diff --git a/app/helpers/merged/options_helper.rb b/app/helpers/merged/options_helper.rb
index 0f9d6e2..bfc3b79 100644
--- a/app/helpers/merged/options_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/merged/options_helper.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module Merged
 
     def order_option(section , clazz = "")
       if section.has_option?("order")
-        clazz += " " + " order-last" if section.option('order') == "right"
+        clazz += " order-last" if section.option('order') == "right"
       end
       {class: clazz}
     end
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module Merged
     def text_align_option(section , clazz = "")
       if section.has_option?("text_align")
         # text-center , text-left , text-right , leave comment for tailwind
-        clazz += " " + " text-#{section.option('text_align')}"
+        clazz += " text-#{section.option('text_align')}"
       end
       {class: clazz}
     end
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module Merged
     def background_option(section , clazz = "")
       if section.has_option?("background")
         option = section.option('background')
-        clazz += " " + Merged.background[section.option('background')] || ""
+        clazz += " " + (Merged.background[section.option('background')] || "")
       end
       {class: clazz}
     end
@@ -81,28 +81,28 @@ module Merged
 
     def text_color_option(section , clazz = "")
       if section.has_option?("text_color")
-        clazz += " " + Merged.text_color[section.option("text_color")] || ""
+        clazz += " " + (Merged.text_color[section.option("text_color")] || "")
       end
       {class: clazz }
     end
 
     def shade_option(section , clazz = "")
       if section.has_option?("shade_color")
-        clazz += " " + Merged.shade_color[section.option("shade_color")] || ""
+        clazz += " " + (Merged.shade_color[section.option("shade_color")] || "")
       end
       {class: clazz }
     end
 
-    def text_column_option( section )
+    def text_column_option( section , clazz = "")
       if section.has_option?("text_columns")
-        clazz += " " + Merged.text_columns[section.option("text_columns")] || ""
+        clazz += " " + (Merged.text_columns[section.option("text_columns")] || "")
       end
       {class: clazz }
     end
 
-    def column_option(section)
+    def column_option( section , clazz = "" )
       if section.has_option?("columns")
-        clazz += " " + Merged.text_columns[section.option("columns")] || ""
+        clazz += " " + (Merged.columns[section.option("columns")] || "")
       end
       {class: clazz }
     end
diff --git a/lib/merged.rb b/lib/merged.rb
index 0da9e72..9932046 100644
--- a/lib/merged.rb
+++ b/lib/merged.rb
@@ -67,11 +67,12 @@ module Merged
 
   # amount of text columns
   mattr_accessor :columns
-  @@columns = { "1" => "grid-cols-1",
-                "2" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2"
-                "3" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3",
-                "4" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4",
-                "5" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 lg:grid-cols-5",
-                "6" => "grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-4 lg:grid-cols-6", }
+  @@columns = {
+    "1" => "grid-cols-1 gap-8 md:gap-12 lg:gap-16",
+    "2" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2  gap-8 md:gap-12 lg:gap-16" ,
+    "3" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3  gap-8 md:gap-12 lg:gap-16",
+    "4" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4  gap-8 md:gap-12 lg:gap-16",
+    "5" => "grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 lg:grid-cols-5  gap-8 md:gap-12 lg:gap-16",
+    "6" => "grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-4 lg:grid-cols-6  gap-8 md:gap-12 lg:gap-16", }
 
 end