diff --git a/awesome.c b/awesome.c
index d26b02c6..2ca8d12f 100644
--- a/awesome.c
+++ b/awesome.c
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ setup(awesome_config *awesomeconf)
 
     grabkeys(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->phys_screen, awesomeconf);
 
-    compileregs(awesomeconf->rules, awesomeconf->nrules);
-
     /* bar */
     initstatusbar(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->screen, &awesomeconf->statusbar, awesomeconf->cursor[CurNormal], awesomeconf->font, awesomeconf->layouts, awesomeconf->nlayouts);
 }
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index d795c5a8..5ff7bee6 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ parse_config(Display * disp, int scr,const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *aw
         awesomeconf->rules[i].isfloating = cfg_getbool(cfgsectmp, "float");
     }
 
+    compileregs(awesomeconf->rules, awesomeconf->nrules);
+
     /* Tags */
 
     awesomeconf->ntags = cfg_size(cfg_tags, "tag");
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 6ef52f60..755f4f1e 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 
 /** Bar possible position */
 enum
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ typedef struct
     char *prop;
     char *tags;
     Bool isfloating;
+    regex_t *propregex;
+    regex_t *tagregex;
 } Rule;
 
 typedef struct awesome_config awesome_config;
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index 629ecb32..df651d1f 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-typedef struct
-{
-    regex_t *propregex;
-    regex_t *tagregex;
-} Regs;
-
-static Regs *regs = NULL;
-
 /** This function returns the index of
  * the tag given un argument in *tags
  * \param tag_to_find tag name
@@ -75,11 +67,11 @@ applyrules(Client * c, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     snprintf(prop, len + 3, "%s:%s:%s",
              ch.res_class ? ch.res_class : "", ch.res_name ? ch.res_name : "", c->name);
     for(i = 0; i < awesomeconf->nrules; i++)
-        if(regs[i].propregex && !regexec(regs[i].propregex, prop, 1, &tmp, 0))
+        if(awesomeconf->rules[i].propregex && !regexec(awesomeconf->rules[i].propregex, prop, 1, &tmp, 0))
         {
             c->isfloating = awesomeconf->rules[i].isfloating;
-            for(j = 0; regs[i].tagregex && j < awesomeconf->ntags; j++)
-                if(!regexec(regs[i].tagregex, awesomeconf->tags[j].name, 1, &tmp, 0))
+            for(j = 0; awesomeconf->rules[i].tagregex && j < awesomeconf->ntags; j++)
+                if(!regexec(awesomeconf->rules[i].tagregex, awesomeconf->tags[j].name, 1, &tmp, 0))
                 {
                     matched = True;
                     c->tags[j] = True;
@@ -103,9 +95,6 @@ compileregs(Rule * rules, int nrules)
     int i;
     regex_t *reg;
 
-    if(regs)
-        return;
-    regs = p_new(Regs, nrules);
     for(i = 0; i < nrules; i++)
     {
         if(rules[i].prop)
@@ -114,7 +103,7 @@ compileregs(Rule * rules, int nrules)
             if(regcomp(reg, rules[i].prop, REG_EXTENDED))
                 p_delete(&reg);
             else
-                regs[i].propregex = reg;
+                rules[i].propregex = reg;
         }
         if(rules[i].tags)
         {
@@ -122,7 +111,7 @@ compileregs(Rule * rules, int nrules)
             if(regcomp(reg, rules[i].tags, REG_EXTENDED))
                 p_delete(&reg);
             else
-                regs[i].tagregex = reg;
+                rules[i].tagregex = reg;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tag.h b/tag.h
index 7adb902e..f0ff9920 100644
--- a/tag.h
+++ b/tag.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #ifndef AWESOME_TAG_H
 #define AWESOME_TAG_H
 
-#include <regex.h>
 #include "client.h"
 
 /** Check if a client is tiled */