diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index d2ab2a54..efbd5c3a 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
         io.github.nextjournal/markdown {:mvn/version "0.5.148"}
         hiccup/hiccup {:mvn/version "2.0.0-RC3"}
         clj-commons/clj-yaml {:mvn/version "1.0.27"}
-        org.scicloj/kindly {:mvn/version "4-beta6"}
-        org.scicloj/kindly-advice {:mvn/version "1-beta1"}
+        org.scicloj/kindly {:mvn/version "4-beta7"}
+        org.scicloj/kindly-advice {:mvn/version "1-beta3"}
         org.scicloj/tempfiles {:mvn/version "1-beta1"}
         org.scicloj/kind-portal {:mvn/version "1-beta1"}
         org.clojure/tools.reader {:mvn/version "1.3.7"}
diff --git a/src/scicloj/clay/v2/notebook.clj b/src/scicloj/clay/v2/notebook.clj
index 65bda55b..318b219e 100644
--- a/src/scicloj/clay/v2/notebook.clj
+++ b/src/scicloj/clay/v2/notebook.clj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
    [scicloj.clay.v2.read :as read]
    [scicloj.clay.v2.config :as config]
    [scicloj.clay.v2.util.merge :as merge]
+   [scicloj.kindly.v4.api :as kindly]
    [scicloj.kindly.v4.kind :as kind]
    [scicloj.kindly-advice.v1.api :as kindly-advice]))
 
@@ -201,7 +202,8 @@
             format]}]
    (binding [*ns* *ns*
              *warn-on-reflection* *warn-on-reflection*
-             *unchecked-math* *unchecked-math*]
+             *unchecked-math* *unchecked-math*
+             kindly/*options* kindly/*options*]
      (let [code (some-> full-source-path slurp)
            notes (cond
                    single-value (conj (when code
diff --git a/src/scicloj/clay/v2/prepare.clj b/src/scicloj/clay/v2/prepare.clj
index d491e5bc..6ecdbe26 100644
--- a/src/scicloj/clay/v2/prepare.clj
+++ b/src/scicloj/clay/v2/prepare.clj
@@ -145,11 +145,7 @@
 (defn prepare [{:as context
                 :keys [value]}
                {:keys [fallback-preparer]}]
-  (let [complete-context (-> context
-                             (update :kindly/options
-                                     merge/deep-merge
-                                     (-> value meta :kindly/options)))
-        kind (-> complete-context
+  (let [kind (-> context
                  advise-if-needed
                  :kind)]
     (case kind
@@ -174,11 +170,13 @@
       (when-let [preparer (-> kind
                               (@*kind->preparer)
                               (or fallback-preparer))]
-        [(-> complete-context
+        [(-> context
              preparer
-             (update :hiccup limit-hiccup-height complete-context)
-             (update :md limit-md-height complete-context)
-             (assoc :kindly/options (:kindly/options complete-context)))]))))
+             ;; returns an item
+             (update :hiccup limit-hiccup-height context)
+             (update :md limit-md-height context)
+             ;; items need the options from the context
+             (assoc :kindly/options (:kindly/options context)))]))))