diff --git a/awesome.c b/awesome.c
index 6ec07343d..17cd6a461 100644
--- a/awesome.c
+++ b/awesome.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ scan()
                     continue;
                 if(wa.map_state == IsViewable || window_getstate(wins[i]) == IconicState)
                 {
-                    real_screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, screen, wa.x, wa.y);
+                    real_screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, screen, wa.x, wa.y);
                     client_manage(wins[i], &wa, real_screen);
                 }
             }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ scan()
                 if(XGetTransientForHint(globalconf.display, wins[i], &d1)
                    && (wa.map_state == IsViewable || window_getstate(wins[i]) == IconicState))
                 {
-                    real_screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, screen, wa.x, wa.y);
+                    real_screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, screen, wa.x, wa.y);
                     client_manage(wins[i], &wa, real_screen);
                 }
             }
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct sockaddr_un *addr;
     Client *c;
     XSetWindowAttributes wa;
-    ScreensInfo *si;
     static struct option long_options[] =
     {
         {"help",    0, NULL, 'h'},
@@ -266,9 +265,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     ewmh_init_atoms();
 
     /* init screens struct */
-    si = screensinfo_new(dpy);
-    globalconf.nscreen = si->nscreen;
-    globalconf.screens = p_new(VirtScreen, si->nscreen);
+    globalconf.screens_info = screensinfo_new(dpy);
+    globalconf.screens = p_new(VirtScreen, globalconf.screens_info->nscreen);
     focus_add_client(NULL);
 
     /* parse config */
@@ -280,17 +278,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     globalconf.cursor[CurMove] = XCreateFontCursor(globalconf.display, XC_fleur);
 
     /* for each virtual screen */
-    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.screens_info->nscreen; screen++)
     {
-        globalconf.screens[screen].geometry = si->geometry[screen];
         /* view at least one tag */
         tag_view(globalconf.screens[screen].tags, True);
 
         for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; statusbar; statusbar = statusbar->next)
             statusbar_init(statusbar);
     }
-
-    screensinfo_delete(&si);
+    printf("100 %p\n", globalconf.screens_info->geometry);
 
     /* select for events */
     wa.event_mask = SubstructureRedirectMask | SubstructureNotifyMask
@@ -312,6 +308,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         window_root_grabkeys(screen);
     }
 
+    printf("200 %p %d\n", globalconf.screens_info->geometry, globalconf.screens_info->nscreen);
     /* scan existing windows */
     scan();
 
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index bacf9543e..f1e108712 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ client_manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa, int screen)
 
     c = p_new(Client, 1);
 
-    c->screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, screen, wa->x, wa->y);
+    c->screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, screen, wa->x, wa->y);
 
     screen_geom = screen_get_area(c->screen,
                                   globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar,
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ client_resize(Client *c, Area geometry, Bool sizehints)
     if(c->geometry.x != geometry.x || c->geometry.y != geometry.y
        || c->geometry.width != geometry.width || c->geometry.height != geometry.height)
     {
-        new_screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, c->screen, geometry.x, geometry.y);
+        new_screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, c->screen, geometry.x, geometry.y);
 
         c->geometry.x = wc.x = geometry.x;
         c->geometry.y = wc.y = geometry.y;
diff --git a/common/xscreen.c b/common/xscreen.c
index 6faa5c32b..a8b8c9385 100644
--- a/common/xscreen.c
+++ b/common/xscreen.c
@@ -30,27 +30,20 @@
  * \return screen number or DefaultScreen of disp on no match
  */
 int
-screen_get_bycoord(Display *disp, int screen, int x, int y)
+screen_get_bycoord(ScreensInfo *si, int screen, int x, int y)
 {
     int i;
-    ScreensInfo *si;
 
     /* don't waste our time */
-    if(!XineramaIsActive(disp))
+    if(!si->xinerama_is_active)
         return screen;
 
