diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad6f7022f6..5621834e78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ todo.txt
 userdata
 heaptrack.*
 
+# allow asset hud settings
+!assets/voxygen/i18n/*/hud/settings.ron
+
 # Export data
 *.csv
 
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/cz_CZ/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/cz_CZ/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/cz_CZ/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/cz_CZ/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/en/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/en/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/en/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/en/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_LA/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_LA/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/es_LA/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/es_LA/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/hu_HU/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/hu_HU/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/hu_HU/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/hu_HU/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/ja_JP/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/ja_JP/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/ja_JP/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/ja_JP/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/nl_NL/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/nl_NL/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/nl_NL/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/nl_NL/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/no_NB/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/no_NB/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/no_NB/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/no_NB/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/pl_PL/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/pl_PL/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/pl_PL/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/pl_PL/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/sv_SE/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/sv_SE/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/sv_SE/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/sv_SE/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/vi_VI/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/vi_VI/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/vi_VI/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/vi_VI/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/hud/settings.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/hud/hud_settings.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/hud/settings.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/hud/hud_settings.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/hud/settings.ron