diff --git a/packages.tex b/packages.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..025074335a5d67169e71f56115eae56dd0c4f28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+\usepackage{amsmath}
+\usepackage{amssymb}
+\usepackage{amsthm}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{hyperref}
+\usepackage{color}
+\usepackage{subcaption}
+\usepackage{cancel}
+\usepackage{mathtools}
+\usepackage[]{breqn}
+\usepackage[
+backend=biber,
+style=alphabetic,
+sorting=ynt
+]{biblatex}
diff --git a/preamble.tex b/preamble.tex
index 000cbc8fc17cdc5507abc99d31e8269aa04e50e7..9ae68443546742a1f76cc2ea8d887d9db4e22726 100644
--- a/preamble.tex
+++ b/preamble.tex
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-\usepackage{amsmath}
-\usepackage{amssymb}
-\usepackage{amsthm}
-\usepackage{graphicx}
-\usepackage{hyperref}
-\usepackage{color}
-\usepackage{subcaption}
-\usepackage{cancel}
-\usepackage{mathtools}
-\usepackage[]{breqn}
-\usepackage[
-backend=biber,
-style=alphabetic,
-sorting=ynt
-]{biblatex}
+\input{packages.tex}
+\input{newcommands.tex}
+\input{theoremstyles.tex}
+
 \onlyifstandalone{
 \addbibresource{references.bib}
 }
-
-\input{newcommands.tex}
-\input{theoremstyles.tex}