-    /* XXX si should be an arg instead of disp */
-    si = screensinfo_new(disp);
     for(i = 0; i < si->nscreen; i++)
         if((x < 0 || (x >= si->geometry[i].x && x < si->geometry[i].x + si->geometry[i].width))
            && (y < 0 || (y >= si->geometry[i].y && y < si->geometry[i].y + si->geometry[i].height)))
-        {
-            screensinfo_delete(&si);
             return i;
-        }
 
-    screensinfo_delete(&si);
-    return DefaultScreen(disp);
+    return screen;
 }
 
 static inline Area
@@ -84,7 +77,7 @@ screensinfo_new(Display *disp)
 
     si = p_new(ScreensInfo, 1);
 
-    if(XineramaIsActive(disp))
+    if((si->xinerama_is_active = XineramaIsActive(disp)))
     {
         xsi = XineramaQueryScreens(disp, &xinerama_screen_number);
         si->geometry = p_new(Area, xinerama_screen_number);
diff --git a/common/xscreen.h b/common/xscreen.h
index d6fa47849..cb69ab0c1 100644
--- a/common/xscreen.h
+++ b/common/xscreen.h
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@
 typedef struct
 {
     int nscreen;
+    Bool xinerama_is_active;
     Area *geometry;
 } ScreensInfo;
 
-int screen_get_bycoord(Display *, int, int, int);
+int screen_get_bycoord(ScreensInfo *, int, int, int);
 void screensinfo_delete(ScreensInfo **);
-ScreensInfo *screensinfo_new(Display *);
+ScreensInfo * screensinfo_new(Display *);
 
 #endif
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 3768887ab..4fe388714 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ config_parse(const char *confpatharg)
     }
 
     /* get the right screen section */
-    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.screens_info->nscreen; screen++)
         config_parse_screen(cfg, screen);
 
     /* get general sections */
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ config_parse(const char *confpatharg)
         rule->screen = cfg_getint(cfgsectmp, "screen");
         rule->ismaster = rules_get_fuzzy_from_str(cfg_getstr(cfgsectmp, "master"));
         rule->opacity = cfg_getfloat(cfgsectmp, "opacity");
-        if(rule->screen >= globalconf.nscreen)
+        if(rule->screen >= globalconf.screens_info->nscreen)
             rule->screen = 0;
 
         rule_list_push(&globalconf.rules, rule);
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index f57bf7561..5d3b37907 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ event_handle_buttonpress(XEvent *e)
     Statusbar *statusbar;
     XButtonPressedEvent *ev = &e->xbutton;
 
-    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.screens_info->nscreen; screen++)
         for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; statusbar; statusbar = statusbar->next)
             if(statusbar->sw->window == ev->window || statusbar->sw->window == ev->subwindow)
             {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ event_handle_buttonpress(XEvent *e)
                                 &wdummy, &x, &y, &i,
                                 &i, &udummy))
             {
-                screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, screen, x, y);
+                screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, screen, x, y);
                 event_handle_mouse_button_press(screen, ev->button, ev->state,
                                           globalconf.buttons.root, NULL);
                 return;
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ event_handle_expose(XEvent *e)
     Statusbar *statusbar;
 
     if(!ev->count)
-        for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+        for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.screens_info->nscreen; screen++)
             for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar; statusbar; statusbar = statusbar->next)
                 if(statusbar->sw->window == ev->window)
                 {
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ event_handle_keypress(XEvent *e)
              * only screen in Xinerama, so we can ask for a better screen
              * number with screen_get_bycoord: we'll get 0 in Zaphod mode
              * so it's the same, or maybe the real Xinerama screen */
-            screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, screen, x, y);
+            screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, screen, x, y);
             break;
         }
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ event_handle_maprequest(XEvent *e)
         if(XineramaIsActive(globalconf.display)
            && XQueryPointer(e->xany.display, RootWindow(e->xany.display, screen),
                             &dummy, &dummy, &x, &y, &d, &d, &m))
-            screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, screen, x, y);
+            screen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, screen, x, y);
         else
              for(screen = 0; wa.screen != ScreenOfDisplay(e->xany.display, screen); screen++);
 
diff --git a/layout.c b/layout.c
index d4b1491b4..cde08bf3c 100644
--- a/layout.c
+++ b/layout.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ layout_refresh(void)
     int screen;
     int arranged = 0;
 
