diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 782140a..fb1453d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Executor(RemoteExecutor):
         # access workflow
         self.workflow
         # access executor specific settings
-        self.workflow.executor_settings
+        self.executor_settings
 
         # IMPORTANT: in your plugin, only access methods and properties of
         # Snakemake objects (like Workflow, Persistence, etc.) that are
diff --git a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/base.py b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/base.py
index 1f16f36..672d47d 100644
--- a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/base.py
+++ b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/base.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.jobs import JobExecutorInterface
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.logging import LoggerExecutorInterface
+from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.settings import ExecutorSettingsBase
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.utils import format_cli_arg
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.workflow import WorkflowExecutorInterface
 
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         workflow: WorkflowExecutorInterface,
         logger: LoggerExecutorInterface,
+        executor_settings: Optional[ExecutorSettingsBase],
     ):
         self.workflow = workflow
         self.dag = workflow.dag
+        self.executor_settings = executor_settings
         self.logger = logger
 
     def get_resource_declarations_dict(self, job: JobExecutorInterface):
diff --git a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/real.py b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/real.py
index bfc072d..641145c 100644
--- a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/real.py
+++ b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/executors/real.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 __license__ = "MIT"
 
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from typing import Dict
+from typing import Dict, Optional
 
 from snakemake_interface_common import at_least_snakemake_version
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.executors.base import (
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     SubmittedJobInfo,
 )
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.logging import LoggerExecutorInterface
-from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.settings import ExecMode
+from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.settings import ExecMode, ExecutorSettingsBase
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.utils import (
     encode_target_jobs_cli_args,
     format_cli_arg,
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         workflow: WorkflowExecutorInterface,
         logger: LoggerExecutorInterface,
+        executor_settings: Optional[ExecutorSettingsBase],
         post_init: bool = True,
     ):
         super().__init__(
             workflow,
             logger,
+            executor_settings,
         )
-        self.executor_settings = self.workflow.executor_settings
+        self.executor_settings = executor_settings
         self.snakefile = workflow.main_snakefile
         if post_init:
             self.__post_init__()
diff --git a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/settings.py b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/settings.py
index 704a4b1..14cd44b 100644
--- a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/settings.py
+++ b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/settings.py
@@ -176,16 +176,10 @@ def assume_common_workdir(self) -> bool:
         )
 
 
-class DeploymentMethod(SettingsEnumBase):
-    CONDA = 0
-    APPTAINER = 1
-    ENV_MODULES = 2
-
-
 class DeploymentSettingsExecutorInterface(ABC):
     @property
     @abstractmethod
-    def deployment_method(self) -> Set[DeploymentMethod]: ...
+    def deployment_method(self) -> Set[str]: ...
 
 
 class GroupSettingsExecutorInterface(ABC):
diff --git a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/workflow.py b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/workflow.py
index 868d75d..2f91059 100644
--- a/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/workflow.py
+++ b/snakemake_interface_executor_plugins/workflow.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.cli import (
     SpawnedJobArgsFactoryExecutorInterface,
 )
+from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.dag import DAGExecutorInterface
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.persistence import (
     PersistenceExecutorInterface,
 )
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@
 
 
 class WorkflowExecutorInterface(ABC):
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def dag(self) -> DAGExecutorInterface: ...
+
     @property
     @abstractmethod
     def spawned_job_args_factory(self) -> SpawnedJobArgsFactoryExecutorInterface: ...