diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js
index 09834974..a930dadc 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
@@ -286,6 +286,32 @@ module.LifeCycle = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 })
 
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+var UtilActions = actions.Actions({
+	mergeConfig: ['- System/', 
+		function(config){
+			config = config instanceof Function ? config.call(this)
+				: typeof(config) == typeof('str') ? this.config[config]
+				: config
+			var that = this
+			Object.keys(config).forEach(function(key){
+				that.config[key] = config[key]
+			})
+		}],
+})
+
+
+var Util = 
+module.Util = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
+	title: '',
+	doc: '',
+
+	tag: 'util',
+
+	actions: UtilActions,
+})
+
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Introspection...
@@ -349,10 +375,10 @@ module.makeWorkspaceConfigWriter = function(keys, callback){
 	return function(workspace){
 		var that = this
 
-		keys = typeof(keys) == typeof(function(){}) ? keys.call(this) : keys
+		var data = keys instanceof Function ? keys.call(this) : keys
 
 		// store data...
-		keys.forEach(function(key){
+		data.forEach(function(key){
 			workspace[key] = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(that.config[key]))
 		})
 
@@ -368,10 +394,10 @@ module.makeWorkspaceConfigLoader = function(keys, callback){
 	return function(workspace){
 		var that = this
 
-		keys = typeof(keys) == typeof(function(){}) ? keys.call(this) : keys
+		var data = keys instanceof Function ? keys.call(this) : keys
 
 		// load data...
-		keys.forEach(function(key){
+		data.forEach(function(key){
 			// the key exists...
 			if(key in workspace){
 				that.config[key] = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(workspace[key]))
@@ -401,16 +427,12 @@ var WorkspaceActions = actions.Actions({
 	},
 
 	get workspace(){
-		return this.config.workspace
-	},
+		return this.config.workspace },
 	set workspace(value){
-		this.loadWorkspace(value)
-	},
+		this.loadWorkspace(value) },
 
 	get workspaces(){
-		return this.config.workspaces
-	},
-
+		return this.config.workspaces },
 
 	getWorkspace: ['- Workspace/',
 		function(){ return this.saveWorkspace(null) }],
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-partial-ribbons.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-partial-ribbons.js
index e2351a91..399ee44a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-partial-ribbons.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-partial-ribbons.js	
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ module.PartialRibbons = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 				//this.preCacheJumpTargets()
 			}],
+
+
+
 	],
 })
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js
index 6930b5d5..cbb20ef2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js	
@@ -246,15 +246,8 @@ var SingleImageActions = actions.Actions({
 
 					if(this.workspaces['single-image'] == null){
 						this.loadWorkspace('ui-chrome-hidden') 
-
-						// setup defaults...
-						var that = this
-						var defaults = this.config['single-image-config-defaults'] || {}
-						Object.keys(defaults)
-							.forEach(function(key){ 
-								that.config[key] = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(defaults[key])) })
-
-						this.saveWorkspace('single-image') 
+						this.mergeConfig('single-image-config-defaults')
+						this.saveWorkspace('single-image')
 					}
 
 					this.loadWorkspace('single-image') 
@@ -333,7 +326,8 @@ module.SingleImageView = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 	tag: 'ui-single-image',
 	depends: [
-		'ui'
+		'ui',
+		'util',
 	],
 	suggested: [
 		'ui-single-image-local-storage',
@@ -434,12 +428,16 @@ module.SingleImageView = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 		// Workspace...
 		// 	...set ribbon focus mode to order (default) in single image mode...
+		//
+		// XXX move these to ui-partial-ribbons???
 		['saveWorkspace',
 			core.makeWorkspaceConfigWriter(
-				Object.keys(SingleImageActions.config['single-image-config-defaults']))],
+				function(){ 
+					return Object.keys(this.config['single-image-config-defaults'] || {}) })],
 		['loadWorkspace',
 			core.makeWorkspaceConfigLoader(
-				Object.keys(SingleImageActions.config['single-image-config-defaults']),
+				function(){ 
+					return Object.keys(this.config['single-image-config-defaults'] || {}) },
 				// NOTE: considering that 'ribbon-focus-mode' is handled 
 				// 		by a toggler that can have things bound to it, 
 				// 		active is the way to go here...