diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/node/node.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/node/node.py
index 53225a152c6..43bd2643fc7 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/node/node.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/node/node.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from nacl.signing import SigningKey
 from result import Err
 from result import Result
+from syft.types.syft_metaclass import Empty
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
 # relative
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
 from ..service.service import AbstractService
 from ..service.service import ServiceConfigRegistry
 from ..service.service import UserServiceConfigRegistry
-from ..service.settings.settings import NodeSettings
+from ..service.settings.settings import NodeSettings, NodeSettingsUpdate
 from ..service.settings.settings_service import SettingsService
 from ..service.settings.settings_stash import SettingsStash
 from ..service.sync.sync_service import SyncService
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@
 from ..store.mongo_document_store import MongoStoreConfig
 from ..store.sqlite_document_store import SQLiteStoreClientConfig
 from ..store.sqlite_document_store import SQLiteStoreConfig
-from ..types.syft_object import SYFT_OBJECT_VERSION_2
+from ..types.syft_object import SYFT_OBJECT_VERSION_2, PartialSyftObject
 from ..types.syft_object import SyftObject
 from ..types.uid import UID
 from ..util.experimental_flags import flags
@@ -994,6 +995,13 @@ def remove_temp_dir(self) -> None:
         if rootdir.exists():
             shutil.rmtree(rootdir, ignore_errors=True)
 
+    def update_self(self, settings):
+        updateable_attrs = NodeSettingsUpdate.model_fields.keys() - PartialSyftObject.model_fields.keys()
+        for attr_name in updateable_attrs:
+            attr = getattr(settings, attr_name)
+            if attr is not Empty:
+                setattr(self, attr_name, attr)
+        
     @property
     def settings(self) -> NodeSettings:
         settings_stash = SettingsStash(store=self.document_store)
@@ -1006,14 +1014,11 @@ def settings(self) -> NodeSettings:
             )
         if settings.is_ok() and len(settings.ok()) > 0:
             settings = settings.ok()[0]
+        self.update_self(settings)
         return settings
 
     @property
     def metadata(self) -> NodeMetadataV3:
-        name = ""
-        organization = ""
-        description = ""
-        show_warnings = self.enable_warnings
         settings_data = self.settings
         name = settings_data.name
         organization = settings_data.organization