diff --git a/awesomerc b/awesomerc
index 4c453c9c..4f758381 100644
--- a/awesomerc
+++ b/awesomerc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 awesome:
 {
-    # Default bar position
-    barpos = "BarTop";
+    # Default bar position: top, bottom, off
+    barpos = "top";
     # Window border size
     borderpx = 1;
     # Window snap pixels
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 55aa8310..3a4b08d1 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ parse_config(Display * disp, int scr, DC * drawcontext, awesome_config *awesomec
     /* barpos */
     tmp = config_lookup_string(&awesomelibconf, "awesome.barpos");
 
-    if(tmp && !strncmp(tmp, "BarOff", 6))
+    if(tmp && !strncmp(tmp, "off", 6))
         awesomeconf->statusbar_default_position = BarOff;
-    else if(tmp && !strncmp(tmp, "BarBot", 6))
+    else if(tmp && !strncmp(tmp, "bottom", 6))
         awesomeconf->statusbar_default_position = BarBot;
     else
         awesomeconf->statusbar_default_position = BarTop;