diff --git a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/App.xaml b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/App.xaml
index 719d03f..a13969e 100644
--- a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/App.xaml
+++ b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/App.xaml
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
     <Application.Resources>
         <ResourceDictionary>
             <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
-                <ResourceDictionary>
-                    <local:HelloBootstrapper x:Key="bootstrapper"/>    
-                </ResourceDictionary>
+                <local:HelloBootstrapper/>    
             </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
         </ResourceDictionary>
     </Application.Resources>
diff --git a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/Stylet.Samples.Hello.csproj b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/Stylet.Samples.Hello.csproj
index ad04b01..c4edc72 100644
--- a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/Stylet.Samples.Hello.csproj
+++ b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.Hello/Stylet.Samples.Hello.csproj
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </ApplicationDefinition>
     <Compile Include="HelloBootstrapper.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ShellView.xaml.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>ShellView.xaml</DependentUpon>
-    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="ShellViewModel.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/App.xaml b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/App.xaml
index 6f4ef47..b532fec 100644
--- a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/App.xaml
+++ b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/App.xaml
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
     <Application.Resources>
         <ResourceDictionary>
             <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
-                <ResourceDictionary>
-                    <local:Bootstrapper x:Key="bootstrapper"/>            
-                </ResourceDictionary>
+                <local:Bootstrapper/>        
             </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
         </ResourceDictionary>
     </Application.Resources>
diff --git a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Bootstrapper.cs b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Bootstrapper.cs
index 9559c90..5b3b69f 100644
--- a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Bootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
 
 namespace Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation
 {
diff --git a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellView.xaml b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellView.xaml
index a95f24c..63cf5af 100644
--- a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellView.xaml
+++ b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellView.xaml
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
         xmlns:s="http://github.com/canton7/Stylet"
         Title="ShellView" Height="300" Width="300">
     <Grid>
-        <TabControl ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" SelectedItem="{Binding ActiveItem}" DisplayMemberPath="DisplayName">
-            <TabControl.ContentTemplate>
-                <DataTemplate>
-                    <ContentControl s:View.Model="{Binding}" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" IsTabStop="False" />
-                </DataTemplate>
-            </TabControl.ContentTemplate>
-        </TabControl>
+        <TabControl Style="{StaticResource StyletConductorTabControl}"/>
     </Grid>
 </Window>
diff --git a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellViewModel.cs b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellViewModel.cs
index 8468f37..619f43e 100644
--- a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellViewModel.cs
+++ b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/ShellViewModel.cs
@@ -13,11 +13,5 @@ namespace Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation
             this.ActivateItem(page1);
             this.Items.Add(page2);
         }
-
-        public override async Task<bool> CanCloseAsync()
-        {
-            await Task.Delay(1000);
-            return true;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation.csproj b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation.csproj
index 9a96515..0b910b0 100644
--- a/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation.csproj
+++ b/Samples/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation/Stylet.Samples.TabNavigation.csproj
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@
     </ApplicationDefinition>
     <Compile Include="Page1ViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Page2ViewModel.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ShellView.xaml.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>ShellView.xaml</DependentUpon>
-    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="ShellViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Bootstrapper.cs" />
     <Page Include="Page1View.xaml">
diff --git a/Stylet/Bootstrapper.cs b/Stylet/Bootstrapper.cs
index ad3267e..181f00b 100644
--- a/Stylet/Bootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Stylet/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -10,12 +10,30 @@ using System.Windows.Threading;
 
 namespace Stylet
 {
-    public class Bootstrapper<TRootViewModel>
+    // We pretend to be a ResourceDictionary so the user can do:
+    // <Application.Resources><ResourceDictionary>
+    //     <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+    //         <local:Bootstrapper/>        
+    //     </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+    //  </ResourceDictionary></Application.Resources>
+    // rather than:
+    // <Application.Resources><ResourceDictionary>
+    //     <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+    //         <ResourceDictionary>
+    //             <local:Bootstrapper x:Key="bootstrapper"/>        
+    //         </ResourceDictionary>
+    //     </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+    //  </ResourceDictionary></Application.Resources>
+    // And also so that we can load the Stylet resources
+    public class Bootstrapper<TRootViewModel> : ResourceDictionary
     {
         protected Application Application { get; private set; }
 
         public Bootstrapper()
         {
+            var rc = new ResourceDictionary() { Source = new Uri("/Stylet;component/StyletResourceDictionary.xaml", UriKind.Relative) };
+            this.MergedDictionaries.Add(rc);
+
             this.Start();
         }
 
diff --git a/Stylet/IoCBootstrapper.cs b/Stylet/IoCBootstrapper.cs
index ce44565..106f99f 100644
--- a/Stylet/IoCBootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Stylet/IoCBootstrapper.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
 
 namespace Stylet
 {
diff --git a/Stylet/Stylet.csproj b/Stylet/Stylet.csproj
index b824f05..11bbc23 100644
--- a/Stylet/Stylet.csproj
+++ b/Stylet/Stylet.csproj
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
     <Compile Include="ViewModelBinder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WindowManager.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Page Include="StyletResourceDictionary.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Page>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/Stylet/StyletResourceDictionary.xaml b/Stylet/StyletResourceDictionary.xaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e987bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Stylet/StyletResourceDictionary.xaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+                    xmlns:s="clr-namespace:Stylet">
+    <Style x:Key="StyletConductorTabControl" TargetType="TabControl">
+        <Setter Property="ItemsSource" Value="{Binding Items}"/>
+        <Setter Property="SelectedItem" Value="{Binding ActiveItem}"/>
+        <Setter Property="DisplayMemberPath" Value="DisplayName"/>
+        <Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
+            <Setter.Value>
+                <DataTemplate>
+                    <ContentControl s:View.Model="{Binding}" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" IsTabStop="False" />
+                </DataTemplate>
+            </Setter.Value>
+        </Setter>
+    </Style>
+</ResourceDictionary>
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