diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index f2a65e6..94ec3e9 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ show_fileicons: bool = true,
 
 start_debugger_on_crash: bool = false,
 
+widget_style: WidgetStyle = .compact,
+palette_style: WidgetStyle = .bars_top_bottom,
+panel_style: WidgetStyle = .compact,
+home_style: WidgetStyle = .bars_left_right,
+
 include_files: []const u8 = "",
 
 pub const DigitStyle = enum {
@@ -56,3 +61,25 @@ pub const IndentMode = enum {
     spaces,
     tabs,
 };
+
+pub const WidgetType = enum {
+    none,
+    palette,
+    panel,
+    home,
+};
+
+pub const WidgetStyle = enum {
+    compact,
+    spacious,
+    boxed,
+    double_boxed,
+    rounded_boxed,
+    single_double_top_bottom_boxed,
+    single_double_left_right_boxed,
+    dotted_boxed,
+    thick_boxed,
+    extra_thick_boxed,
+    bars_top_bottom,
+    bars_left_right,
+};
diff --git a/src/tui/Menu.zig b/src/tui/Menu.zig
index 58b832b..7d51ab2 100644
--- a/src/tui/Menu.zig
+++ b/src/tui/Menu.zig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub const scroll_lines = 3;
 pub fn Options(context: type) type {
     return struct {
         ctx: Context,
-        style: Widget.Style.Type,
+        style: Widget.Type,
 
         on_click: *const fn (ctx: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context))) void = do_nothing,
         on_click4: *const fn (menu: **State(Context), button: *Button.State(*State(Context))) void = do_nothing_click,
diff --git a/src/tui/Widget.zig b/src/tui/Widget.zig
index 653f2ea..2195259 100644
--- a/src/tui/Widget.zig
+++ b/src/tui/Widget.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ pub const Box = @import("Box.zig");
 pub const Theme = @import("theme");
 pub const themes = @import("themes").themes;
 pub const scopes = @import("themes").scopes;
+pub const Type = @import("config").WidgetType;
+pub const StyleTag = @import("config").WidgetStyle;
 pub const Style = @import("WidgetStyle.zig");
 
 ptr: *anyopaque,
diff --git a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
index 012dcd1..b799c04 100644
--- a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
+++ b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const tp = @import("thespian");
 
 const Plane = @import("renderer").Plane;
 
+const tui = @import("tui.zig");
 const Widget = @import("Widget.zig");
 const Box = @import("Box.zig");
 
@@ -33,16 +34,16 @@ after_render: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void = on
 prepare_resize: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, box: Widget.Box) Widget.Box = prepare_resize_default,
 after_resize: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, box: Widget.Box) void = after_resize_default,
 on_layout: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self) Widget.Layout = on_layout_default,
-style: Widget.Style.Type,
+widget_type: Widget.Type,
 
 pub fn createH(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout) error{OutOfMemory}!*Self {
     return createHStyled(allocator, parent, name, layout_, .none);
 }
 
-pub fn createHStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, style: Widget.Style.Type) error{OutOfMemory}!*Self {
+pub fn createHStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, widget_type: Widget.Type) error{OutOfMemory}!*Self {
     const self = try allocator.create(Self);
     errdefer allocator.destroy(self);
-    self.* = try init(allocator, parent, name, .horizontal, layout_, Box{}, style);
+    self.* = try init(allocator, parent, name, .horizontal, layout_, Box{}, widget_type);
     self.plane.hide();
     return self;
 }
@@ -51,10 +52,10 @@ pub fn createV(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_:
     return createVStyled(allocator, parent, name, layout_, .none);
 }
 
-pub fn createVStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, style: Widget.Style.Type) !*Self {
+pub fn createVStyled(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout, widget_type: Widget.Type) !*Self {
     const self = try allocator.create(Self);
     errdefer allocator.destroy(self);
-    self.* = try init(allocator, parent, name, .vertical, layout_, Box{}, style);
+    self.* = try init(allocator, parent, name, .vertical, layout_, Box{}, widget_type);
     self.plane.hide();
     return self;
 }
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn createBox(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: D
     return self;
 }
 
