diff --git a/awesomerc b/awesomerc
index 381f4d51..a65bf5d4 100644
--- a/awesomerc
+++ b/awesomerc
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ keys
     {
         modkey = {"Mod4"}
         key = "b"
-        command = "togglebar"
+        command = "statusbar_toggle"
     }
     key
     {
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index def470af..67f5f9c5 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -463,20 +463,9 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
         awesomeconf->screens[screen].colors_selected[ColFG] = initxcolor(awesomeconf->display, get_phys_screen(awesomeconf->display, screen), cfg_getstr(cfg_colors, "focus_fg"));
 
         /* Statusbar */
-        tmp = cfg_getstr(cfg_statusbar, "position");
-
-        if(tmp && !a_strncmp(tmp, "off", 6))
-            awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition = BarOff;
-        else if(tmp && !a_strncmp(tmp, "bottom", 6))
-            awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition = BarBot;
-        else if(tmp && !a_strncmp(tmp, "right", 5))
-            awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition = BarRight;
-        else if(tmp && !a_strncmp(tmp, "left", 4))
-            awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition = BarLeft;
-        else
-            awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition = BarTop;
-
-        awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.position = awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition;
+        awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.position =
+            awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition =
+            get_statusbar_position_from_str(cfg_getstr(cfg_statusbar, "position"));
 
         /* Layouts */
         awesomeconf->screens[screen].nlayouts = cfg_size(cfg_layouts, "layout");
diff --git a/statusbar.c b/statusbar.c
index 02a6d025..46980554 100644
--- a/statusbar.c
+++ b/statusbar.c
@@ -276,8 +276,22 @@ updatebarpos(Display *disp, Statusbar statusbar, Padding *padding)
     while(XCheckMaskEvent(disp, EnterWindowMask, &ev));
 }
 
+int
+get_statusbar_position_from_str(const char * pos)
+{
+    if(!a_strncmp(pos, "off", 3)) 
+        return BarOff;
+    else if(!a_strncmp(pos, "bottom", 6))
+        return BarBot;
+    else if(!a_strncmp(pos, "right", 5))
+        return BarRight;
+    else if(!a_strncmp(pos, "left", 4))
+        return BarLeft;
+    return BarTop;
+}
+
 void
-uicb_togglebar(awesome_config *awesomeconf,
+uicb_statusbar_toggle(awesome_config *awesomeconf,
                int screen,
                const char *arg __attribute__ ((unused)))
 {
@@ -289,9 +303,19 @@ uicb_togglebar(awesome_config *awesomeconf,
     arrange(awesomeconf, screen);
 }
 
+void
+uicb_statusbar_set_position(awesome_config *awesomeconf,
+                    int screen,
+                    const char *arg)
+{
+    awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition = 
+        awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.position =
+            get_statusbar_position_from_str(arg);
+    updatebarpos(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar, &awesomeconf->screens[screen].padding);
+}
 
 void
-uicb_setstatustext(awesome_config *awesomeconf, int screen, const char *arg)
+uicb_statusbar_set_text(awesome_config *awesomeconf, int screen, const char *arg)
 {
     if(!arg)
         return;
diff --git a/statusbar.h b/statusbar.h
index b8156233..1c3316dd 100644
--- a/statusbar.h
+++ b/statusbar.h
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@
 
 void initstatusbar(Display *, int, Statusbar *, Cursor, XftFont *, Layout *, int, Padding *);
 void drawstatusbar(awesome_config *, int);
+int get_statusbar_position_from_str(const char *);
 void updatebarpos(Display *, Statusbar, Padding *);
 
-UICB_PROTO(uicb_togglebar);
-UICB_PROTO(uicb_setstatustext);
+UICB_PROTO(uicb_statusbar_toggle);
+UICB_PROTO(uicb_statusbar_set_position);
+UICB_PROTO(uicb_statusbar_set_text);
 
 #endif
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=99
diff --git a/uicb.c b/uicb.c
index 48576923..4bac6404 100644
--- a/uicb.c
+++ b/uicb.c
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ const NameFuncLink UicbList[] = {
     /* awesome.c */
     {"quit", uicb_quit},
     /* statusbar.c */
-    {"togglebar", uicb_togglebar},
-    /* config.c */
-    {"setstatustext", uicb_setstatustext},
+    {"statusbar_toggle", uicb_statusbar_toggle},
+    {"statusbar_set_position", uicb_statusbar_set_position},
+    {"statusbar_set_text", uicb_statusbar_set_text},
     /* mouse.c */
     {"client_movemouse", uicb_client_movemouse},
     {"client_resizemouse", uicb_client_resizemouse},