diff --git a/src/rsprocess/graph.rs b/src/rsprocess/graph.rs
index cd7d568..0a4c656 100644
--- a/src/rsprocess/graph.rs
+++ b/src/rsprocess/graph.rs
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ impl<'a> GraphMapEdgesTy<'a> {
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //                            Color Nodes & Edges
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// Node ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 use petgraph::visit::{IntoEdgeReferences, IntoNodeReferences};
 
 type RSdotGraph = Graph<String, String, Directed, u32>;
@@ -376,7 +379,7 @@ pub struct NodeColor {
 }
 
 #[inline(always)]
-pub fn node_formatter_base_color(
+fn node_formatter_base_color(
     base_color: String
 ) -> String
 {
@@ -385,8 +388,8 @@ pub fn node_formatter_base_color(
 
 #[inline(always)]
 fn match_node_color_conditional<'a>(
-    rule: &NodeColorConditional,
-    color: &String,
+    rule: &'a NodeColorConditional,
+    color: &'a String,
     original_graph: Rc<RSgraph>,
     star: Option<IdType>
 ) -> Box<RSformatNodeTyOpt<'a>> {
@@ -466,11 +469,19 @@ impl NodeColor {
 }
 
 
-type RSformatEdgeTy =
+// Edge ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type RSformatEdgeTy<'a> =
     dyn Fn(
-	&RSdotGraph,
-	<&RSdotGraph as IntoEdgeReferences>::EdgeRef
-    ) -> Option<String>;
+	&'a RSdotGraph,
+	<&'a RSdotGraph as IntoEdgeReferences>::EdgeRef
+    ) -> String + 'a;
+type RSformatEdgeTyOpt<'a> =
+    dyn Fn(
+	&'a RSdotGraph,
+	<&'a RSdotGraph as IntoEdgeReferences>::EdgeRef
+    ) -> Option<String> + 'a;
+
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum EdgeColorConditional {
@@ -491,45 +502,91 @@ pub struct EdgeColor {
 }
 
 
-pub fn edge_formatter_base_color(
+fn edge_formatter_base_color(
     base_color: String
 ) -> String
 {
     ", color=".to_string() + &base_color
 }
 
-
-pub fn edge_formatter(
-    original_graph: Rc<RSgraph>,
-    rule: EdgeColorConditional,
-    color: String,
-) -> Box<RSformatEdgeTy>
-{
+fn match_edge_color_conditional<'a>(
+    rule: &'a EdgeColorConditional,
+    color: &'a String,
+    original_graph: Rc<RSgraph>
+) -> Box<RSformatEdgeTyOpt<'a>> {
     use super::format_helpers::edge_formatter::*;
     match rule {
 	EdgeColorConditional::Entities(ot, set) => {
-	    format_entities(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_entities(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+			    color.to_string(),
+			    *ot,
+			    set.clone())
 	},
 	EdgeColorConditional::Context(ot, set) => {
-	    format_context(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_context(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+			   color.to_string(),
+			   *ot,
+			   set.clone())
 	},
 	EdgeColorConditional::T(ot, set) => {
-	    format_t(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_t(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+		     color.to_string(),
+		     *ot,
+		     set.clone())
 	},
 	EdgeColorConditional::Reactants(ot, set) => {
-	    format_reactants(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_reactants(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+			     color.to_string(),
+			     *ot,
+			     set.clone())
 	},
 	EdgeColorConditional::ReactantsAbsent(ot, set) => {
-	    format_reactants_absent(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_reactants_absent(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+				    color.to_string(),
+				    *ot,
+				    set.clone())
 	},
 	EdgeColorConditional::Inhibitors(ot, set) => {
-	    format_inhibitors(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_inhibitors(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+			      color.to_string(),
+			      *ot,
+			      set.clone())
 	},
 	EdgeColorConditional::InhibitorsPresent(ot, set) => {
-	    format_inhibitors_present(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_inhibitors_present(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+				      color.to_string(),
+				      *ot,
+				      set.clone())
 	},
 	EdgeColorConditional::Products(ot, set) => {
-	    format_products(original_graph, color, ot, set)
+	    format_products(Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+			    color.to_string(),
+			    *ot,
+			    set.clone())
 	},
     }
 }
+
+impl EdgeColor {
+    pub fn generate<'a>(
+	self,
+	original_graph: Rc<RSgraph>,
+    ) -> Box<RSformatEdgeTy<'a>> {
+	Box::new(
+	    move |i, n| {
+		for (rule, color) in &self.conditionals {
+		    let f = match_edge_color_conditional(
+			rule,
+			color,
+			Rc::clone(&original_graph),
+		    );
+
+		    if let Some(s) = (f)(i, n) {
+			return s
+		    }
+		}
+		edge_formatter_base_color(self.base_color.clone())
+	    }
+	)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/rsprocess/presets.rs b/src/rsprocess/presets.rs
index fb09ccb..5310385 100644
--- a/src/rsprocess/presets.rs
+++ b/src/rsprocess/presets.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use lalrpop_util::ParseError;
-use petgraph::Graph;
 
 // grammar is defined in lib.rs, calling lalrpop_mod! twice, generates twice
 // the code
@@ -637,41 +636,13 @@ fn generate_edge_printing_fn<'a>(
     gmet.generate()
 }
 
-
-#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
-fn generate_edge_color_fn<'a>(
-    edge_color: &'a graph::EdgeColor,
-    original_graph: Rc<Graph<RSsystem, RSlabel>>,
-) -> Box<dyn Fn(
-    &Graph<String, String>,
-    <&Graph<String, String, petgraph::Directed, u32>
-     as petgraph::visit::IntoEdgeReferences>::EdgeRef
-) -> String + 'a>
-{
-    Box::new(
-	move |i, n| {
-	    let cloned_edge_color = edge_color.clone();
-	    for (rule, color) in cloned_edge_color.conditionals {
-		if let Some(s) = graph::edge_formatter(
-		    original_graph.clone(),
-		    rule,
-		    color
-		)(i, n) {
-		    return s
-		}
-	    }
-	    graph::edge_formatter_base_color(edge_color.base_color.to_string())
-	}
-    )
-}
-
 /// Writes the specified graph to a file in .dot format.
 pub fn dot(
     system: &EvaluatedSystem,
     node_display: Vec<NodeDisplay>,
     edge_display: Vec<EdgeDisplay>,
     node_color: graph::NodeColor,
-    edge_color: &graph::EdgeColor
+    edge_color: graph::EdgeColor
 ) -> Result<String, String> {
     match system {
         EvaluatedSystem::System {
@@ -697,7 +668,7 @@ pub fn dot(
 	     	node_color.generate(Rc::clone(&graph),
 				    translator.encode_not_mut("*"));
 	    let edge_formatter =
-		generate_edge_color_fn(edge_color, graph);
+		edge_color.generate(Rc::clone(&graph));
 
             let dot = rsdot::RSDot::with_attr_getters(
                 &modified_graph,
@@ -856,7 +827,7 @@ fn execute(
 			edge_color: ec,
                         so,
                     } => {
-                        save_options!(dot(system, nd, ed, nc, &ec)?, so);
+                        save_options!(dot(system, nd, ed, nc, ec)?, so);
                     }
                     GraphSaveOptions::GraphML {
                         node_display: nd,