-fn init(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: Direction, layout_: Layout, box_: Box, style: Widget.Style.Type) !Self {
+fn init(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: Direction, layout_: Layout, box_: Box, widget_type: Widget.Type) !Self {
     var self: Self = .{
         .plane = undefined,
         .parent = parent,
@@ -75,10 +76,10 @@ fn init(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane, name: [:0]const u8, dir: Direction,
         .widgets = ArrayList(WidgetState).init(allocator),
         .layout_ = layout_,
         .direction = dir,
-        .style = style,
+        .widget_type = widget_type,
         .deco_box = undefined,
     };
-    const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(self.style).padding;
+    const padding = tui.get_widget_style(self.widget_type).padding;
     self.deco_box = self.from_client_box(box_, padding);
     self.plane = try Plane.init(&self.deco_box.opts(name), parent);
     return self;
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ pub fn update(self: *Self) void {
 }
 
 pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
-    const widget_style = Widget.Style.from_type(self.style);
+    const widget_style = tui.get_widget_style(self.widget_type);
     const padding = widget_style.padding;
     for (self.widgets.items) |*w| if (!w.layout.eql(w.widget.layout())) {
         self.refresh_layout(padding);
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
 fn on_render_default(_: ?*anyopaque, _: *const Widget.Theme) void {}
 
 fn render_decoration(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme, widget_style: *const Widget.Style) void {
-    const style = Widget.Style.theme_style_from_type(self.style, theme);
+    const style = Widget.Style.theme_style_from_type(self.widget_type, theme);
     const padding = widget_style.padding;
     const border = widget_style.border;
     const plane = &self.plane;
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ fn refresh_layout(self: *Self, padding: Widget.Style.Margin) void {
 }
 
 pub fn handle_resize(self: *Self, box: Widget.Box) void {
-    const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(self.style).padding;
+    const padding = tui.get_widget_style(self.widget_type).padding;
     const client_box_ = self.prepare_resize(self.ctx, self, self.to_client_box(box, padding));
     self.deco_box = self.from_client_box(client_box_, padding);
     self.do_resize(padding);
diff --git a/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig b/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig
index 6af0bad..4f91d71 100644
--- a/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig
+++ b/src/tui/WidgetStyle.zig
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 padding: Margin = Margin.@"0",
 border: Border = Border.blank,
 
-pub const Type = enum {
-    none,
-    palette,
-    panel,
-    home,
-};
+pub const WidgetType = @import("config").WidgetType;
+pub const WidgetStyle = @import("config").WidgetStyle;
 
 pub const Padding = struct {
     pub const Unit = u16;
@@ -116,31 +112,7 @@ const bars_left_right: @This() = .{
     .border = Border.@"thick box (octant)",
 };
 
-pub fn from_type(style_type: Type) *const @This() {
-    return switch (style_type) {
-        .none => none_style,
-        .palette => palette_style,
-        .panel => panel_style,
-        .home => home_style,
-    };
-}
-
-pub const Styles = enum {
-    compact,
-    spacious,
-    boxed,
-    double_boxed,
-    rounded_boxed,
-    single_double_top_bottom_boxed,
-    single_double_left_right_boxed,
-    dotted_boxed,
-    thick_boxed,
-    extra_thick_boxed,
-    bars_top_bottom,
-    bars_left_right,
-};
-
-pub fn from_tag(tag: Styles) *const @This() {
+pub fn from_tag(tag: WidgetStyle) *const @This() {
     return switch (tag) {
         .compact => &compact,
         .spacious => &spacious,
@@ -157,60 +129,9 @@ pub fn from_tag(tag: Styles) *const @This() {
     };
 }
 
-pub fn next_tag(tag: Styles) Styles {
-    const new_value = @intFromEnum(tag) + 1;
-    return if (new_value > @intFromEnum(Styles.bars_left_right)) .compact else @enumFromInt(new_value);
-}
+const Theme = @import("Widget.zig").Theme;
 
