diff --git a/docs/settings.md b/docs/settings.md
index 24a215b..b21d6b9 100644
--- a/docs/settings.md
+++ b/docs/settings.md
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ This is exactly what happened.
 
 The way of using the settings object within a Mongoz use of the ORM is via:
 
-* **SETTINGS_MODULE** environment variable.
+* **MONGOZ_SETTINGS_MODULE** environment variable.
 
 All the settings are **[Pydantic BaseSettings](https://pypi.org/project/pydantic-settings/)** objects which makes it easier to use and override
 when needed.
 
-### SETTINGS_MODULE
+### MONGOZ_SETTINGS_MODULE
 
-Mongoz by default uses is looking for a `SETTINGS_MODULE` environment variable to run and
+Mongoz by default uses is looking for a `MONGOZ_SETTINGS_MODULE` environment variable to run and
 apply the given settings to your instance.
 
-If no `SETTINGS_MODULE` is found, Mongoz then uses its own internal settings which are
+If no `MONGOZ_SETTINGS_MODULE` is found, Mongoz then uses its own internal settings which are
 widely applied across the system.
 
 #### Custom settings
diff --git a/mongoz/conf/__init__.py b/mongoz/conf/__init__.py
index 91f6a48..ffb438a 100644
--- a/mongoz/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/mongoz/conf/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 
-if not os.environ.get("SETTINGS_MODULE"):
-    os.environ.setdefault("SETTINGS_MODULE", "mongoz.conf.global_settings.MongozSettings")
+os.environ.setdefault("OVERRIDE_SETTINGS_MODULE_VARIABLE", "MONGOZ_SETTINGS_MODULE")
 
-from dymmond_settings import settings as settings
+if not os.environ.get("MONGOZ_SETTINGS_MODULE"):
+    os.environ.setdefault("MONGOZ_SETTINGS_MODULE", "mongoz.conf.global_settings.MongozSettings")
+
+from dymmond_settings import settings as settings  # noqa
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 724db0f..395dfaa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "motor>=3.3.1",
-    "dymmond-settings>=1.0.2",
+    "dymmond-settings>=1.0.3",
     "orjson>=3.9.5",
     "pydantic>=2.5.3,<3.0.0",
 ]
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ Source = "https://github.com/tarsil/mongoz"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
+    "a2wsgi>1.10.0,<2.0.0",
     "autoflake>=2.0.2,<3.0.0",
     "black==24.1.1,<25.0",
     "esmerald>=2.0.6",
+    "httpx>=0.25.0,<0.30.0",
     "isort>=5.12.0,<6.0.0",
     "mypy==1.5.1",
     "pytest>=7.2.2,<9.0.0",