diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.svelte b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.svelte
index 8eadb444..20a6ce7c 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.svelte
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.svelte
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     pagesStore,
     loadedModules: { variantsModule: initialVariantsModule, compositionsModules: initialCompositionsModules, markdown: initialMarkdown },
     pageKey,
-    settings,
+    kitbook_settings: settings,
     rpc_client,
   } = data)
   $: ({ viewports: projectViewports, addLanguageToUrl, githubURL, title: kitbookTitle, darkMode } = settings)
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.variants.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.variants.ts
index ee44f59e..b0e63dc7 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.variants.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/MainPage.variants.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const shared_meta: VariantMeta = {
 }
 
 const shared_data = {
-  settings: {
+  kitbook_settings: {
     title: 'Demo Kitbook',
     description: '',
   },
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ const docs_page: GroupedPage = {
 export const i18n: Variant<Component> = {
   data: {
     ...shared_data,
-    settings: {
+    kitbook_settings: {
       title: 'i18n Kitbook',
       description: '',
       expandTree: true,
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/layoutLoad.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/layoutLoad.ts
index 4764f4a9..bea44be6 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/layoutLoad.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/layoutLoad.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ interface LayoutLoadInput {
 export interface LayoutLoadResult {
   pages: GroupedPageMap
   pagesStore: typeof pagesStore
-  settings: KitbookSettings
+  kitbook_settings: KitbookSettings // prefixed to allow users to use the settings keyword in the mockedPageData
   rpc_client: typeof rpc_client
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function layoutLoad({
     return {
       pages: initialPages,
       pagesStore,
-      settings,
+      kitbook_settings: settings,
       rpc_client,
       ...(mockedPageData || {}),
     }
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/SandboxPage.variants.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/SandboxPage.variants.ts
index 774ba320..40240315 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/SandboxPage.variants.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/SandboxPage.variants.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const shared_data = {
 
   canMount: true,
   darkMode: false,
-  settings: null,
+  kitbook_settings: null,
   rpc_client: null,
 } satisfies Partial<Variant<Component>['data']>
 
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.svelte b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.svelte
index 75642e4a..b6b79dc4 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.svelte
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.svelte
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   export let detailsForTools: ToolsComponentDetails
   export let changeState: (data: ToolsChangeState) => void
 
-  $: ({ viewports, _languageInsertedKitbookRoute } = data.settings)
+  $: ({ viewports, _languageInsertedKitbookRoute } = data.kitbook_settings)
   $: ({ filename, tagName, serializedState } = detailsForTools)
   $: variantsFilename = filename?.replace('.svelte', '.variants.ts')
   $: svxFilename = filename?.replace('.svelte', '.md')
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.variants.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.variants.ts
index 00ae5d0e..13ef183e 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.variants.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/tools/Tools.variants.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type Component from './Tools.svelte'
 const shared = {
   changeState: data => console.info({ changeState: data }),
   data: {
-    settings: {
+    kitbook_settings: {
       description: 'This is a description',
       title: 'This is a title',
       viewports: [{ width: 500, height: 200 }],