diff --git a/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefender.cs b/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefender.cs
index 9e60262..84625fa 100644
--- a/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefender.cs
+++ b/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefender.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class NodeDefender : IComposer
         public void Compose(IUmbracoBuilder builder)
         {
             // get all doctypes and node Ids
-            builder.Services.Configure<NodeDefenderSettings>(builder.Config.GetSection("NodeDefender"));
+            builder.Services.Configure<NodeDefenderSettings>(builder.Config.GetSection(NodeDefenderSettings.NodeDefender));
 
             builder.AddNotificationHandler<ContentSavingNotification, ContentSavingHandler>();
             builder.AddNotificationHandler<ContentMovingToRecycleBinNotification, ContentMovingToRecycleBinHandler>();
diff --git a/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefenderSettings.cs b/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefenderSettings.cs
index 36761a8..bf5db31 100644
--- a/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefenderSettings.cs
+++ b/Our.Umbraco.NodeDefender/NodeDefenderSettings.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace NodeDefender
 {
     public class NodeDefenderSettings
     {
+        public const string NodeDefender = "NodeDefender"
+        
         public IEnumerable<string> AllowedUserGroups { get; set; }
         public DenyOptions DenyRename { get; set; }
 
@@ -30,4 +32,4 @@ public class ErrorMessage
         public string Message { get; set; }
         public string Type { get; set; } = EventMessageType.Error.ToString();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}