diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index bda0cc5a2..6e9af0b39 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ event_handle_button(void *data, xcb_connection_t *connection, xcb_button_press_e
             ev->event_y -= wibox->geometry.y;
         }
 
+        /* Push the wibox */
         luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+        /* Duplicate the wibox */
+        lua_pushvalue(globalconf.L, -1);
+        /* Handle the button event on it */
         event_button_callback(ev, &wibox->buttons, -1, 1, NULL);
 
         /* then try to match a widget binding */
@@ -170,10 +174,16 @@ event_handle_button(void *data, xcb_connection_t *connection, xcb_button_press_e
                                          &ev->event_x, &ev->event_y);
         if(w)
         {
-            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, w);
-            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+            /* Push widget (the wibox is already on stack) */
+            luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, w);
+            /* Move widget before wibox */
+            lua_insert(globalconf.L, -2);
             event_button_callback(ev, &w->buttons, -2, 2, NULL);
         }
+        else
+            /* Remove the wibox, we did not use it */
+            lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1);
+
     }
     else if((c = client_getbywin(ev->event)))
     {
@@ -342,12 +352,12 @@ event_handle_destroynotify(void *data __attribute__ ((unused)),
 }
 
 /** Handle a motion notify over widgets.
- * \param object The object.
+ * \param wibox The wibox.
  * \param mouse_over The pointer to the registered mouse over widget.
  * \param widget The new widget the mouse is over.
  */
 static void
-event_handle_widget_motionnotify(void *object,
+event_handle_widget_motionnotify(wibox_t *wibox,
                                  widget_t **mouse_over,
                                  widget_t *widget)
 {
@@ -355,25 +365,46 @@ event_handle_widget_motionnotify(void *object,
     {
         if(*mouse_over)
         {
-            /* call mouse leave function on old widget */
-            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, *mouse_over);
-            luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -1, "mouse::leave", 0);
+            /* Emit mouse leave signal on old widget:
+             * - Push wibox.*/
+            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+            /* - Push the widget the mouse was on */
+            luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, *mouse_over);
+            /* - Emit the signal mouse::leave with the wibox as argument */
+            luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -2, "mouse::leave", 1);
+            /* - Remove the widget */
             lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1);
 
-            luaA_object_unref(globalconf.L, *mouse_over);
+            /* Re-push wibox */
+            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+            luaA_object_unref_item(globalconf.L, -1, *mouse_over);
             *mouse_over = NULL;
+            /* Remove the wibox */
+            lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1);
         }
         if(widget)
         {
             /* Get a ref on this widget so that it can't be unref'd from
-             * underneath us (-> invalid pointer dereference). */
-            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, widget);
-            luaA_object_ref(globalconf.L, -1);
+             * underneath us (-> invalid pointer dereference):
+             * - Push the wibox */
+            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+            /* - Push the widget */
+            luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, widget);
+            /* - Reference the widget into the wibox */
+            luaA_object_ref_item(globalconf.L, -2, -1);
+
+            /* Store that this widget was the one with the mouse over */
             *mouse_over = widget;
 
-            /* emit mouse::enter signal on new widget */
-            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, widget);
-            luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -1, "mouse::enter", 0);
+            /* Emit mouse::enter signal on new widget:
+             * - Push the widget */
+            luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, widget);
+            /* - Move the widget before the wibox we pushed just above */
+            lua_insert(globalconf.L, -2);
+            /* - Emit the signal with the wibox as argument */
+
+            luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -2, "mouse::enter", 1);
+            /* - Remove the widget from the stack */
             lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1);
         }
     }
@@ -439,9 +470,14 @@ event_handle_leavenotify(void *data __attribute__ ((unused)),
     {
         if(wibox->mouse_over)
         {
-            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox->mouse_over);
-            /* emit mouse::leave signal on widget the mouse was over */
-            luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -1, "mouse::leave", 0);
+            /* Push the wibox */
+            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+            /* Push the widget the mouse is over in this wibox */
+            luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, wibox->mouse_over);
+            /* Emit mouse::leave signal on widget the mouse was over with
+             * its wibox as argument */
+            luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -2, "mouse::leave", 1);
+            /* Remove the widget from the stack */
             lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1);
             wibox_clear_mouse_over(wibox);
         }
diff --git a/wibox.c b/wibox.c
index 689c81f2f..e72690fd4 100644
--- a/wibox.c
+++ b/wibox.c
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ luaA_wibox_gc(lua_State *L)
     return luaA_object_gc(L);
 }
 
