diff --git a/src/components/Settings/SettingsCard.vue b/src/components/Settings/SettingsCard.vue
index def1884..e5bf176 100644
--- a/src/components/Settings/SettingsCard.vue
+++ b/src/components/Settings/SettingsCard.vue
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export default {
     props: {
         item: Object
     }
-
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/components/Settings/SettingsHome.vue b/src/components/Settings/SettingsHome.vue
index b9d89c1..7c25fae 100644
--- a/src/components/Settings/SettingsHome.vue
+++ b/src/components/Settings/SettingsHome.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { storeToRefs } from "pinia"
 export default {
     setup() {
         const acquisitionsStore = inject("acquisitionsStore")
-        const { convertSettingsToObject } = acquisitionsStore
+        const { convertSettingsToObject, isUserPermitted } = acquisitionsStore
         const { 
             settings,
         } = storeToRefs(acquisitionsStore)
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default {
         return {
             settings,
             convertSettingsToObject,
+            isUserPermitted,
             settingsJSON
         }
     },
@@ -66,6 +67,20 @@ export default {
             modulesEnabled.push('tasks')
 
             const modules = Object.keys(settingsJSON)
+            if(!this.isUserPermitted('manage_settings')) {
+                const moduleData = settingsJSON.manual
+                this.navPanes = [
+                    {
+                        path: "/acquisitions/settings/manual",
+                        icon: moduleData.icon,
+                        title: moduleData.title,
+                        module: 'Manual'
+                    }
+                ]
+                this.initialised = true
+                return
+            }
+
             const navPanes = modules.map(moduleName => {
                 const moduleData = settingsJSON[moduleName]
                 return {
@@ -75,6 +90,7 @@ export default {
                     module: moduleName
                 }
             }).filter(m => modulesEnabled.includes(m.module))
+
             this.navPanes = navPanes
             this.initialised = true
             return navPanes
diff --git a/src/data/permissionsMatrix.js b/src/data/permissionsMatrix.js
index 4e485d8..fb9c870 100644
--- a/src/data/permissionsMatrix.js
+++ b/src/data/permissionsMatrix.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export const permissionsMatrix = {
+    manage_settings: ['manage_sysprefs'],
     add_task: [],
     edit_task: [],
     delete_task: [],
diff --git a/src/routes/routes.js b/src/routes/routes.js
index 5031f6b..dd0b912 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/routes.js
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ export const routes = [
                         name: "ModuleSettingsGeneral",
                         title: "General",
                         is_navigation_item: false,
+                        permission: "manage_settings"
                     },
                     {
                         path: "tasks",
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ export const routes = [
                         name: "ModuleSettingsTasks",
                         title: "Tasks",
                         is_navigation_item: false,
+                        permission: "manage_settings"
                     },
                     {
                         path: "funds",
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ export const routes = [
                         name: "ModuleSettingsFunds",
                         title: "Funds",
                         is_navigation_item: false,
+                        permission: "manage_settings"
                     },
                     {
                         path: "manual",
diff --git a/src/stores/acquisitions.js b/src/stores/acquisitions.js
index 71081fc..6db1eb4 100644
--- a/src/stores/acquisitions.js
+++ b/src/stores/acquisitions.js
@@ -96,7 +96,17 @@ export const useAcquisitionsStore = defineStore("acquisitions", {
             if(!operation) return true
             if(this.permissions_matrix[operation].length === 0) return true
 
-            const { acquisition, superlibrarian } = userflags
+            const { acquisition, parameters, superlibrarian } = userflags
+            if(operation === 'manage_settings') {
+                let checkResult = false
+                if( superlibrarian || parameters === 1 || parameters.manage_sysprefs) {
+                    checkResult = true
+                } else {
+                    checkResult = false
+                }
+                return checkResult
+            }
+
             if (acquisition === 1 || superlibrarian) {
                 return true
             } else {