diff --git a/BionxControl.vcxproj b/BionxControl.vcxproj
index d125747..da67f66 100644
--- a/BionxControl.vcxproj
+++ b/BionxControl.vcxproj
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINDOWS;UNICODE;_UNICODE;WIN32;_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE;WIN64;NDEBUG;QT_NO_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessToFile>false</PreprocessToFile>
-      <ProgramDataBaseFileName></ProgramDataBaseFileName>
+      <ProgramDataBaseFileName>
+      </ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType>true</TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType>
@@ -212,13 +213,11 @@
     <ClCompile Include="bcvaluedelegate.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="bcvaluemodel.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="bcvalueslider.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="bcvaluesliderstyle.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="bcxmlloader.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="libwin\can_drv_win.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="bcvaluesliderstyle.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="bc.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="bcdelightpmwidget.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="bcdeviceview.h" />
diff --git a/BionxControl.vcxproj.filters b/BionxControl.vcxproj.filters
index 5ea9198..4486f02 100644
--- a/BionxControl.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/BionxControl.vcxproj.filters
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="bcvalueslider.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="bcvaluesliderstyle.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="bcxmlloader.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -103,9 +100,6 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="bcvaluesliderstyle.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <QtMoc Include="bc.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </QtMoc>
diff --git a/bcvaluedelegate.cpp b/bcvaluedelegate.cpp
index c02a3c1..9abf480 100644
--- a/bcvaluedelegate.cpp
+++ b/bcvaluedelegate.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include <bcdeviceview.h>
 #include <bcvaluedelegate.h>
 #include <bcvalueslider.h>
-#include <bcvaluesliderstyle.h>
+
 
 BCValueDelegate::BCValueDelegate(const BCValueList& valueList, BCDeviceView* view)
     : QStyledItemDelegate{view}, _valueList{valueList}, _view{view}
diff --git a/bcvalueslider.cpp b/bcvalueslider.cpp
index c3315c6..cec66ba 100644
--- a/bcvalueslider.cpp
+++ b/bcvalueslider.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 #include <QPushButton>
 
-#include <bcvaluesliderstyle.h>
 #include <bcvalueslider.h>
 
 
@@ -42,7 +41,8 @@ BCValueSlider::BCValueSlider( QWidget *parent )
   setupUi(this);
 
   // wir wollen ja modern sein
-  _slider->setStyle(new BCValueSliderStyle());
+  _sliderStyle = std::make_unique<BCValueSliderStyle>();
+  _slider->setStyle(_sliderStyle.get());
   setAutoFillBackground(true);
 
   QSizePolicy sp = _commitButton->sizePolicy();
diff --git a/bcvalueslider.h b/bcvalueslider.h
index d9a9a79..2add1ca 100644
--- a/bcvalueslider.h
+++ b/bcvalueslider.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ protected:
   static constexpr int cPaddingRight    =  8;
   static constexpr int cSliderWidth     =  117;
 
+  std::unique_ptr<BCValueSliderStyle> _sliderStyle;
 };
 
 #endif // BC_VALUESLIDER_H
diff --git a/bcvaluesliderstyle.h b/bcvaluesliderstyle.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 968fa0a..0000000
--- a/bcvaluesliderstyle.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
-
-  BionxControl
-  © 2025 -2026 christoph holzheuer
-  christoph.holzheuer@gmail.com
-
-  Using:
-
-  mhs_can_drv.c
-  © 2011 - 2023 by MHS-Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
-  Klaus Demlehner, klaus@mhs-elektronik.de
-  @see www.mhs-elektronik.de
-
-  Based on Bionx data type descriptions from:
-
-  BigXionFlasher USB V 0.2.4 rev. 97
-  © 2011-2013 by Thomas Koenig <info@bigxionflasher.org>
-  @see www.bigxionflasher.org
-
-  Bionx Bike Info
-  © 2018 Thorsten Schmidt (tschmidt@ts-soft.de)
-  @see www.ts-soft.de
-
-  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-  (at your option) any later version.
-  @see https://github.com/bikemike/bionx-bikeinfo
-
- ***************************************************************************/
-
-
-#ifndef BC_VALUESLIDERSTYLE_H
-#define BC_VALUESLIDERSTYLE_H
-
-#include <QTableView>
-#include <QSlider>
-#include <QPainter>
-#include <QProxyStyle>
-
-
-// Fluent Design Slider Style
-class BCValueSliderStyle : public QProxyStyle
-{
-
-public:
-
-  BCValueSliderStyle();
-
-  int pixelMetric(PixelMetric metric, const QStyleOption* option = nullptr, const QWidget* widget = nullptr) const override;
-
-  QRect subControlRect(ComplexControl cc, const QStyleOptionComplex* opt, SubControl sc, const QWidget* widget) const override;
-  void drawComplexControl(ComplexControl control, const QStyleOptionComplex* option, QPainter* painter, const QWidget* widget) const override;
-  void drawHorizontalFluentSlider(QPainter* painter,
-                                  const QStyleOptionSlider* slider,
-                                  const QColor& activeColor,
-                                  const QColor& bgColor) const;
-
-  static void paintSliderIndicator(QPainter* painter, const QRect& rect, double ratio );
-  static void paintSliderIndicator2(QPainter* painter, const QRect& rect, double ratio );
-
-};
-
-
-#endif // BC_VALUESLIDERSTYLE_H