diff --git a/etc/conf.org b/etc/conf.org
index 0c5e068..62ad409 100644
--- a/etc/conf.org
+++ b/etc/conf.org
@@ -1113,7 +1113,10 @@ Since I use org mode as my config file, makes sense to have a table of contents
 *** column view
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (setq org-columns-default-format
-      "%25ITEM %4TODO %TAGS %5Effort{:} %6CLOCKSUM %ALLOCATE(ALC)")
+      (s-join
+       " "
+       '("%25ITEM" "%4TODO" "%TAGS" "%5Effort(EFFRT){:}"
+         "%5CLOCKSUM(CLKSM){:}" "%ALLOCATE(ALLOC)")))
 
 (set-face-attribute 'org-column nil :background "#1e2023")
 ;; org-columns-summary-types
@@ -1491,14 +1494,11 @@ The built-in =effort= is used as the fourth and final homonymous GTD context (th
 Also here are the properties for repeated tasks and a few others (see comments in code).
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (mapc (lambda (i) (add-to-list 'org-default-properties i))
-      ;; defines a repeater group
+      ; defines a repeater group
       '("PARENT_TYPE"
+
         ;; defines the time shift for repeater groups
-
         "TIME_SHIFT"
-        ;; assigns another person/entity to a task (experimental)
-
-        "DELEGATE"
 
         ;; defines a goal
         "GOAL"