-    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.screens_info->nscreen; screen++)
         if(globalconf.screens[screen].need_arrange)
         {
             arrange(screen);
diff --git a/mouse.c b/mouse.c
index baf8c04f5..a532f90f4 100644
--- a/mouse.c
+++ b/mouse.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ uicb_client_movemouse(int screen, char *arg __attribute__ ((unused)))
                 XQueryPointer(globalconf.display,
                               RootWindow(globalconf.display, phys_screen),
                               &dummy, &child, &x, &y, &di, &di, &dui);
-                if((newscreen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.display, c->screen, x, y)) != c->screen)
+                if((newscreen = screen_get_bycoord(globalconf.screens_info, c->screen, x, y)) != c->screen)
                 {
                     move_client_to_screen(c, newscreen, True);
                     globalconf.screens[c->screen].need_arrange = True;
diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index 76eb05c94..27d0a0444 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ extern AwesomeConf globalconf;
 Area
 screen_get_area(int screen, Statusbar *statusbar, Padding *padding)
 {
-    Area area;
+    Area area = globalconf.screens_info->geometry[screen];
     Statusbar *sb;
 
-    area = globalconf.screens[screen].geometry;
-
     /* make padding corrections */
     if(padding)
     {
@@ -246,8 +244,8 @@ uicb_screen_focus(int screen, char *arg)
         new_screen = screen + 1;
 
     if (new_screen < 0)
-        new_screen = globalconf.nscreen - 1;
-    if (new_screen > (globalconf.nscreen - 1))
+        new_screen = globalconf.screens_info->nscreen - 1;
+    if (new_screen > (globalconf.screens_info->nscreen - 1))
         new_screen = 0;
 
     client_focus(NULL, new_screen, True);
@@ -274,10 +272,10 @@ uicb_client_movetoscreen(int screen __attribute__ ((unused)), char *arg)
     else
         new_screen = sel->screen + 1;
 
-    if(new_screen >= globalconf.nscreen)
+    if(new_screen >= globalconf.screens_info->nscreen)
         new_screen = 0;
     else if(new_screen < 0)
-        new_screen = globalconf.nscreen - 1;
+        new_screen = globalconf.screens_info->nscreen - 1;
 
     prev_screen = sel->screen;
     move_client_to_screen(sel, new_screen, True);
diff --git a/statusbar.c b/statusbar.c
index e84a4d754..eb34c57f0 100644
--- a/statusbar.c
+++ b/statusbar.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ statusbar_refresh()
     Statusbar *statusbar;
     Widget *widget;
 
-    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.screens_info->nscreen; screen++)
         for(statusbar = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar;
             statusbar;
             statusbar = statusbar->next)
diff --git a/structs.h b/structs.h
index bb73e1ab2..fdb7be7f4 100644
--- a/structs.h
+++ b/structs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "layout.h"
 #include "common/draw.h"
 #include "common/swindow.h"
+#include "common/xscreen.h"
 
 /** Bar possible position */
 typedef enum
@@ -265,8 +266,6 @@ typedef struct
 typedef Area (FloatingPlacement)(Area, int, int);
 typedef struct
 {
-    /** Screen geometry */
-    Area geometry;
     /** Number of pixels to snap windows */
     int snap;
     /** Border size */
@@ -317,8 +316,8 @@ struct AwesomeConf
     Display *display;
     /** Logical screens */
     VirtScreen *screens;
-    /** Number of logical screens */
-    int nscreen;
+    /** Screens info */
+    ScreensInfo *screens_info;
     /** Rules list */
     Rule *rules;
     /** Keys bindings list */
diff --git a/uicb.c b/uicb.c
index 33e29f68b..bdb8978e1 100644
--- a/uicb.c
+++ b/uicb.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ run_uicb(char *cmd)
         return -1;
     }
     screen = atoi(cmd);
-    if(screen >= globalconf.nscreen || screen < 0)
+    if(screen >= globalconf.screens_info->nscreen || screen < 0)
     {
         warn("Invalid screen specified: %i\n", screen);
         return -1;