diff --git a/app/models/block.rb b/app/models/block.rb
index 012743f..5f64868 100644
--- a/app/models/block.rb
+++ b/app/models/block.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ class Block < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_list :scope => :box
   belongs_to :box
 
+  serialize :settings, Hash
+  def settings
+    self[:settings] ||= Hash.new
+  end
+
   def self.description
     _('A dummy block.')
   end
@@ -10,8 +15,4 @@ class Block < ActiveRecord::Base
     "This is block number %d" % self.id
   end
 
-  def editor
-    { :controller => 'block_editor', :id => self.id }
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/block_test.rb b/test/unit/block_test.rb
index d628211..d552813 100644
--- a/test/unit/block_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/block_test.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,13 @@ class BlockTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_kind_of String, Block.description
   end
 
+  should 'store settings in a hash' do
+    block = Block.new
+
+    assert_kind_of Hash, block.settings
+    block.save!
+
+    assert_kind_of Hash, Block.find(block.id).settings
+  end
+
 end
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