diff --git a/app/models/merged/card_style.rb b/app/models/merged/card_style.rb
index 1bc2dcf..5203e73 100644
--- a/app/models/merged/card_style.rb
+++ b/app/models/merged/card_style.rb
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
 module Merged
-  class CardStyle < ActiveYaml::Base
-    set_root_path Engine.root + "config"
-
+  class CardStyle < Style
+    
     fields  :template , :text , :header, :fields
 
     def card_preview
       "merged/card_preview/" + template
     end
 
-    def options_definitions
-      option_defs = []
-      options.each do |name|
-        option = OptionDefinition.find_by_name(name)
-        raise "no option for #{name}:#{name.class}" if option.blank?
-        option_defs << option
-      end if options
-      option_defs
-    end
-
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/merged/page_style.rb b/app/models/merged/page_style.rb
index afeb81a..847d66b 100644
--- a/app/models/merged/page_style.rb
+++ b/app/models/merged/page_style.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 module Merged
-  class PageStyle < ActiveYaml::Base
-    set_root_path Engine.root + "config"
-
+  class PageStyle < Style
     fields  :type , :description
 
   end
diff --git a/app/models/merged/section_style.rb b/app/models/merged/section_style.rb
index 8054853..d96e2f8 100644
--- a/app/models/merged/section_style.rb
+++ b/app/models/merged/section_style.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module Merged
-  class SectionStyle < ActiveYaml::Base
-    set_root_path Engine.root + "config"
-
+  class SectionStyle < Style
+    
     fields  :template , :text , :header, :fields , :cards
 
     def has_cards?
@@ -12,15 +11,5 @@ module Merged
       "merged/section_preview/" + template
     end
 
-    def options_definitions
-      option_defs = []
-      options.each do |name|
-        option = OptionDefinition.find_by_name(name)
-        raise "no option for #{name}:#{name.class}" if option.blank?
-        option_defs << option
-      end if options
-      option_defs
-    end
-
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/merged/style.rb b/app/models/merged/style.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d89016a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/merged/style.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module Merged
+  class Style < ActiveYaml::Base
+
+    set_root_path Engine.root + "config"
+
+    fields  :options
+
+    def options_definitions
+      option_defs = []
+      options.each do |name|
+        option = OptionDefinition.find_by_name(name)
+        raise "no option for #{name}:#{name.class}" if option.blank?
+        option_defs << option
+      end if options
+      option_defs
+    end
+
+  end
+end