diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
index 7256d95..0f6e91c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 package de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences;
 
-import android.util.Log;
-
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.R;
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.AppInfo;
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.actions.lock.LockMethod;
-import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.theme.AppListLayout;
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.theme.Background;
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.theme.ColorTheme;
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.theme.Font;
@@ -40,8 +35,8 @@ import eu.jonahbauer.android.preference.annotations.serializer.PreferenceSeriali
                         @Preference(name = "custom_names", type = HashMap.class, serializer = LauncherPreferences$Config.MapAppInfoStringSerializer.class),
                         @Preference(name = "hide_bound_apps", type = boolean.class, defaultValue = "false"),
                 }),
-                @PreferenceGroup(name = "list_apps", prefix = "settings_list_apps_", suffix = "_key", value = {
-                        @Preference(name = "layout", type = AppListLayout.class, defaultValue = "TEXT")
+                @PreferenceGroup(name = "list", prefix = "settings_list_", suffix = "_key", value = {
+                        @Preference(name = "layout", type = ListLayout.class, defaultValue = "DEFAULT")
                 }),
                 @PreferenceGroup(name = "gestures", prefix = "settings_gesture_", suffix = "_key", value = {
                 }),
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/theme/AppListLayout.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/ListLayout.kt
similarity index 70%
rename from app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/theme/AppListLayout.kt
rename to app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/ListLayout.kt
index a5d3522..e20945a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/theme/AppListLayout.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/ListLayout.kt
@@ -1,43 +1,36 @@
-package de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.theme
+package de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences
 
 import android.content.Context
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.GridLayoutManager
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.R
-import de.jrpie.android.launcher.ui.list.apps.AppsRecyclerAdapter
 
 
 // TODO: move this to de.jrpie.android.launcher.ui.list.apps ?
 @Suppress("unused")
-enum class AppListLayout(
+enum class ListLayout(
     val layoutManager: (context: Context) -> RecyclerView.LayoutManager,
     val layoutResource: Int,
-    val prepareView: (viewHolder: AppsRecyclerAdapter.ViewHolder) -> Unit,
-    val useBadgedText: Boolean
-
-    ) {
+    val useBadgedText: Boolean,
+) {
     DEFAULT(
         { c -> LinearLayoutManager(c) },
         R.layout.list_apps_row,
-        { v -> },
         false
     ),
-
     TEXT(
         { c -> LinearLayoutManager(c) },
         R.layout.list_apps_row_variant_text,
-        { v -> },
         true
     ),
     GRID(
         { c ->
             val displayMetrics = c.resources.displayMetrics
             val widthSp = displayMetrics.widthPixels / displayMetrics.scaledDensity
-            GridLayoutManager(c, (widthSp / 90).toInt()) },
-        R.layout.list_apps_row_variant_grid,
-        { v ->
+            GridLayoutManager(c, (widthSp / 90).toInt())
         },
+        R.layout.list_apps_row_variant_grid,
         false
     ),
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
index 7a71723..555e771 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.graphics.Rect
 import android.os.AsyncTask
-import android.text.InputType
 import android.util.Log
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
 import android.view.View
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ import com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbar
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.R
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.REQUEST_CHOOSE_APP
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.actions.AppAction
-import de.jrpie.android.launcher.actions.LauncherDeviceAdmin
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.AppFilter
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.AppInfo
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.DetailedAppInfo
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ import de.jrpie.android.launcher.getUserFromId
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.loadApps
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.openAppSettings
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.LauncherPreferences
-import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.theme.AppListLayout
+import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.ListLayout
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.transformGrayscale
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.ui.list.ListActivity
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.uninstallApp
@@ -50,8 +48,8 @@ class AppsRecyclerAdapter(
     private val intention: ListActivity.ListActivityIntention
     = ListActivity.ListActivityIntention.VIEW,
     private val forGesture: String? = "",
-    private var appFilter: AppFilter = AppFilter(activity, "")
-    private val layout: AppListLayout
+    private var appFilter: AppFilter = AppFilter(activity, ""),
+    private val layout: ListLayout
 ) :
     RecyclerView.Adapter<AppsRecyclerAdapter.ViewHolder>() {
 
@@ -225,11 +223,10 @@ class AppsRecyclerAdapter(
 
     override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ViewHolder {
 
-        val layout = LauncherPreferences.list_apps().layout()
+        val layout = LauncherPreferences.list().layout()
         val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
         val view: View = inflater.inflate(layout.layoutResource, parent, false)
         val viewHolder = ViewHolder(view)
-        layout.prepareView(viewHolder)
         return viewHolder
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
index de9a279..d6443b2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
@@ -71,15 +71,14 @@ class ListFragmentApps : Fragment(), UIObject {
                     favoritesVisibility = favoritesVisibility,
                     hiddenVisibility = hiddenVisibility
                 ),
-                layout = LauncherPreferences.list_apps().layout()
+                layout = LauncherPreferences.list().layout()
             )
 
         // set up the list / recycler
         binding.listAppsRview.apply {
             // improve performance (since content changes don't change the layout size)
             setHasFixedSize(true)
-            layoutManager = LauncherPreferences.list_apps().layout().layoutManager(context)
-            // TODO: option to change this to GridLayoutManager(context, numCols)
+            layoutManager = LauncherPreferences.list().layout().layoutManager(context)
             adapter = appsRViewAdapter
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index 60d9320..d51bd35 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,21 @@
         <string name="settings_apps_hidden_key" translatable="false">apps.hidden</string>
         <string name="settings_apps_custom_names_key" translatable="false">apps.custom_names</string>
         <string name="settings_apps_hide_bound_apps_key" translatable="false">apps.hide_bound_apps</string>
-        <string name="settings_list_apps_layout_key" translatable="false">list.apps.layout</string>
+        <string name="settings_list_layout_key" translatable="false">list.layout</string>
         <string name="settings_general_choose_home_screen_key" translatable="false">general.select_launcher</string>
+
+        <!-- values of de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.ListLayout -->
+        <string-array name="settings_list_layout_values" translatable="false">
+                <item>DEFAULT</item>
+                <item>TEXT</item>
+                <item>GRID</item>
+        </string-array>
+
+        <string-array name="settings_list_layout_items" translatable="false">
+                <item>@string/settings_list_layout_item_default</item>
+                <item>@string/settings_list_layout_item_text</item>
+                <item>@string/settings_list_layout_item_grid</item>
+        </string-array>
         <!--
           -
           - Settings : Gestures
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d0e8dea..c10fda4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@
     <string name="settings_launcher_section_apps">Apps</string>
     <string name="settings_apps_hidden">Hidden apps</string>
     <string name="settings_apps_hide_bound_apps">Don\'t show apps that are bound to a gesture in the app list</string>
+    <string name="settings_list_layout">Layout of app list</string>
+
+    <string name="settings_list_layout_item_default">Default</string>
+    <string name="settings_list_layout_item_text">Text</string>
+    <string name="settings_list_layout_item_grid">Grid</string>
 
     <!--
       -
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index f075e85..b91324a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@
             android:title="@string/settings_apps_hide_bound_apps"
             android:defaultValue="false" />
 
+        <DropDownPreference
+            android:key="@string/settings_list_layout_key"
+            android:title="@string/settings_list_layout"
+            android:entries="@array/settings_list_layout_items"
+            android:entryValues="@array/settings_list_layout_values"
+            android:summary="%s"
+            android:defaultValue="DEFAULT"/>
+
     </PreferenceCategory>
     <PreferenceCategory
         android:title="@string/settings_launcher_section_display"