diff --git a/charla/chat.py b/charla/chat.py
index 621b369..9522b1d 100644
--- a/charla/chat.py
+++ b/charla/chat.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def run(argv: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     open_location = ''
 
     # Prompt used to give directions to the model at the beginning of the chat.
-    system_prompt = argv.system_prompt.read() if argv.system_prompt else ''
+    system_prompt = Path(argv.system_prompt).read_text() if argv.system_prompt else ''
 
     # Determine which Client class to import.
     if argv.provider == 'ollama':
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def run(argv: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     session = prompt_session(argv)
     print_fmt('Chat with:', HTML(f'<ansigreen>{argv.model}</ansigreen>'), '\n')
     if system_prompt:
-        print_fmt('Using system prompt:', HTML(f'<ansigreen>{argv.system_prompt.name}</ansigreen>'), '\n')
+        print_fmt('Using system prompt:', HTML(f'<ansigreen>{argv.system_prompt}</ansigreen>'), '\n')
 
     while True:
         try:
diff --git a/charla/cli.py b/charla/cli.py
index bf50202..5de57d5 100755
--- a/charla/cli.py
+++ b/charla/cli.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def main(args=None) -> None:
     )
     parser.add_argument('--multiline', action='store_true', help='Use multiline mode.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--system-prompt', '-sp', type=argparse.FileType(), help='File that contains system prompt to use.'
+        '--system-prompt', '-sp', type=str, help='File that contains system prompt to use.'
     )
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=f'%(prog)s {__version__}')
     parser.set_defaults(**user_settings, func=chat.run)
diff --git a/charla/config.py b/charla/config.py
index e1536f1..333abfa 100644
--- a/charla/config.py
+++ b/charla/config.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def manage(argv: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     if argv.location:
         print(path_settings)
     else:
-        user_settings = {k: v for k, v in vars(argv).items() if k in default_settings}
-        out = json.dumps(user_settings, indent=4)
+        current_settings = {k: v for k, v in vars(argv).items() if k in default_settings}
+        out = json.dumps(current_settings, indent=4)
         if argv.save:
             filename = '.charla.json'
             Path(filename).write_text(out)
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ def mkdir(path: Path, **kwds):
         sys.exit(str(err))
 
 
-def settings(user_settings: dict) -> dict:
+def settings(current_settings: dict) -> dict:
     """Return settings based on user input."""
 
-    default_settings.update(user_settings)
+    default_settings.update(current_settings)
     return default_settings