-pub fn set_type_style(style_type: Type, tag: Styles) void {
-    const ref = type_style(style_type);
-    ref.* = from_tag(tag);
-}
-
-pub fn set_next_style(style_type: Type) void {
-    const tag_ref = type_tag(style_type);
-    const new_tag = next_tag(tag_ref.*);
-    const style_ref = type_style(style_type);
-    tag_ref.* = new_tag;
-    style_ref.* = from_tag(new_tag);
-}
-
-var none_style: *const @This() = from_tag(none_tag_default);
-var palette_style: *const @This() = from_tag(palette_tag_default);
-var panel_style: *const @This() = from_tag(panel_tag_default);
-var home_style: *const @This() = from_tag(home_tag_default);
-
-fn type_style(style_type: Type) **const @This() {
-    return switch (style_type) {
-        .none => &none_style,
-        .palette => &palette_style,
-        .panel => &panel_style,
-        .home => &home_style,
-    };
-}
-
-const none_tag_default: Styles = .compact;
-const palette_tag_default: Styles = .compact;
-const panel_tag_default: Styles = .compact;
-const home_tag_default: Styles = .compact;
-
-var none_tag: Styles = none_tag_default;
-var palette_tag: Styles = palette_tag_default;
-var panel_tag: Styles = panel_tag_default;
-var home_tag: Styles = home_tag_default;
-
-fn type_tag(style_type: Type) *Styles {
-    return switch (style_type) {
-        .none => &none_tag,
-        .palette => &palette_tag,
-        .panel => &panel_tag,
-        .home => &home_tag,
-    };
-}
-
-const Widget = @import("Widget.zig");
-
-pub fn theme_style_from_type(style_type: Type, theme: *const Widget.Theme) Widget.Theme.Style {
+pub fn theme_style_from_type(style_type: WidgetType, theme: *const Theme) Theme.Style {
     return switch (style_type) {
         .none => theme.editor,
         .palette => .{ .fg = theme.editor_widget_border.fg, .bg = theme.editor_widget.bg },
diff --git a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
index 4108be0..7544dce 100644
--- a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
+++ b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ selected: ?usize = null,
 box: Widget.Box = .{},
 
 const path_column_ratio = 4;
-const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .panel;
+const widget_type: Widget.Type = .panel;
 
 const Entry = struct {
     path: []const u8,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane) !Widget {
         .entries = std.ArrayList(Entry).init(allocator),
         .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, tui.plane(), .{
             .ctx = self,
-            .style = widget_style_type,
+            .style = widget_type,
             .on_render = handle_render_menu,
             .on_scroll = EventHandler.bind(self, Self.handle_scroll),
             .on_click4 = mouse_click_button4,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ fn scrollbar_style(sb: *scrollbar_v, theme: *const Widget.Theme) Widget.Theme.St
 }
 
 pub fn handle_resize(self: *Self, pos: Widget.Box) void {
-    const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+    const padding = tui.get_widget_style(widget_type).padding;
     self.plane.move_yx(@intCast(pos.y), @intCast(pos.x)) catch return;
     self.plane.resize_simple(@intCast(pos.h), @intCast(pos.w)) catch return;
     self.box = pos;
diff --git a/src/tui/home.zig b/src/tui/home.zig
index b1ffcdf..fb785e3 100644
--- a/src/tui/home.zig
+++ b/src/tui/home.zig
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ home_style_bufs: [][]const u8,
 
 const Self = @This();
 
-const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .home;
+const widget_type: Widget.Type = .home;
 
 pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Widget) !Widget {
     const logger = log.logger("home");
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Widget) !Widget {
         .plane = n,
         .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, w.plane.*, .{
             .ctx = self,
-            .style = widget_style_type,
+            .style = widget_type,
             .on_render = menu_on_render,
         }),
         .input_namespace = keybind.get_namespace(),
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Widget) !Widget {
         self.max_desc_len = @max(self.max_desc_len, description.len + hint.len + 5);
         try self.add_menu_command(command_name, description, hint, self.menu);
     }
-    const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+    const padding = tui.get_widget_style(widget_type).padding;
     self.menu_len = self.menu_count + padding.top + padding.bottom;
     self.position_menu(15, 9);
     return w;
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ fn add_menu_command(self: *Self, command_name: []const u8, description: []const
             _ = try writer.write(leader);
         try writer.print(" :{s}", .{hint});
         const label = fis.getWritten();
-        const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+        const padding = tui.get_widget_style(widget_type).padding;
         self.menu_label_max = @max(self.menu_label_max, label.len);
         self.menu_w = self.menu_label_max + 2 + padding.left + padding.right;
     }
@@ -401,11 +401,12 @@ const cmds = struct {
     pub const home_menu_activate_meta: Meta = .{};
 
     pub fn home_next_widget_style(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
-        Widget.Style.set_next_style(widget_style_type);
-        const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+        tui.set_next_style(widget_type);
+        const padding = tui.get_widget_style(widget_type).padding;
         self.menu_len = self.menu_count + padding.top + padding.bottom;
         self.menu_w = self.menu_label_max + 2 + padding.left + padding.right;
         tui.need_render();
+        try tui.save_config();
     }
     pub const home_next_widget_style_meta: Meta = .{};
 
