diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 5142cc96..2e3e341b 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ create_widgets(cfg_t* cfg_statusbar, Statusbar *statusbar)
     cfg_t* widgets, *wptr;
     Widget *widget = NULL;
     unsigned int i, j, numnames, numwidgets = 0;
-    Widget *(*widget_new)(Statusbar *);
+    WidgetConstructor *widget_new;
 
     numnames = sizeof(widget_names)/sizeof(widget_names[0]);
     for (i = 0; i < numnames; i++)
@@ -290,19 +290,21 @@ create_widgets(cfg_t* cfg_statusbar, Statusbar *statusbar)
 
     for (i = 0; i < numwidgets; i++){
         widget_new = name_func_lookup(cfg_name(widgets + i), WidgetList);
-
         if (widget_new)
-            if(!widget)
-                statusbar->widgets = widget = widget_new(statusbar);
+            if(!widget){
+                widget = widget_new(statusbar,
+                                    cfg_title(widgets + i));
+                statusbar->widgets = widget;
+            }
             else
             {
-                widget->next = widget_new(statusbar);
+                widget->next = widget_new(statusbar,
+                                          cfg_title(widgets + i));
                 widget = widget->next;
             }
         else
             warn("Ignoring unknown widget: %s.\n", cfg_name(widgets + i));
     }
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index f4830774..d2c65167 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ calculate_alignments(Widget *widget)
     if(widget)
         for(; widget; widget = widget->next){
             if (widget->alignment == AlignFlex)
-                warn("Multiple flex widgets in panel - ignoring flex for all but the first.");
+                warn("Multiple flex widgets in panel -"
+                     " ignoring flex for all but the first.");
             widget->alignment = AlignRight;
         }
 }
@@ -36,8 +37,17 @@ calculate_offset(int barwidth, int widgetwidth, int offset, int alignment)
 {
     if (alignment == AlignLeft || alignment == AlignFlex)
         return offset;
-
     return barwidth - offset - widgetwidth;
 }
 
+
+void
+common_new(Widget *widget, Statusbar *statusbar, const char *name)
+{
+    widget->statusbar = statusbar;
+    widget->name = p_new(char, strlen(name)+1);
+    strncpy(widget->name, name, strlen(name));
+}
+
+
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=99
diff --git a/widget.h b/widget.h
index 3402d1fa..baadc247 100644
--- a/widget.h
+++ b/widget.h
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@
 
 enum { AlignLeft, AlignRight, AlignFlex };
 
-typedef Widget *(WidgetConstructor)(Statusbar *);
+typedef Widget *(WidgetConstructor)(Statusbar*, const char*);
 
 int calculate_offset(int, int, int, int);
 void calculate_alignments(Widget *widget);
+void common_new(Widget *, Statusbar *, const char *);
 
-Widget *layoutinfo_new(Statusbar*);
-Widget *taglist_new(Statusbar*);
-Widget *textbox_new(Statusbar*);
-Widget *focustitle_new(Statusbar*);
+WidgetConstructor layoutinfo_new;
+WidgetConstructor taglist_new;
+WidgetConstructor textbox_new;
+WidgetConstructor focustitle_new;
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/widgets/focustitle.c b/widgets/focustitle.c
index 7aad756a..08dab7a4 100644
--- a/widgets/focustitle.c
+++ b/widgets/focustitle.c
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "widget.h"
 
-extern awesome_config globalconf;
 
-static char name[] = "focustitle";
+extern awesome_config globalconf;
 
 static int
 focustitle_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset, int used)
 {
     Client *sel = globalconf.focus->client;
     VirtScreen vscreen = globalconf.screens[widget->statusbar->screen];
-    int location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width, 0, offset, widget->alignment);
+    int location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width,
+                                    0,
+                                    offset,
+                                    widget->alignment);
 
     if(sel)
     {
@@ -31,13 +34,12 @@ focustitle_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset, int used)
 }
 
 Widget *
-focustitle_new(Statusbar *statusbar)
+focustitle_new(Statusbar *statusbar, const char *name)
 {
     Widget *w;
     w = p_new(Widget, 1);
     w->draw = focustitle_draw;
-    w->statusbar = statusbar;
-    w->name = name;
+    common_new(w, statusbar, name);
     w->alignment = AlignFlex;
     return w;
 }
diff --git a/widgets/layoutinfo.c b/widgets/layoutinfo.c
index 497c51bd..c201f769 100644
--- a/widgets/layoutinfo.c
+++ b/widgets/layoutinfo.c
@@ -4,17 +4,21 @@
 
 extern awesome_config globalconf;
 
