diff --git a/src/data/ast.test.ts b/src/data/ast.test.ts
index 01a7f07d..58f7a5f2 100644
--- a/src/data/ast.test.ts
+++ b/src/data/ast.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { getFields } from './ast';
+import { getFields, sqlToStatement } from './ast';
+import { toSql } from 'pgsql-ast-parser'
 
 describe('ast', () => {
   describe('getFields', () => {
@@ -7,4 +8,12 @@ describe('ast', () => {
       expect(stm.length).toBe(1);
     });
   });
+  describe('sqlToStatement', () => {
+    it('settings parse correctly', () => {
+      const sql = 'SELECT count(*) FROM foo SETTINGS setting1=stuff setting2=stuff';
+      const stm = sqlToStatement(sql);
+      // this is formatted like this to match how pgsql generates its sql
+      expect(toSql.statement(stm)).toEqual('SELECT (count (*) )  FROM foo');
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/data/ast.ts b/src/data/ast.ts
index 122b3c7d..a4249dae 100644
--- a/src/data/ast.ts
+++ b/src/data/ast.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export function sqlToStatement(sql: string): Statement {
     replacementName: string;
   }> = [];
   //default is a key word in this grammar, but it can be used in CH
-  const re = /(\$__|\$|default)/gi;
+  const re = /(\$__|\$|default|settings)/gi;
   let regExpArray: RegExpExecArray | null;
   while ((regExpArray = re.exec(sql)) !== null) {
     replaceFuncs.push({ startIndex: regExpArray.index, name: regExpArray[0], replacementName: '' });
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export function sqlToStatement(sql: string): Statement {
     const si = replaceFuncs[i].startIndex;
     const replacementName = 'f' + (Math.random() + 1).toString(36).substring(7);
     replaceFuncs[i].replacementName = replacementName;
+    // settings do not parse and we do not need information from them so we will remove them
+    if (replaceFuncs[i].name.toLowerCase() === "settings") {
+      sql = sql.substring(0, si)
+      continue;
+    }
     sql = sql.substring(0, si) + replacementName + sql.substring(si + replaceFuncs[i].name.length);
   }