diff --git a/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily b/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
index efa6de2..92f9c7a 100644
--- a/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
+++ b/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@
 
 % Text über Text mittig darstellen
 #(define-markup-command (textup layout props text uptext) (markup? markup?)
+   #:properties ((verselayout generalLayout))
    "Markup über Text mittig darstellen."
-   (let ((verselayout (chain-assoc-get 'verselayout props generalLayout)))
    (interpret-markup layout props
      #{\markup {
        \size-box-to-box-style-dependent ##t ##f
          \general-align #X #LEFT \override #`(direction . ,UP) \override #'(baseline-skip . 1.0) \dir-column \chord-alignment-style-dependent {
            \pad-to-box #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 2.0) { #text }
-           \size-box-to-box ##f ##t #uptext \score { \chords { g4:m a } \layout { \verselayout } }
+           \size-box-to-box ##f ##t #uptext \score { \chords { g4:m a } \layout { $verselayout } }
          }
          #text
        }
      #}
-   )))
+   ))
 
 #(define-markup-command (anchor-x-between layout props arga argb)
    (markup? markup?)
@@ -82,16 +82,15 @@
             (ly:stencil-aligned-to m X (- (/ (* la 2) l) 1))
      ))
 
-#(define-markup-command (stanza-raw layout props arg)
-   (string-or-music?)
-   (let ((verselayout (chain-assoc-get 'verselayout props generalLayout)))
+#(define-markup-command (stanza-raw layout props arg) (string-or-music?)
+   #:properties ((verselayout generalLayout))
    (interpret-markup layout props
      (if (and (string? arg) (string-null? arg))
          " "
          #{\markup
-           \score { \new Lyrics { \lyricmode { #(if (ly:music? arg) arg #{ \set stanza = #arg #}) "" } } \layout { \verselayout } }
+           \score { \new Lyrics { \lyricmode { #(if (ly:music? arg) arg #{ \set stanza = #arg #}) "" } } \layout { $verselayout } }
          #}
-     ))))
+     )))
 
 #(define-markup-command (stanza layout props arg)
    (string-or-music?)
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@
        (make-wrap-newline-markup
                (ly:regex-replace (ly:make-regex "\\(( *)([^,()]*)( *),([^)]*)\\)")
                  (ly:regex-replace (ly:make-regex "(([^ \n]*\\([^()]*,[^()]+\\)[^ \n(]*)+)") (handle-custom-newlines custom-verse-breaks verse) " \\concat { " 1 " } ")
-                "\\textup \\line { \"" 1 "\" " 2 " \"" 3 "\" } \\score { " transp " \\chords { s4 " 4 " } \\layout { \\verselayout } }")
+                "\\textup \\line { \"" 1 "\" " 2 " \"" 3 "\" } \\score { " transp " \\chords { s4 " 4 " } \\layout { $verselayout } }")
                 )
      ))))
 
@@ -272,10 +271,7 @@
             \new Lyrics \lyricsto "dummyvoice" { #lyrics }
           >>
           \layout {
-            \verselayout
-            #(let
-              ((custom-size (ly:output-def-lookup verselayout 'size #f)))
-              (if custom-size (layout-set-staff-size custom-size)))
+            $verselayout
             ragged-right = ##t
             \context {
               \Lyrics
diff --git a/public_includes/layout_bottom.ily b/public_includes/layout_bottom.ily
index c4d05d5..2afffb6 100644
--- a/public_includes/layout_bottom.ily
+++ b/public_includes/layout_bottom.ily
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 MUSIC = { \transposable #TRANSPOSITION \MUSIC }
 
+LAYOUT = \layout {
+  \LAYOUT
+  #(let
+    ((custom-size (ly:output-def-lookup LAYOUT 'size #f)))
+    (if custom-size (layout-set-staff-size custom-size)))
+}
+
 verselayout = \layout {
   \LAYOUT
   \context {
@@ -8,13 +15,6 @@ verselayout = \layout {
   }
 }
 
-LAYOUT = \layout {
-  \LAYOUT
-  #(let
-    ((custom-size (ly:output-def-lookup LAYOUT 'size #f)))
-    (if custom-size (layout-set-staff-size custom-size)))
-}
-
 TEXT = \markuplist {
   \override #`(transposition . ,TRANSPOSITION)
   \override #`(verselayout . ,verselayout)