diff --git a/cfg/common_settings.go b/cfg/common_settings.go
index 8d7a8c39..e51e8bd5 100644
--- a/cfg/common_settings.go
+++ b/cfg/common_settings.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package cfg
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/olebedev/config"
 )
 
@@ -10,10 +13,16 @@ type Colors struct {
 	BorderFocused   string
 	BorderNormal    string
 	Checked         string
+	Foreground      string
 	HighlightFore   string
 	HighlightBack   string
 	Text            string
 	Title           string
+
+	Rows struct {
+		Even string
+		Odd  string
+	}
 }
 
 type Module struct {
@@ -29,8 +38,14 @@ type Position struct {
 }
 
 type Sigils struct {
-	CheckedIcon   string
-	UncheckedIcon string
+	Checkbox struct {
+		Checked   string
+		Unchecked string
+	}
+	Paging struct {
+		Normal   string
+		Selected string
+	}
 }
 
 type Common struct {
@@ -53,11 +68,12 @@ func NewCommonSettingsFromYAML(name, configKey string, ymlConfig *config.Config)
 
 	common := Common{
 		Colors: Colors{
-			Background:      ymlConfig.UString(modulePath+".colors.background", ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".background", "black")),
+			Background:      ymlConfig.UString(modulePath+".background", ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".background", "black")),
 			BorderFocusable: ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".border.focusable", "red"),
 			BorderFocused:   ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".border.focused", "orange"),
 			BorderNormal:    ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".border.normal", "gray"),
 			Checked:         ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".checked", "white"),
+			Foreground:      ymlConfig.UString(modulePath+".foreground", ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".foreground", "white")),
 			HighlightFore:   ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".highlight.fore", "black"),
 			HighlightBack:   ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".highlight.back", "green"),
 			Text:            ymlConfig.UString(modulePath+".colors.text", ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".text", "white")),
@@ -76,16 +92,54 @@ func NewCommonSettingsFromYAML(name, configKey string, ymlConfig *config.Config)
 			Width:  ymlConfig.UInt(positionPath + ".width"),
 		},
 
-		Sigils: Sigils{
-			CheckedIcon:   ymlConfig.UString(sigilsPath+".checkedIcon", "x"),
-			UncheckedIcon: ymlConfig.UString(sigilsPath+".uncheckedIcon", " "),
-		},
-
 		Enabled:         ymlConfig.UBool(modulePath+".enabled", false),
 		FocusChar:       ymlConfig.UInt(modulePath+".focusChar", -1),
 		RefreshInterval: ymlConfig.UInt(modulePath+".refreshInterval", 300),
 		Title:           ymlConfig.UString(modulePath+".title", name),
 	}
 
+	common.Colors.Rows.Even = ymlConfig.UString(modulePath+".colors.rows.even", ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".rows.even", "white"))
+	common.Colors.Rows.Odd = ymlConfig.UString(modulePath+".colors.rows.even", ymlConfig.UString(colorsPath+".rows.odd", "lightblue"))
+
+	common.Sigils.Checkbox.Checked = ymlConfig.UString(sigilsPath+".Checkbox.Checked", "x")
+	common.Sigils.Checkbox.Unchecked = ymlConfig.UString(sigilsPath+".Checkbox.Unchecked", " ")
+
+	common.Sigils.Paging.Normal = ymlConfig.UString(sigilsPath+".Paging.Normal", ymlConfig.UString("wtf.paging.pageSigil", "*"))
+	common.Sigils.Paging.Selected = ymlConfig.UString(sigilsPath+".Paging.Select", ymlConfig.UString("wtf.paging.selectedSigil", "_"))
+
 	return &common
 }
+
+func (common *Common) DefaultFocussedRowColor() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", common.Colors.HighlightFore, common.Colors.HighlightBack)
+}
+
+func (common *Common) DefaultRowColor() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", common.Colors.Foreground, common.Colors.Background)
+}
+
+func (common *Common) RowColor(idx int) string {
+	if idx%2 == 0 {
+		return common.Colors.Rows.Even
+	}
+
+	return common.Colors.Rows.Odd
+}
+
+func (common *Common) RightAlignFormat(width int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%%%ds", width-1)
+}
+
+func (common *Common) SigilStr(len, pos int, width int) string {
+	sigils := ""
+
+	if len > 1 {
+		sigils = strings.Repeat(common.Sigils.Paging.Normal, pos)
+		sigils = sigils + common.Sigils.Paging.Selected
+		sigils = sigils + strings.Repeat(common.Sigils.Paging.Normal, len-1-pos)
+
+		sigils = "[lightblue]" + fmt.Sprintf(common.RightAlignFormat(width), sigils) + "[white]"
+	}
+
+	return sigils
+}
diff --git a/generator/textwidget.tpl b/generator/textwidget.tpl
index e3ebd214..f1fe45b4 100644
--- a/generator/textwidget.tpl
+++ b/generator/textwidget.tpl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, settings *Settings) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
 		HelpfulWidget: wtf.NewHelpfulWidget(app, pages, HelpText),
-		TextWidget:    wtf.NewTextWidget(app, "{{(Title .Name)}}", "{{(Lower .Name)}}", true),
+		TextWidget:    wtf.NewTextWidget(app, settings.common, false),
 