-static char name[] = "layoutinfo";
-
 static int
-layoutinfo_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset, int used __attribute__ ((unused)))
+layoutinfo_draw(Widget *widget,
+                DrawCtx *ctx,
+                int offset,
+                int used __attribute__ ((unused)))
 {
     int width = 0, location; 
     VirtScreen vscreen = globalconf.screens[widget->statusbar->screen];
     Layout *l;
     for(l = vscreen.layouts ; l; l = l->next)
         width = MAX(width, (textwidth(ctx, vscreen.font, l->symbol)));
-    location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width, width, offset, widget->alignment);
+    location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width,
+                                width,
+                                offset,
+                                widget->alignment);
     drawtext(ctx, location, 0,
              width,
              vscreen.statusbar.height,
@@ -26,13 +30,12 @@ layoutinfo_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset, int used __attribute__
 
 
 Widget *
-layoutinfo_new(Statusbar *statusbar)
+layoutinfo_new(Statusbar *statusbar, const char* name)
 {
     Widget *w;
     w = p_new(Widget, 1);
     w->draw = (void*) layoutinfo_draw;
-    w->statusbar = statusbar;
-    w->name = name;
+    common_new(w, statusbar, name);
     return w;
 }
 
diff --git a/widgets/taglist.c b/widgets/taglist.c
index 5bce17e6..5a63603b 100644
--- a/widgets/taglist.c
+++ b/widgets/taglist.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 extern awesome_config globalconf;
 
-static char name[] = "taglist";
-
 /** Check if at least one client is tagged with tag number t and is on screen
  * screen
  * \param screen screen number
@@ -43,7 +41,10 @@ taglist_draw(Widget *widget,
     {
         width  += textwidth(ctx, vscreen.font, tag->name);
     }
-    location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width, width, offset, widget->alignment);
+    location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width,
+                                width,
+                                offset,
+                                widget->alignment);
 
     width = 0;
     for(tag = vscreen.tags; tag; tag = tag->next)
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ taglist_draw(Widget *widget,
                  vscreen.statusbar.height, vscreen.font, tag->name, colors);
         if(isoccupied(widget->statusbar->screen, tag))
             drawrectangle(ctx, location + width, 0, flagsize, flagsize,
-                          sel && is_client_tagged(sel, tag, widget->statusbar->screen),
+                          sel && is_client_tagged(sel,
+                                                  tag,
+                                                  widget->statusbar->screen),
                           colors[ColFG]);
         width += w;
     }
@@ -65,13 +68,12 @@ taglist_draw(Widget *widget,
 }
 
 Widget *
-taglist_new(Statusbar *statusbar)
+taglist_new(Statusbar *statusbar, const char *name)
 {
     Widget *w;
     w = p_new(Widget, 1);
     w->draw = taglist_draw;
-    w->statusbar = statusbar;
-    w->name = name;
+    common_new(w, statusbar, name);
     return w;
 }
 
diff --git a/widgets/textbox.c b/widgets/textbox.c
index 4233204b..9831002a 100644
--- a/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 extern awesome_config globalconf;
 
-static char name[] = "textbox";
-
 static int
 textbox_draw(Widget *widget,
              DrawCtx *ctx,
@@ -13,20 +11,22 @@ textbox_draw(Widget *widget,
 {
     VirtScreen vscreen = globalconf.screens[widget->statusbar->screen];
     int width = textwidth(ctx, vscreen.font, vscreen.statustext);
-    int location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width, width, offset, widget->alignment);
+    int location = calculate_offset(vscreen.statusbar.width,
+                                    width,
+                                    offset,
+                                    widget->alignment);
     drawtext(ctx, location, 0, width, vscreen.statusbar.height,
              vscreen.font, vscreen.statustext, vscreen.colors_normal);
     return width;
 }
 
 Widget *
-textbox_new(Statusbar *statusbar)
+textbox_new(Statusbar *statusbar, const char *name)
 {
     Widget *w;
     w = p_new(Widget, 1);
     w->draw = textbox_draw;
-    w->statusbar = statusbar;
-    w->name = name;
+    common_new(w, statusbar, name);
     return w;
 }