diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py
index a7b9ef004c..f94706e7cc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 import os
 
-from PyQt4.QtGui import QDialog, QMessageBox, QListWidgetItem
+from PyQt4.QtGui import QDialog, QMessageBox, QListWidgetItem, QIcon
 from PyQt4.QtCore import QVariant, SIGNAL, QStringList, QTimer, Qt, QSize
 
 from calibre import islinux, Settings
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class ConfigDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         Ui_Dialog.__init__(self)
         self.ICON_SIZES = {0:QSize(48, 48), 1:QSize(32,32), 2:QSize(24,24)}
         self.setupUi(self)
-        
+        self.item1 = QListWidgetItem(QIcon(':/images/metadata.svg'), _('Basic'), self.category_list)
+        self.item2 = QListWidgetItem(QIcon(':/images/view.svg'), _('Advanced'), self.category_list)
         self.db = db
         self.current_cols = columns
         settings = Settings()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.ui
index 30c114deed..f6b3957f34 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.ui
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    <item row="0" column="0" >
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" >
      <item>
-      <widget class="QListWidget" name="listWidget" >
+      <widget class="QListWidget" name="category_list" >
        <property name="sizePolicy" >
         <sizepolicy vsizetype="Expanding" hsizetype="Minimum" >
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
@@ -69,26 +69,6 @@
        <property name="currentRow" >
         <number>-1</number>
        </property>
-       <item>
-        <property name="text" >
-         <string>Basic</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="icon" >
-         <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
-          <normaloff>:/images/metadata.svg</normaloff>
-          <normalon>:/images/metadata.svg</normalon>:/images/metadata.svg</iconset>
-        </property>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-        <property name="text" >
-         <string>Advanced</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="icon" >
-         <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
-          <normaloff>:/images/view.svg</normaloff>
-          <normalon>:/images/view.svg</normalon>:/images/view.svg</iconset>
-        </property>
-       </item>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
@@ -504,7 +484,7 @@
    </hints>
   </connection>
   <connection>
-   <sender>listWidget</sender>
+   <sender>category_list</sender>
    <signal>currentRowChanged(int)</signal>
    <receiver>stackedWidget</receiver>
    <slot>setCurrentIndex(int)</slot>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.py
index ccddf47ba7..036570902f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os, cPickle, codecs
 
 from PyQt4.QtCore import QObject, SIGNAL, Qt, QVariant, QByteArray
 from PyQt4.QtGui import QAbstractSpinBox, QLineEdit, QCheckBox, QDialog, \
-                        QPixmap, QTextEdit
+                        QPixmap, QTextEdit, QListWidgetItem, QIcon
 
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.lrf_single_ui import Ui_LRFSingleDialog
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.choose_format import ChooseFormatDialog
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class LRFSingleDialog(QDialog, Ui_LRFSingleDialog):
         QDialog.__init__(self, window)
         Ui_LRFSingleDialog.__init__(self)        
         self.setupUi(self)
+        self.item1 = QListWidgetItem(QIcon(':/images/dialog_information.svg'), _("Metadata"), self.categoryList)
+        self.item2 = QListWidgetItem(QIcon(':/images/lookfeel.svg'), _('Look & Feel'), self.categoryList)
+        self.item3 = QListWidgetItem(QIcon(':/images/page.svg'), _('Page Setup'), self.categoryList)
+        self.item4 = QListWidgetItem(QIcon(':/images/chapters.svg'), _('Chapter Detection'), self.categoryList)
         self.categoryList.setCurrentRow(0)
         QObject.connect(self.categoryList, SIGNAL('itemEntered(QListWidgetItem *)'),
                         self.show_category_help)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.ui
index 0a8d6b6669..cf27b2fd7d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/lrf_single.ui
@@ -91,48 +91,9 @@
         <property name="currentRow" >
          <number>-1</number>
         </property>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text" >
-          <string>Metadata</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="icon" >
-          <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
-           <normaloff>:/images/metadata.svg</normaloff>
-           <normalon>:/images/dialog_information.svg</normalon>:/images/metadata.svg</iconset>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text" >
-          <string>Look &amp; Feel</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="icon" >
-          <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
-           <normaloff>:/images/lookfeel.svg</normaloff>
-           <normalon>:/images/chapters.svg</normalon>:/images/lookfeel.svg</iconset>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text" >
-          <string>Page Setup</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="icon" >
-          <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
-           <normaloff>:/images/page.svg</normaloff>:/images/page.svg</iconset>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text" >
-          <string>Chapter Detection</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="icon" >
-          <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
-           <normaloff>:/images/chapters.svg</normaloff>:/images/chapters.svg</iconset>
-         </property>
-        </item>
        </widget>
       </item>
      </layout>
-     <zorder>categoryList</zorder>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>