diff --git a/powerline/config.json b/powerline/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a570fb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powerline/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+	"common": {
+		"dividers": {
+			"left": {
+				"hard": "⮀",
+				"soft": "⮁"
+			},
+			"right": {
+				"hard": "⮂",
+				"soft": "⮃"
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	"ext": {
+		"vim": {
+			"colorscheme": "default",
+			"theme": "default"
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/powerline/core.py b/powerline/core.py
index db39bdb5..45283c94 100644
--- a/powerline/core.py
+++ b/powerline/core.py
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@ class Powerline(object):
 
 		sys.path[:0] = self.search_paths
 
-		# Load main config file, limited to the current extension
-		self.config = self._load_json_config('config')[ext]
+		# Load main config file
+		config = self._load_json_config('config')
+		self.config = config['common']
+		self.config_ext = config['ext'][ext]
 
 		# Load and initialize colorscheme
-		colorscheme_config = self._load_json_config(os.path.join('colorschemes', self.config['colorscheme']))
+		colorscheme_config = self._load_json_config(os.path.join('colorschemes', self.config_ext['colorscheme']))
 		self.colorscheme = Colorscheme(colorscheme_config)
 
 		# Load and initialize extension theme
-		theme_config = self._load_json_config(os.path.join('themes', ext, self.config['theme']))
+		theme_config = self._load_json_config(os.path.join('themes', ext, self.config_ext['theme']))
 		self.theme = Theme(ext, theme_config)
 
 		# Load and initialize extension renderer
diff --git a/powerline/renderer.py b/powerline/renderer.py
index ec06a6a0..907b6e6f 100644
--- a/powerline/renderer.py
+++ b/powerline/renderer.py
@@ -8,17 +8,6 @@ class Renderer(object):
 	ATTR_ITALIC = 2
 	ATTR_UNDERLINE = 4
 
-	dividers = {
-		'l': {
-			'hard': u'⮀',
-			'soft': u'⮁',
-		},
-		'r': {
-			'hard': u'⮂',
-			'soft': u'⮃',
-		},
-	}
-
 
 	def __init__(self, colorscheme, theme):
 		pass