diff --git a/lacci/lib/shoes.rb b/lacci/lib/shoes.rb
index 0de3e50e2..6357cdc74 100644
--- a/lacci/lib/shoes.rb
+++ b/lacci/lib/shoes.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class << self
     # @param height [Integer] The new app window height
     # @param resizable [Boolean] Whether the app window should be resizeable
     # @param features [Symbol,Array<Symbol>] Additional Shoes extensions requested by the app
+    # @param settings [Object] Additional Shoes settings, specific to the Shoes implementation
     # @return [void]
     # @see Shoes::App#new
     def app(
@@ -83,10 +84,11 @@ def app(
       height: 420,
       resizable: true,
       features: [],
+      settings: {},
       &app_code_body
     )
       f = [features].flatten # Make sure this is a list, not a single symbol
-      app = Shoes::App.new(title:, width:, height:, resizable:, features: f, &app_code_body)
+      app = Shoes::App.new(title:, width:, height:, resizable:, features: f, settings:,  &app_code_body)
       app.init
       app.run
       nil
diff --git a/lacci/lib/shoes/app.rb b/lacci/lib/shoes/app.rb
index fcec668bd..aadcbcf93 100644
--- a/lacci/lib/shoes/app.rb
+++ b/lacci/lib/shoes/app.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ class << self
 
     shoes_styles :title, :width, :height, :resizable, :features
 
-    # This is defined to avoid the linkable-id check in the Shoes-style method_missing def'n
+    # This is entirely different for different Shoes implementations. But it allows passing
+    # implementation-specific settings information that Lacci can't directly use.
+    attr_reader :settings
+
+    # This is defined ahead of time to avoid the linkable-id check in the Shoes-style method_missing def'n
     def features
       @features
     end
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ def initialize(
       height: 420,
       resizable: true,
       features: [],
+      settings: {},
       &app_code_body
     )
       log_init("Shoes::App")
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ def initialize(
       @event_loop_type = "displaylib" # the default
 
       @features = features
+      @settings = settings
 
       unknown_ext = features - Shoes::FEATURES - Shoes::EXTENSIONS
       unsupported_features = unknown_ext & Shoes::KNOWN_FEATURES