 		settings: settings,
 	}
diff --git a/modules/gerrit/display.go b/modules/gerrit/display.go
index fc320013..083cb644 100644
--- a/modules/gerrit/display.go
+++ b/modules/gerrit/display.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package gerrit
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/wtf"
 )
 
 func (widget *Widget) display() {
@@ -16,7 +14,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s", widget.Name(), widget.title(project))))
 
-	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GerritProjects), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	str := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.GerritProjects), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Stats[white]\n"
 	str = str + widget.displayStats(project)
 	str = str + "\n"
@@ -64,11 +63,12 @@ func (widget *Widget) displayStats(project *GerritProject) string {
 	return str
 }
 
-func (widget *Widget) rowColor(index int) string {
-	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (index == widget.selected) {
-		return wtf.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
+func (widget *Widget) rowColor(idx int) string {
+	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (idx == widget.selected) {
+		widget.settings.common.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
 	}
-	return wtf.RowColor("gerrit", index)
+
+	return widget.settings.common.RowColor(idx)
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) title(project *GerritProject) string {
diff --git a/modules/git/display.go b/modules/git/display.go
index 546b3f6e..994b6118 100644
--- a/modules/git/display.go
+++ b/modules/git/display.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
-
-	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/wtf"
 )
 
 func (widget *Widget) display() {
@@ -18,7 +16,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name(), repoData.Repository)
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(title))
 
-	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GitRepos), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	str := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.GitRepos), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Branch[white]\n"
 	str = str + fmt.Sprintf(" %s", repoData.Branch)
 	str = str + "\n"
diff --git a/modules/github/display.go b/modules/github/display.go
index 1819efa2..df236ebf 100644
--- a/modules/github/display.go
+++ b/modules/github/display.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
-	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/wtf"
 )
 
 func (widget *Widget) display() {
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name(), widget.title(repo))))
 
-	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GithubRepos), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	str := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.GithubRepos), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Stats[white]\n"
 	str = str + widget.displayStats(repo)
 	str = str + "\n"
diff --git a/modules/gitlab/display.go b/modules/gitlab/display.go
index 51cdfcc9..0d5ad39e 100644
--- a/modules/gitlab/display.go
+++ b/modules/gitlab/display.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package gitlab
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/wtf"
 )
 
 func (widget *Widget) display() {
@@ -16,7 +14,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s", widget.Name(), widget.title(project)))
 
-	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GitlabProjects), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	str := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.GitlabProjects), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Stats[white]\n"
 	str = str + widget.displayStats(project)
 	str = str + "\n"
diff --git a/modules/gitter/widget.go b/modules/gitter/widget.go
index 3411e67f..a0dab800 100644
--- a/modules/gitter/widget.go
+++ b/modules/gitter/widget.go
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) contentFrom(messages []Message) string {
 
 func (widget *Widget) rowColor(idx int) string {
 	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (idx == widget.selected) {
-		return wtf.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
+		widget.settings.common.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
 	}
 
-	return wtf.RowColor("gitter", idx)
+	return widget.settings.common.RowColor(idx)
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) next() {
diff --git a/modules/hackernews/widget.go b/modules/hackernews/widget.go
index d9798d25..5ca9daf5 100644
--- a/modules/hackernews/widget.go
+++ b/modules/hackernews/widget.go
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) contentFrom(stories []Story) string {
 
 func (widget *Widget) rowColor(idx int) string {
 	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (idx == widget.selected) {
-		return wtf.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
+		widget.settings.common.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
 	}
 