+/** Wipe an array of widget_node. Release references to widgets.
+ * \param L The Lua VM state.
+ * \param idx The index of the wibox on the stack.
+ */
+void
+wibox_widget_node_array_wipe(lua_State *L, int idx)
+{
+    wibox_t *wibox = luaA_checkudata(L, idx, &wibox_class);
+    foreach(widget_node, wibox->widgets)
+        luaA_object_unref_item(globalconf.L, idx, widget_node);
+    widget_node_array_wipe(&wibox->widgets);
+}
+
+
 void
 wibox_unref_simplified(wibox_t **item)
 {
diff --git a/wibox.h b/wibox.h
index f642ac663..67035c205 100644
--- a/wibox.h
+++ b/wibox.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct wibox_t
 void wibox_unref_simplified(wibox_t **);
 
 ARRAY_FUNCS(wibox_t *, wibox, wibox_unref_simplified)
+void wibox_widget_node_array_wipe(lua_State *, int);
 
 void wibox_refresh(void);
 
diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index 4c0d293c8..282e3c97c 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ luaA_widget_gc(lua_State *L)
     return luaA_object_gc(L);
 }
 
-/** Delete a widget node structure.
- * \param node The node to destroy.
- */
-void
-widget_node_delete(widget_node_t *node)
-{
-    luaA_object_unref(globalconf.L, node->widget);
-}
-
 /** Get a widget node from a wibox by coords.
  * \param orientation Wibox orientation.
  * \param widgets The widget list.
@@ -100,16 +91,18 @@ widget_getbycoords(orientation_t orientation, widget_node_array_t *widgets,
 
 /** Convert a Lua table to a list of widget nodes.
  * \param L The Lua VM state.
+ * \param idx Index of the table where to store the widgets references.
  * \param widgets The linked list of widget node.
  */
 static void
-luaA_table2widgets(lua_State *L, widget_node_array_t *widgets)
+luaA_table2widgets(lua_State *L, int idx, widget_node_array_t *widgets)
 {
     if(lua_istable(L, -1))
     {
+        int table_idx = luaA_absindex(L, idx);
         lua_pushnil(L);
         while(luaA_next(L, -2))
-            luaA_table2widgets(L, widgets);
+            luaA_table2widgets(L, table_idx, widgets);
         /* remove the table */
         lua_pop(L, 1);
     }
@@ -120,7 +113,7 @@ luaA_table2widgets(lua_State *L, widget_node_array_t *widgets)
         {
             widget_node_t w;
             p_clear(&w, 1);
-            w.widget = luaA_object_ref(L, -1);
+            w.widget = luaA_object_ref_item(L, idx, -1);
             widget_node_array_append(widgets, w);
         }
         else
@@ -197,17 +190,19 @@ widget_geometries(wibox_t *wibox)
          * or the wibox size, depending on which is less.
          */
 
-        widget_node_array_t *widgets = &wibox->widgets;
-        widget_node_array_wipe(widgets);
-        widget_node_array_init(widgets);
-
         /* push wibox */
         luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+
+        widget_node_array_t *widgets = &wibox->widgets;
+        wibox_widget_node_array_wipe(globalconf.L, -1);
+        widget_node_array_init(widgets);
+
         /* push widgets table */
         luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, wibox->widgets_table);
+        /* Convert widgets table */
+        luaA_table2widgets(globalconf.L, -2, widgets);
         /* remove wibox */
-        lua_remove(globalconf.L, -2);
-        luaA_table2widgets(globalconf.L, widgets);
+        lua_remove(globalconf.L, -1);
 
         lua_newtable(globalconf.L);
         for(int i = 0; i < widgets->len; i++)
@@ -297,15 +292,17 @@ widget_render(wibox_t *wibox)
 
     widget_node_array_t *widgets = &wibox->widgets;
 
-    widget_node_array_wipe(widgets);
-    widget_node_array_init(widgets);
     /* push wibox */
     luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+
+    wibox_widget_node_array_wipe(globalconf.L, -1);
+    widget_node_array_init(widgets);
+
     /* push widgets table */
     luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, wibox->widgets_table);
+    luaA_table2widgets(L, -2, widgets);
     /* remove wibox */
-    lua_remove(globalconf.L, -2);
-    luaA_table2widgets(L, widgets);
+    lua_remove(globalconf.L, -1);
 
     /* get computed geometries */
     for(unsigned int i = 0; i < lua_objlen(L, -1); i++)
diff --git a/widget.h b/widget.h
index 0f13b2960..0c4aface9 100644
--- a/widget.h
+++ b/widget.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ struct widget_t
     bool isvisible;
 };
 
-void widget_node_delete(widget_node_t *);
-
 struct widget_node
 {
     /** The widget object */
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ struct widget_node
     /** The geometry where the widget was drawn */
     area_t geometry;
 };
-DO_ARRAY(widget_node_t, widget_node, widget_node_delete)
+DO_ARRAY(widget_node_t, widget_node, DO_NOTHING)
 
 widget_t *widget_getbycoords(orientation_t, widget_node_array_t *, int, int, int16_t *, int16_t *);
 void widget_render(wibox_t *);