else {
 				$url = $active_app[0]['app_url'];
@@ -296,7 +300,8 @@ function nav($template = 'default') {
 		'$addapps' => t('Add Apps'),
 		'$orderapps' => t('Arrange Apps'),
 		'$sysapps_toggle' => t('Toggle System Apps'),
-		'$url' => (($url) ? $url : App::$cmd)
+		'$url' => (($url) ? $url : App::$cmd),
+		'$settings_url' => $settings_url
 	));
 
 	if(x($_SESSION, 'reload_avatar') && $observer) {
diff --git a/view/tpl/navbar_default.tpl b/view/tpl/navbar_default.tpl
index 0eb0a964c..a11b9b5ea 100755
--- a/view/tpl/navbar_default.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/navbar_default.tpl
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@
 		<br><small>{{$sitelocation}}</small>
 		{{/if}}
 	</a>
+
 </div>
+{{if $settings_url}}
+<div id="nav-app-settings-link-wrapper" class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
+	<a id="nav-app-settings-link" href="{{$settings_url}}" class="nav-link">
+		<i class="fa fa-fw fa-cog"></i>
+	</a>
+</div>
+{{/if}}
 {{/if}}
 {{/if}}
 <div class="navbar-toggler-right">
diff --git a/view/tpl/settings_addon.tpl b/view/tpl/settings_addon.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5665f579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/tpl/settings_addon.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<div class="generic-content-wrapper">
+	<div class="section-title-wrapper">
+		<h2>{{$title}}</h2>
+	</div>
+	<div class="section-content-wrapper">
+		<form action="{{$action_url}}" method="post" autocomplete="off">
+		<input type='hidden' name='form_security_token' value='{{$form_security_token}}'>
+		{{$content}}
+		<div class="settings-submit-wrapper" >
+			<button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary">{{$submit}}</button>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>