-	return wtf.RowColor("hackernews", idx)
+	return widget.settings.common.RowColor(idx)
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) next() {
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/widget.go b/modules/jenkins/widget.go
index 145c397b..907a9d33 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/widget.go
+++ b/modules/jenkins/widget.go
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) contentFrom(view *View) string {
 
 func (widget *Widget) rowColor(idx int) string {
 	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (idx == widget.selected) {
-		return wtf.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
+		widget.settings.common.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
 	}
 
-	return wtf.DefaultRowColor()
+	return widget.settings.common.RowColor(idx)
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) jobColor(job *Job) string {
diff --git a/modules/jira/widget.go b/modules/jira/widget.go
index 91047552..8a8713c8 100644
--- a/modules/jira/widget.go
+++ b/modules/jira/widget.go
@@ -138,14 +138,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) contentFrom(searchResult *SearchResult) string {
 
 func (widget *Widget) rowColor(idx int) string {
 	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (idx == widget.selected) {
-		return wtf.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
+		widget.settings.common.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
 	}
 
-	if idx%2 == 0 {
-		return widget.settings.colors.rows.even
-	}
-
-	return widget.settings.colors.rows.odd
+	return widget.settings.common.RowColor(idx)
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) issueTypeColor(issue *Issue) string {
diff --git a/modules/mercurial/display.go b/modules/mercurial/display.go
index 724baddb..37a42f28 100644
--- a/modules/mercurial/display.go
+++ b/modules/mercurial/display.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
-
-	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/wtf"
 )
 
 func (widget *Widget) display() {
@@ -18,7 +16,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name(), repoData.Repository)
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(title))
 
-	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.Data), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	str := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.Data), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Branch:Bookmark[white]\n"
 	str = str + fmt.Sprintf(" %s:%s\n", repoData.Branch, repoData.Bookmark)
 	str = str + "\n"
diff --git a/modules/rollbar/widget.go b/modules/rollbar/widget.go
index 985b7079..ba8f5b37 100644
--- a/modules/rollbar/widget.go
+++ b/modules/rollbar/widget.go
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) contentFrom(result *Result) string {
 
 func (widget *Widget) rowColor(idx int) string {
 	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (idx == widget.selected) {
-		return wtf.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
+		widget.settings.common.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
 	}
-	return "white"
+
+	return widget.settings.common.RowColor(idx)
 }
 
 func statusColor(item *Item) string {
diff --git a/modules/textfile/widget.go b/modules/textfile/widget.go
index c0d01778..c4e29f80 100644
--- a/modules/textfile/widget.go
+++ b/modules/textfile/widget.go
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("[green]%s[white]", widget.CurrentSource())
 	title = widget.ContextualTitle(title)
 
-	text := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.Sources), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	text := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.Sources), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 
 	if widget.settings.format {
 		text = text + widget.formattedText()
diff --git a/modules/todo/display.go b/modules/todo/display.go
index 2471438c..dae2a963 100644
--- a/modules/todo/display.go
+++ b/modules/todo/display.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ const checkWidth = 4
 func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	str := ""
 	newList := checklist.NewChecklist(
-		widget.settings.common.Sigils.CheckedIcon,
-		widget.settings.common.Sigils.UncheckedIcon,
+		widget.settings.common.Sigils.Checkbox.Checked,
+		widget.settings.common.Sigils.Checkbox.Unchecked,
 	)
 
 	offset := 0
diff --git a/modules/todo/widget.go b/modules/todo/widget.go
index 51367b38..efc6c158 100644
--- a/modules/todo/widget.go
+++ b/modules/todo/widget.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, settings *Settings) *
 		app:      app,
 		settings: settings,
 		filePath: settings.filePath,
-		list:     checklist.NewChecklist(settings.common.Sigils.CheckedIcon, settings.common.Sigils.UncheckedIcon),
+		list:     checklist.NewChecklist(settings.common.Sigils.Checkbox.Checked, settings.common.Sigils.Checkbox.Unchecked),
 		pages:    pages,
 	}
 
