diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 4c9dac9..0d7186f 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import wolframalpha
 from os.path import dirname, join
 from requests import HTTPError
+import ssl
 
 from adapt.intent import IntentBuilder
 from mycroft.api import Api
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ def __init__(self):
     def get_data(self, response):
         return response
 
-    def query(self, input):
-        data = self.request({"query": {"input": input}})
+    def query(self, input, params=()):
+        data = self.request({"query": {"input": input, "params": params}})
         return wolframalpha.Result(StringIO(data.content))
 
 
@@ -92,19 +93,17 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.last_answer = None
 
     def __init_client(self):
-        # TODO: Storing skill-specific settings in mycroft.conf is deprecated.
-        # Should be stored in the skill's local settings.json instead.
-        appID = self.config.get('api_key')
-        if not appID:
-            # Attempt to get an AppID skill settings instead (normally this
-            # doesn't exist, but privacy-conscious might want to do this)
-            appID = self.settings.get('appID', None)
-
-        if appID and not self.config.get('proxy'):
+        # Attempt to get an AppID skill settings instead (normally this
+        # doesn't exist, but privacy-conscious might want to do this)
+        appID = self.settings.get('api_key', None)
+
+        if appID and self.settings.get('proxy') == "false":
             # user has a private AppID
+            self.log.debug("Creating a private client")
             self.client = wolframalpha.Client(appID)
         else:
             # use the default API for Wolfram queries
+            self.log.debug("Using the default API")
             self.client = WAApi()
 
     def initialize(self):
@@ -148,8 +147,9 @@ def handle_fallback(self, message):
             # Try to store pieces of utterance (None if not parsed_question)
             utt_word = parsed_question.get('QuestionWord')
             utt_verb = parsed_question.get('QuestionVerb')
-            utt_query = parsed_question.get('Query')
-            query = "%s %s %s" % (utt_word, utt_verb, utt_query)
+            utt_query = parsed_question.get('Query')        
+            
+            query = "%s %s %s" % (utt_word, utt_verb, utt_query)           
             phrase = "know %s %s %s" % (utt_word, utt_query, utt_verb)
             self.log.debug("Querying WolframAlpha: " + query)
         else:
@@ -159,13 +159,47 @@ def handle_fallback(self, message):
             return False
 
         try:
+            # Make several assumptions based on the user settings
+            params = ()
+            
+            # ask user if he/she wants location forwarded => settings
+            if self.settings.get("forward_location") == "true":
+            
+                latlong = self.config_core.get('location')['coordinate']
+                params += (
+                    ('latlong', str(latlong['latitude'])+ "," + str(latlong['longitude'])),
+                )
+            
+            # Based on the setting for the date format, assume certain things
+            if self.config_core.get('date_format') == 'MDY':
+                params += (('assumption', 'DateOrder_**Month.Day.Year--'),)
+            else:
+                params += (('assumption', 'DateOrder_**Day.Month.Year--'),)
+            
+            # line to get the current settings for preferred units
+            # can be metric or imperial
+            # => ask wolfram alpha to convert the output 
+            #    to the preferred unit system
+            # based on self.config_core.get('system_unit')
+            if self.config_core.get('system_unit') == 'imperial':
+                params += (
+                    ('units', 'nonmetric'),
+                )
+            else:
+                params += (
+                    ('units', 'metric'),
+                )
+        
             self.enclosure.mouth_think()
-            res = self.client.query(query)
+            # Params thus get ignored if  using the official API (by now)
+            # but will be considered when having delivering an appId
+            res = self.client.query(query, params)
             result = self.get_result(res)
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.response.status_code == 401:
                 self.emitter.emit(Message("mycroft.not.paired"))
             return True
+        # except SSLError as e: why is there a read error happening
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.exception(e)
             return False
diff --git a/settingsmeta.json b/settingsmeta.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2913da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settingsmeta.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "identifier": "WolframAlphaSkill",
+  "name": "WolframAlpha",
+  "skillMetadata": {
+      "sections": [
+          {
+              "name": "Login",
+              "fields": [
+                  {
+                      "name": "api_key",
+                      "type": "text",
+                      "label": "own appID",
+                      "value": ""
+                  },
+                  {
+                      "name": "proxy",
+                      "type": "checkbox",
+                      "label": "Use mycroft proxy instead of own appID",
+                      "value": "true"
+                  },
+                  {
+                      "name": "forward_location",
+                      "type": "checkbox",
+                      "label": "forward location to WolframAlpha",
+                      "value": "false"
+                  }
+              ]
+          }
+      ]
+  }
+}
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