diff --git a/lamindb/core/_settings.py b/lamindb/core/_settings.py
index 1ae56f36e..6e994209b 100644
--- a/lamindb/core/_settings.py
+++ b/lamindb/core/_settings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import lamindb_setup as ln_setup
-from lamin_utils import logger
+from lamin_utils import colors, logger
 from lamindb_setup._set_managed_storage import set_managed_storage
 from lamindb_setup.core._settings import settings as setup_settings
 from lamindb_setup.core._settings_instance import sanitize_git_repo_url
@@ -43,6 +43,36 @@ def __init__(self):
         logger.set_verbosity(self._verbosity_int)
         self._sync_git_repo: str | None = None
 
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:  # pragma: no cover
+        cls_name = colors.green(self.__class__.__name__)
+        verbosity_color = colors.yellow if self.verbosity == "warning" else colors.green
+        verbosity_str = verbosity_color(self.verbosity)
+
+        storage_root = self._storage_settings.root_as_str
+        storage_str = colors.italic(storage_root)
+
+        instance_str = colors.italic(self.instance_uid)
+        track_color = colors.green if self.track_run_inputs else colors.yellow
+        track_str = track_color(str(self.track_run_inputs))
+
+        lines = [
+            f"{cls_name}",
+            f"  instance: {instance_str}",
+            f"  storage: {storage_str}",
+            f"  verbosity: {verbosity_str}",
+            f"  track_run_inputs: {track_str}",
+        ]
+
+        if self.sync_git_repo:
+            repo_name = (
+                self.sync_git_repo.split("/")[-1]
+                if "/" in self.sync_git_repo
+                else self.sync_git_repo
+            )
+            lines.append(f"  sync_git_repo: {colors.italic(repo_name)}")
+
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
     @property
     def creation(self) -> CreationSettings:
         """SQLRecord creation settings.
diff --git a/tests/core/test_settings.py b/tests/core/test_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ddeb964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/test_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import lamindb as ln
+
+
+def test_settings_repr():
+    repr_str = repr(ln.settings)
+
+    lines = repr_str.split("\n")
+    assert "Settings" in lines[0]
+    assert all(line.startswith("  ") for line in lines[1:])
+
+    content = "\n".join(lines[1:])
+    assert content.find("instance:") < content.find("storage:")
+    assert content.find("storage:") < content.find("verbosity:")
+    assert content.find("verbosity:") < content.find("track_run_inputs:")