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) persist() {
 // items have the correct checked/unchecked icon per the user's preferences
 func (widget *Widget) setItemChecks() {
 	for _, item := range widget.list.Items {
-		item.CheckedIcon = widget.settings.common.CheckedIcon
-		item.UncheckedIcon = widget.settings.common.UncheckedIcon
+		item.CheckedIcon = widget.settings.common.Checkbox.Checked
+		item.UncheckedIcon = widget.settings.common.Checkbox.Unchecked
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/todoist/display.go b/modules/todoist/display.go
index 56c5be64..fbd7d3f2 100644
--- a/modules/todoist/display.go
+++ b/modules/todoist/display.go
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("[green]%s[white]", proj.Project.Name)
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(title))
 
-	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.projects), widget.idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	str := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.projects), widget.idx, width) + "\n"
 
 	maxLen := proj.LongestLine()
 
diff --git a/modules/travisci/widget.go b/modules/travisci/widget.go
index 1265c176..bea587a5 100644
--- a/modules/travisci/widget.go
+++ b/modules/travisci/widget.go
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) contentFrom(builds *Builds) string {
 
 func (widget *Widget) rowColor(idx int) string {
 	if widget.View.HasFocus() && (idx == widget.selected) {
-		return wtf.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
+		widget.settings.common.DefaultFocussedRowColor()
 	}
-	return "White"
+
+	return widget.settings.common.RowColor(idx)
 }
 
 func buildColor(build *Build) string {
diff --git a/modules/twitter/widget.go b/modules/twitter/widget.go
index b2056932..16383ac1 100644
--- a/modules/twitter/widget.go
+++ b/modules/twitter/widget.go
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.Sources), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	str := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.Sources), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 	for _, tweet := range tweets {
 		str = str + widget.format(tweet)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go b/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go
index 929e4b57..cc357cc2 100644
--- a/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go
+++ b/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.title(cityData))
 
-	content := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.Data), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
+	_, _, width, _ := widget.View.GetRect()
+	content := widget.settings.common.SigilStr(len(widget.Data), widget.Idx, width) + "\n"
 	content = content + widget.description(cityData) + "\n\n"
 	content = content + widget.temperatures(cityData) + "\n"
 	content = content + widget.sunInfo(cityData)
diff --git a/wtf/utils.go b/wtf/utils.go
index 49726e8b..a802f6cc 100644
--- a/wtf/utils.go
+++ b/wtf/utils.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 )
 
 const SimpleDateFormat = "Jan 2"
@@ -27,20 +25,6 @@ func CenterText(str string, width int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%[1]*s", -width, fmt.Sprintf("%[1]*s", (width+len(str))/2, str))
 }
 
-func DefaultFocussedRowColor() string {
-	foreColor := Config.UString("wtf.colors.highlight.fore", "black")
-	backColor := Config.UString("wtf.colors.highlight.back", "orange")
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", foreColor, backColor)
-}
-
-func DefaultRowColor() string {
-	foreColor := Config.UString("wtf.colors.foreground", "white")
-	backColor := Config.UString("wtf.colors.background", "black")
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", foreColor, backColor)
-}
-
 func ExecuteCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) string {
 	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -134,37 +118,6 @@ func ReadFileBytes(filePath string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return fileData, nil
 }
 
-func RightAlignFormat(view *tview.TextView) string {
-	_, _, w, _ := view.GetInnerRect()
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%%%ds", w-1)
-}
-
-func RowColor(module string, idx int) string {
-	evenKey := fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.colors.rows.even", module)
-	oddKey := fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.colors.rows.odd", module)
-
-	if idx%2 == 0 {
-		return Config.UString(evenKey, "white")
-	}
-
-	return Config.UString(oddKey, "lightblue")
-}
-
-func SigilStr(len, pos int, view *tview.TextView) string {
-	sigils := ""
-
-	if len > 1 {
-		sigils = strings.Repeat(Config.UString("wtf.paging.pageSigil", "*"), pos)
-		sigils = sigils + Config.UString("wtf.paging.selectedSigil", "_")
-		sigils = sigils + strings.Repeat(Config.UString("wtf.paging.pageSigil", "*"), len-1-pos)
-
-		sigils = "[lightblue]" + fmt.Sprintf(RightAlignFormat(view), sigils) + "[white]"
-	}
-
-	return sigils
-}
-
 /* -------------------- Map Conversion -------------------- */
 
 func MapToStrs(aMap map[string]interface{}) map[string]string {