diff --git a/Config.hs b/Config.hs
--- a/Config.hs
+++ b/Config.hs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                         , cursors    = Style black        cyan
                         , combined   = Style brightwhite  cyan
                         , warnings   = Style red          defaultbg
-                        , modal      = Style black        white
+                        , modals     = Style black        white
                         , blockcursor= Style black        red
                         , progress   = Style cyan         white }
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                       , cursors    = Style black        cyan
                       , combined   = Style black        cyan
                       , warnings   = Style brightwhite  red
-                      , modal      = Style black        cyan
+                      , modals     = Style black        cyan
                       , blockcursor= Style black        darkred
                       , progress   = Style cyan         white  }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
        ,cursors     = Style reversefg   reversebg
        ,combined    = Style reversefg   reversebg
        ,warnings    = Style reversefg   reversebg
-       ,modal       = Style reversefg   reversebg
+       ,modals      = Style reversefg   reversebg
        ,blockcursor = Style reversefg   reversebg
        ,progress    = Style reversefg   reversebg
     }
diff --git a/Core.hs b/Core.hs
--- a/Core.hs
+++ b/Core.hs
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
     b <- doesFileExist f
     if b then do
         str' <- readFile f
-        str <- let (old, new) = ("hmp3_helpscreen", "hmp3_modal") in
+        str <- let (old, new) = ("hmp3_helpscreen", "hmp3_modals") in
             if old `isInfixOf` str'
             then do
                 warnA $ old ++ " is now " ++ new ++ " in ~/.hmp3"
diff --git a/Style.hs b/Style.hs
--- a/Style.hs
+++ b/Style.hs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 -- for an item in the ui
 data UIStyle = UIStyle {
      window      :: !Style  -- default window colour
-   , modal       :: !Style  -- help screen
+   , modals      :: !Style  -- help screen
    , titlebar    :: !Style  -- titlebar of window
    , selected    :: !Style  -- currently playing track
    , cursors     :: !Style  -- the scrolling cursor line
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 --
 initcolours :: UIStyle -> IO ()
 initcolours sty = do
-    let ls  = [modal sty, warnings sty, window sty, 
+    let ls  = [modals sty, warnings sty, window sty,
                selected sty, titlebar sty, progress sty,
                blockcursor sty, cursors sty, combined sty ]
         (Style fg bg) = progress sty    -- bonus style
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 --
 data Config = Config {
          hmp3_window      :: (String,String)
-       , hmp3_modal       :: (String,String)
+       , hmp3_modals      :: (String,String)
        , hmp3_titlebar    :: (String,String)
        , hmp3_selected    :: (String,String)
        , hmp3_cursors     :: (String,String)
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 buildStyle :: Config -> UIStyle
 buildStyle bs = UIStyle {
          window      = f $ hmp3_window      bs
-       , modal       = f $ hmp3_modal       bs
+       , modals      = f $ hmp3_modals      bs
        , titlebar    = f $ hmp3_titlebar    bs
        , selected    = f $ hmp3_selected    bs
        , cursors     = f $ hmp3_cursors     bs
diff --git a/UI.hs b/UI.hs
--- a/UI.hs
+++ b/UI.hs
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 --
 renderModal :: forall me. ModalElement me => HState -> Size -> IO ()
 renderModal st (Size h w) = do
-   whenJust (drawModal @me (modal $ config st) w st) \(mw, modal') -> do
+   whenJust (drawModal @me (modals $ config st) w st) \(mw, modal') -> do
        let hoffset = max 0 $ (w - mw) `div` 2
            mlines  = min h $ length modal'
            voffset = (h - mlines) `div` 2
diff --git a/hmp3-ng.cabal b/hmp3-ng.cabal
--- a/hmp3-ng.cabal
+++ b/hmp3-ng.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 7e011cbec8ee4d43dd59e9069cbbf60c01ab0526f525032386a642899e629a25
+-- hash: ed921d75498f5adab5e40868233e64732bc07148abdfb6a0dca0415ae6ae9124
 
 name:           hmp3-ng
-version:        2.12.0
+version:        2.12.1
 synopsis:       A 2019 fork of an ncurses mp3 player written in Haskell
 description:    An mp3 player with a curses frontend. Playlists are populated by
                 passing file and directory names on the command line, and saved to the