def get_user_settings(chat_id, option):
    with conf_locker:
        settings_filename = 'id%s.conf' % str(chat_id)
        path_settings_file = os.path.join(config.PATH_SETTINGS_DIR, settings_filename)
        user_settings = SafeConfigParser()
        user_settings.read(path_settings_file)
        value = user_settings.get(str(chat_id), str(option))
        return value