diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/settings.d b/src/dlangui/core/settings.d
index 6f287fd9..ba0f32ff 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/settings.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/settings.d
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ final class Setting {
 
 
     /// read as string value
-    @property inout(string) str() inout {
+    @property string str() {
         final switch(_type) with(SettingType) {
             case STRING:
                 return _store.str;
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ final class Setting {
         }
     }
     /// read as string value
-    inout(string) strDef(string defValue) inout {
+    inout (string) strDef(inout (string) defValue) {
         final switch(_type) with(SettingType) {
             case STRING:
                 return _store.str;
@@ -2313,5 +2313,3 @@ final class Setting {
         }
     }
 }
-
-