diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f06760e..25cde12 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Carl J. Meyer
 Jannis Leidel
+Omer Katz
 Russ Ferriday
 Rafal Stozek
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 33904f6..7230d6a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ Setup
 - ``TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN`` (optional) is the pattern to use when discovering
   tests and defaults to the unittest2_ standard ``test*.py``.
 
+- Add `'discover_runner'` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting to enable the
+  ability to override the settings above using the ``test`` management command.
+
 Examples
 --------
 
@@ -131,6 +134,12 @@ Other than that it's similar to the new project's style configuration.
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+0.4 XX/XX/XXXX
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added ability to override the discover settings with a custom test management
+  command.
+
 0.3 01/28/2013
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/discover_runner/management/commands/test.py b/discover_runner/management/commands/test.py
index 7d91a4c..8522172 100644
--- a/discover_runner/management/commands/test.py
+++ b/discover_runner/management/commands/test.py
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 from optparse import make_option
 from django.core.management.commands.test import Command as TestCommand
 
+from discover_runner import settings
+
+
 class Command(TestCommand):
     option_list = TestCommand.option_list + (
-        make_option('--root',
-            action='store', dest='test_discover_root', default=None,
-            help='Overrides the TEST_DISCOVER_ROOT setting.'),
-        make_option('--top-level',
-            action='store', dest='test_discover_top_level', default=None,
-            help='Overrides the TEST_TOP_LEVEL setting.'),
-        make_option('--pattern',
-            action='store', dest='test_discover_pattern', default=None,
-            help='Overrides the TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN setting.'),
-    )
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+        make_option('-r', '--root',
+                    action='store', dest='test_discover_root',
+                    default=settings.TEST_DISCOVER_ROOT,
+                    help='Overrides the TEST_DISCOVER_ROOT setting.'),
+        make_option('-t', '--top-level',
+                    action='store', dest='test_discover_top_level',
+                    default=settings.TEST_DISCOVER_TOP_LEVEL,
+                    help='Overrides the TEST_TOP_LEVEL setting.'),
+        make_option('-p', '--pattern',
+                    action='store', dest='test_discover_pattern',
+                    default=settings.TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN,
+                    help='Overrides the TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN setting.'),
+    )
diff --git a/discover_runner/runner.py b/discover_runner/runner.py
index c6a923d..335494d 100644
--- a/discover_runner/runner.py
+++ b/discover_runner/runner.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner, reorder_suite
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
-from settings import TEST_DISCOVER_ROOT, TEST_DISCOVER_TOP_LEVEL, TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN
+
+from discover_runner.settings import (TEST_DISCOVER_ROOT,
+                                      TEST_DISCOVER_TOP_LEVEL,
+                                      TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN)
 
 try:
     from django.utils.unittest import defaultTestLoader
@@ -16,39 +19,34 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 class DiscoverRunner(DjangoTestSuiteRunner):
-    testLoader = defaultTestLoader
-    reorder_by = (TestCase,)
-
-    def __init__(self, test_discover_root=None, test_discover_top_level=None, test_discover_pattern=None, *args,
-                 **kwargs):
-        self.test_discover_root = test_discover_root or TEST_DISCOVER_ROOT
-        self.test_discover_top_level = test_discover_top_level or TEST_DISCOVER_TOP_LEVEL
-        self.test_discover_pattern = test_discover_pattern or TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN
-
-        super(DiscoverRunner, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
     """
     A test suite runner that uses unittest2 test discovery.
-
-
     """
+    test_loader = defaultTestLoader
+    reorder_by = (TestCase,)
+
+    def __init__(self, discover_root=None, discover_top_level=None,
+                 discover_pattern=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(DiscoverRunner, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.discover_root = discover_root or TEST_DISCOVER_ROOT
+        self.discover_top_level = discover_top_level or TEST_DISCOVER_TOP_LEVEL
+        self.discover_pattern = discover_pattern or TEST_DISCOVER_PATTERN
 
     def build_suite(self, test_labels, extra_tests=None):
         suite = None
-        root = self.test_discover_root
-        top_level = self.test_discover_top_level
-        pattern = self.test_discover_pattern
+        root = self.discover_root
 
         if test_labels:
-            suite = self.testLoader.loadTestsFromNames(test_labels)
+            suite = self.test_loader.loadTestsFromNames(test_labels)
             # if single named module has no tests, do discovery within it
             if not suite.countTestCases() and len(test_labels) == 1:
                 suite = None
                 root = import_module(test_labels[0]).__path__[0]
 
         if suite is None:
-            suite = self.testLoader.discover(root,
-                pattern=pattern, top_level_dir=top_level)
+            suite = self.test_loader.discover(root,
+                pattern=self.discover_pattern,
+                top_level_dir=self.discover_top_level)
 
         if extra_tests:
             for test in extra_tests: