diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/settingsengine.h b/include/openspace/engine/settingsengine.h
index ce79ac0996..f1faa111e7 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/settingsengine.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/settingsengine.h
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@
 #include <openspace/properties/scalarproperty.h>
 #include <openspace/properties/optionproperty.h>
 
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace openspace {
+    
+class OpenSpaceModule;
 
 class SettingsEngine : public properties::PropertyOwner {
 public:
     SettingsEngine();
 
     void initialize();
+    
+    void setModules(std::vector<OpenSpaceModule*> modules);
 
 private:
     void initEyeSeparation();
diff --git a/include/openspace/util/openspacemodule.h b/include/openspace/util/openspacemodule.h
index c8c75fc664..350c853f65 100644
--- a/include/openspace/util/openspacemodule.h
+++ b/include/openspace/util/openspacemodule.h
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 #ifndef __OPENSPACEMODULE_H__
 #define __OPENSPACEMODULE_H__
 
+#include <openspace/properties/propertyowner.h>
+
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace openspace {
 
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ namespace openspace {
  * into a useful granularity to be mostly used self-sufficiently. Each OpenSpaceModule
  * needs a unique, nonempty <code>name</code>.
  */
-class OpenSpaceModule {
+class OpenSpaceModule : public properties::PropertyOwner {
 public:
     /**
      * Constructs the OpenSpaceModule with a specific \p name. The uniqueness of the 
@@ -61,12 +64,6 @@ public:
      */
     void deinitialize();
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the name for this OpenSpaceModule.
-     * \return THe name for this OpenSpaceModule
-     */
-    std::string name() const;
-
 protected:
     /**
      * Customization point for each derived class. The internalInitialize method is called
@@ -85,9 +82,6 @@ protected:
      * path tokens.
      */
     std::string modulePath() const;
-
-    /// The name of this OpenSpaceModule
-    const std::string _name;
 };
 
 } // namespace openspace
diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
index 4b0c472145..8fb26fb6f5 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ bool OpenSpaceEngine::initialize() {
 
     // Initialize the SettingsEngine
     _settingsEngine->initialize();
+    _settingsEngine->setModules(_moduleEngine->modules());
 
     // Initialize the Scene
     Scene* sceneGraph = new Scene;
diff --git a/src/engine/settingsengine.cpp b/src/engine/settingsengine.cpp
index c4dbe49758..56549da586 100644
--- a/src/engine/settingsengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/settingsengine.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/configurationmanager.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.h>
+#include <openspace/util/openspacemodule.h>
 #include <openspace/scene/scene.h>
 
 #include <ghoul/ghoul.h>
@@ -45,7 +46,12 @@ void SettingsEngine::initialize() {
     initEyeSeparation();
     initSceneFiles();
 }
-
+    
+void SettingsEngine::setModules(std::vector<OpenSpaceModule*> modules) {
+    for (OpenSpaceModule* m : modules) {
+        addPropertySubOwner(m);
+    }
+}
 
 void SettingsEngine::initEyeSeparation() {
     addProperty(_eyeSeparation);
diff --git a/src/util/openspacemodule.cpp b/src/util/openspacemodule.cpp
index 44103addd0..3c71ffaf67 100644
--- a/src/util/openspacemodule.cpp
+++ b/src/util/openspacemodule.cpp
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ namespace {
 
 namespace openspace {
 
-OpenSpaceModule::OpenSpaceModule(std::string name)
-    : _name(std::move(name))
-{
-    ghoul_assert(!_name.empty(), "Name must not be empty");
+OpenSpaceModule::OpenSpaceModule(std::string name) {
+    ghoul_assert(!name.empty(), "Name must not be empty");
+    
+    setName(name);
 }
 
 void OpenSpaceModule::initialize() {
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ void OpenSpaceModule::deinitialize() {
     internalDeinitialize();
 }
 
-std::string OpenSpaceModule::name() const {
-    return _name;
-}
-
 std::string OpenSpaceModule::modulePath() const {
     std::string moduleName = name();
     std::transform(moduleName.begin(), moduleName.end(), moduleName.begin(), tolower);