diff --git a/awesomerc b/awesomerc
index c5441594f..24c808715 100644
--- a/awesomerc
+++ b/awesomerc
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@ general
     font = "fixed-12"
 }
 
-colors
-{
-    normal_border = "#111111"
-    normal_bg = "#111111"
-    normal_fg = "#eeeeee"
-    focus_border = "#6666ff"
-    focus_bg = "#6666ff"
-    focus_fg = "#ffffff"
-}
-
 screen 0
 {
+    colors
+    {
+        normal_border = "#111111"
+        normal_bg = "#111111"
+        normal_fg = "#eeeeee"
+        focus_border = "#6666ff"
+        focus_bg = "#6666ff"
+        focus_fg = "#ffffff"
+    }
     statusbar
     {
         position = "top"
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 531d5acd8..286d16c22 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ 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),
     };
     static cfg_opt_t rule_opts[] =
     {
@@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     static cfg_opt_t opts[] =
     {
         CFG_SEC((char *) "general", general_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-        CFG_SEC((char *) "colors", colors_opts, CFGF_NONE),
         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),
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     /* get screen specific sections */
     cfg_statusbar = cfg_getsec(cfg_screen, "statusbar");
     cfg_tags = cfg_getsec(cfg_screen, "tags");
+    cfg_colors = cfg_getsec(cfg_screen, "colors");
 
     /* get general sections */
     cfg_general = cfg_getsec(cfg, "general");
-    cfg_colors = cfg_getsec(cfg, "colors");
     cfg_layouts = cfg_getsec(cfg, "layouts");
     cfg_rules = cfg_getsec(cfg, "rules");
     cfg_keys = cfg_getsec(cfg, "keys");