diff --git a/VL1/VL1_handout.tex b/VL1/VL1_handout.tex
index 6395712..54279ec 100644
--- a/VL1/VL1_handout.tex
+++ b/VL1/VL1_handout.tex
@@ -1,46 +1,6 @@
 \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,fleqn,oneside]{article}
 
-% packages
-\usepackage{xcolor}
-\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
-\usepackage{amsmath}
-\usepackage{amsfonts}
-\usepackage{amssymb}
-\usepackage{graphicx}
-\usepackage{hyperref}
-\usepackage{listings}
-\usepackage{minted}
-\usepackage{xparse}
-
-% for \verb inside \item
-\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
-\usepackage[Q=yes]{examplep}
-
-% package configuration
-\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.png,.jpg}
-\usemintedstyle{friendly}
-\newminted{haskell}{frame=single,numbers=left,samepage=true}
-\newminted{cpp}{frame=single,numbers=left}
-\newminted{c}{frame=single,numbers=left}
-\renewcommand{\theFancyVerbLine}{\ttfamily
-	\textcolor[rgb]{0.0,0.0,0.0}{\footnotesize
-	\oldstylenums{\arabic{FancyVerbLine}}}}
-
-% macros and environments
-\NewDocumentCommand {\slide} { m O{} O{} }
-	{\input{#1}}
-\newcommand{\slidetoc}{}
-\newcommand{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
-\newcommand{\pause}{}
-\newcommand{\slidep}{}
-\newenvironment{itemizep}
- {\begin{itemize}}
- {\end{itemize}}
-
-% color definition
-\definecolor{solarized}{HTML}{002B36}
-\definecolor{mygreen}{rgb}{0,0.6,0}
-
+\input{../common/article_configuration.tex}
 
 \begin{document}
 
diff --git a/common/article_configuration.tex b/common/article_configuration.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a2fc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/article_configuration.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+% packages
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{amsmath}
+\usepackage{amsfonts}
+\usepackage{amssymb}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{hyperref}
+\usepackage{listings}
+\usepackage{minted}
+\usepackage{xparse}
+
+% for \verb inside \item
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage[Q=yes]{examplep}
+
+% package configuration
+\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.png,.jpg}
+\usemintedstyle{friendly}
+\newminted{haskell}{frame=single,numbers=left,samepage=true}
+\newminted{cpp}{frame=single,numbers=left}
+\newminted{c}{frame=single,numbers=left}
+\renewcommand{\theFancyVerbLine}{\ttfamily
+	\textcolor[rgb]{0.0,0.0,0.0}{\footnotesize
+	\oldstylenums{\arabic{FancyVerbLine}}}}
+
+% macros and environments
+\NewDocumentCommand {\slide} { m O{} O{} }
+	{\input{#1}}
+\newcommand{\slidetoc}{}
+\newcommand{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\newcommand{\pause}{}
+\newcommand{\slidep}{}
+\newenvironment{itemizep}
+ {\begin{itemize}}
+ {\end{itemize}}
+
+% color definition
+\definecolor{solarized}{HTML}{002B36}
+\definecolor{mygreen}{rgb}{0,0.6,0}
\ No newline at end of file