data = get_card_data(deck_id, card_id, None)
     return dict(web_path=web_path,
                 deck_id=deck_id,
-                card_type=data['type'],
-                title=data['title'],
-                paragraphs=data['paragraphs'],
-                answers=data['answers'])
+                card=data)
 
 @post(web_path + '/decks/<deck_id>/cards/<card_id>')
 def update_card(deck_id, card_id):
         os.makedirs(cards_dir)
     path_card = cards_dir + '/' + card_id
     card_type = request.forms.get('type')
-    json_dict = {'type': request.forms.get('type'),
-                 'title': '',
-                 'answers': [],
-                 'paragraphs': []}
+    json_dict = {'type': request.forms.get('type')}
     if card_type == 'action':
         json_dict['title'] = request.forms.get('title')
         json_dict['paragraphs'] = request.forms.getall('paragraph')
     return dict(web_path=web_path,
                 card_id=card_id,
                 deck_id=deck_id,
-                card_type=data['type'],
-                title=data['title'],
-                paragraphs=data['paragraphs'],
-                answers=data['answers'],
+                card=data,
                 deletable=deletable)
 
 @get(web_path + '/decks/<deck_id>/cards/<card_id>/delete')
 
 </style>
 <body>
   <div class="card">
-    % if card_type == 'guilt':
+    % if card["type"] == 'guilt':
     <h1 id="title">GUILT CARD</h1>
     <p id="prompt">Choose at least one of these guilts as your own:</p>
     <ul id="answers">
-    % for answer in answers:
+    % for answer in card["answers"]:
       <li>{{ answer }}</li>
     % end
     <ul/>
     % end
-    % if card_type == 'action':
-    <h1 id="title">ACTION CARD<br />{{ title }}</h1>
-    % for paragraph in paragraphs:
+    % if card["type"] == 'action':
+    <h1 id="title">ACTION CARD<br />{{ card["title"] }}</h1>
+    % for paragraph in card["paragraphs"]:
     <p>{{ paragraph }}</p>
     % end
     % end
 
 <!DOCTYPE HTML>
 <html>
 <body>
+<h1>Edit {{ card["type"] }} card</h1>
 <form action="{{ web_path }}/decks/{{deck_id}}/cards/{{ card_id }}" method="POST">
-<input type="hidden" name="type" value="{{ card_type }}" /><br />
-% if card_type == 'guilt':
-% for answer in answers:
+<input type="hidden" name="type" value="{{ card["type"] }}" /><br />
+% if card["type"] == 'guilt':
+% for answer in card["answers"]:
 answer: <input type="text" name="answer" value="{{ answer }}" /><br />
 % end
 answer: <input type="text" name="answer" value="" /><br />
 answer: <input type="text" name="answer" value="" /><br />
 answer: <input type="text" name="answer" value="" /><br />
 % end
-% if card_type == 'action':
-title: <input type="text" name="title" value="{{ title }}" /><br />
-% for paragraph in paragraphs:
+% if card["type"] == 'action':
+title: <input type="text" name="title" value="{{ card["title"] }}" /><br />
+% for paragraph in card["paragraphs"]:
 paragraph: <input type="text" name="paragraph" value="{{ paragraph }}" /><br />
 % end
 paragraph: <input type="text" name="paragraph" value="" /><br />