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
index 6126315..cd934da 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const ModalBackground = @import("../../ModalBackground.zig");
 
 const Self = @This();
 const max_recent_files: usize = 25;
-const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .palette;
+const widget_type: Widget.Type = .palette;
 
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 f: usize = 0,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !tui.Mode {
         .modal = try ModalBackground.create(*Self, allocator, tui.mainview_widget(), .{ .ctx = self }),
         .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, tui.plane(), .{
             .ctx = self,
-            .style = widget_style_type,
+            .style = widget_type,
             .on_render = on_render_menu,
             .prepare_resize = prepare_resize_menu,
         }),
@@ -371,9 +371,10 @@ const cmds = struct {
     pub const overlay_toggle_inputview_meta: Meta = .{};
 
     pub fn overlay_next_widget_style(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
-        Widget.Style.set_next_style(widget_style_type);
+        tui.set_next_style(widget_type);
         self.do_resize();
         tui.need_render();
+        try tui.save_config();
     }
     pub const overlay_next_widget_style_meta: Meta = .{};
 
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index d5c2472..cfadc52 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const ModalBackground = @import("../../ModalBackground.zig");
 pub const Menu = @import("../../Menu.zig");
 
 const max_menu_width = 80;
-const widget_style_type: Widget.Style.Type = .palette;
+const widget_type: Widget.Type = .palette;
 
 pub fn Create(options: type) type {
     return struct {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 }),
                 .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, allocator, tui.plane(), .{
                     .ctx = self,
-                    .style = widget_style_type,
+                    .style = widget_type,
                     .on_render = if (@hasDecl(options, "on_render_menu")) options.on_render_menu else on_render_menu,
                     .prepare_resize = prepare_resize_menu,
                     .after_resize = after_resize_menu,
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 var i = n;
                 while (i > 0) : (i -= 1)
                     self.menu.select_down();
-                const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+                const padding = tui.get_widget_style(widget_type).padding;
                 self.do_resize(padding);
                 tui.refresh_hover();
                 self.selection_updated();
@@ -533,10 +533,11 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             pub const overlay_toggle_inputview_meta: Meta = .{};
 
             pub fn overlay_next_widget_style(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
-                Widget.Style.set_next_style(widget_style_type);
-                const padding = Widget.Style.from_type(widget_style_type).padding;
+                tui.set_next_style(widget_type);
+                const padding = tui.get_widget_style(widget_type).padding;
                 self.do_resize(padding);
                 tui.need_render();
+                try tui.save_config();
             }
             pub const overlay_next_widget_style_meta: Meta = .{};
 
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 416dc50..f2b2549 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -1562,3 +1562,39 @@ fn load_theme_file_internal(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, theme_name: []const u8
     defer allocator.free(json_str);
     return try std.json.parseFromSlice(Widget.Theme, allocator, json_str, .{ .allocate = .alloc_always });
 }
+
+pub const WidgetType = @import("config").WidgetType;
+pub const ConfigWidgetStyle = @import("config").WidgetStyle;
+pub const WidgetStyle = @import("WidgetStyle.zig");
+
+pub fn get_widget_style(widget_type: WidgetType) *const WidgetStyle {
+    const config_ = config();
+    return switch (widget_type) {
+        .none => WidgetStyle.from_tag(config_.widget_style),
+        .palette => WidgetStyle.from_tag(config_.palette_style),
+        .panel => WidgetStyle.from_tag(config_.panel_style),
+        .home => WidgetStyle.from_tag(config_.home_style),
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn set_next_style(widget_type: WidgetType) void {
+    const ref = widget_type_config_variable(widget_type);
+    ref.* = next_widget_style(ref.*);
+    const self = current();
+    self.logger.print("{s} style {s}", .{ @tagName(widget_type), @tagName(ref.*) });
+}
+
+fn next_widget_style(tag: ConfigWidgetStyle) ConfigWidgetStyle {
+    const new_value = @intFromEnum(tag) + 1;
+    return if (new_value > @intFromEnum(ConfigWidgetStyle.bars_left_right)) .compact else @enumFromInt(new_value);
+}
+
+fn widget_type_config_variable(widget_type: WidgetType) *ConfigWidgetStyle {
+    const config_ = config_mut();
+    return switch (widget_type) {
+        .none => &config_.widget_style,
+        .palette => &config_.palette_style,
+        .panel => &config_.panel_style,
+        .home => &config_.home_style,
+    };
+}