diff --git a/retroshare-qml-app/src/qmldir b/retroshare-qml-app/src/qmldir
index 974b69075..5cd29454b 100644
--- a/retroshare-qml-app/src/qmldir
+++ b/retroshare-qml-app/src/qmldir
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ singleton TokensManager 1.0 TokensManager.qml
 singleton ClipboardWrapper 1.0 ClipboardWrapper.qml
 singleton ChatCache ChatCache.qml
 singleton StyleChat styles/ChatStyle.qml
+singleton StyleSideBar styles/SideBarStyle.qml
 
diff --git a/retroshare-qml-app/src/styles/SideBarStyle.qml b/retroshare-qml-app/src/styles/SideBarStyle.qml
index 9c36e13c5..c311fe2f3 100644
--- a/retroshare-qml-app/src/styles/SideBarStyle.qml
+++ b/retroshare-qml-app/src/styles/SideBarStyle.qml
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 import QtQuick 2.0
+pragma Singleton
 
-Item {
+QtObject {
+
+	property var width: 1.5
+
+	property QtObject item: QtObject
+	{
+		property var height: 50
+
+		property string hoverColor: "lightgrey"
+		property string defaultColor: "white"
+		property string pressColor: "slategrey"
+
+	}
 
 }