diff --git a/awesomerc b/awesomerc
index d8b3ebe99..980ce7c6e 100644
--- a/awesomerc
+++ b/awesomerc
@@ -66,25 +66,24 @@ screen 0
             layout = "floating"
         }
     }
-}
-
-layouts
-{
-    layout tile
+    layouts
     {
-        symbol = "[]="
-    }
-    layout tileleft
-    {
-        symbol = "=[]"
-    }
-    layout max
-    {
-        symbol = "[ ]"
-    }
-    layout floating
-    {
-        symbol = "><>"
+        layout tile
+        {
+            symbol = "[]="
+        }
+        layout tileleft
+        {
+            symbol = "=[]"
+        }
+        layout max
+        {
+            symbol = "[ ]"
+        }
+        layout floating
+        {
+            symbol = "><>"
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index abe7942c6..f0d571cd2 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
         CFG_SEC((char *) "statusbar", statusbar_opts, CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_SEC((char *) "tags", tags_opts, CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_SEC((char *) "colors", colors_opts, CFGF_NONE),
+        CFG_SEC((char *) "layouts", layouts_opts, CFGF_NONE),
     };
     static cfg_opt_t rule_opts[] =
     {
@@ -231,7 +232,6 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     static cfg_opt_t opts[] =
     {
         CFG_SEC((char *) "screen", screen_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI),
-        CFG_SEC((char *) "layouts", layouts_opts, CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_SEC((char *) "rules", rules_opts, CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_SEC((char *) "keys", keys_opts, CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_END()
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     cfg_tags = cfg_getsec(cfg_screen, "tags");
     cfg_colors = cfg_getsec(cfg_screen, "colors");
     cfg_general = cfg_getsec(cfg_screen, "general");
+    cfg_layouts = cfg_getsec(cfg_screen, "layouts");
 
     /* get general sections */
-    cfg_layouts = cfg_getsec(cfg, "layouts");
     cfg_rules = cfg_getsec(cfg, "rules");
     cfg_keys = cfg_getsec(cfg, "keys");