diff --git a/dmenubar/config.def.h b/dmenubar/config.def.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ade02c0..0000000
--- a/dmenubar/config.def.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
-/* Default settings; some can be overriden by command line. */
-
-/* if this is true, dmenubar will exit 0 when it receives EOF from
- * standard input. otherwise it'll just keep reading until you pkill
- * it. */
-#define BREAK_ON_EOF 0
-
-/* output stdin */
-static int stdin_passthrough = 1;
-
-/* -b option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom */
-static int topbar = 1;
-
-/* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
-static const char *fonts[] = {
-	"monospace:size=10"
-};
-
-/* chars to be allocated for the text displayed in the bar */
-static const int text_s = 1024;
-
-static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
-	/* fg, bg */
-	[Scheme] = { "#eeeeee", "#005577" }
-};
diff --git a/dmenubar/dmenubar.c b/dmenubar/dmenubar.c
index 599520b..020026b 100644
--- a/dmenubar/dmenubar.c
+++ b/dmenubar/dmenubar.c
@@ -9,62 +9,76 @@
 #include <string.h> /* strlen(3) */
 #include <sysexits.h> /* EX_USAGE */
 #include <unistd.h> /* getopt(3) */
-
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #ifdef XINERAMA
-#include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
+#	include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
 #endif
 #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
-
 #include "drw.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-/* macros */
 #define INTERSECT(x,y,w,h,r)  (MAX(0, MIN((x)+(w),(r).x_org+(r).width)  - MAX((x),(r).x_org)) \
                              * MAX(0, MIN((y)+(h),(r).y_org+(r).height) - MAX((y),(r).y_org)))
 
-/* enums */
+/* chars to be allocated for the text displayed in the bar */
+#define BUFSIZE 1024
+
 enum { Scheme, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
 /* enumerated because Suckless has SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, etc.
  * should be made into like one char *Scheme[2] */
-/* BTW SchemeLast is the size of an array of the schemes and it's used
- * in this program for iteration. */
 
+static int bh;
+static XClassHint ch = {"dmenubar", "dmenubar"};
+static Display *dpy;
+static Drw *drw;
 static char *embed;
-static int bh, mw, mh;
 static int inputw = 0;
 static int lrpad; /* sum of left and right padding */
-static int mon = -1, screen;
-
-static Display *dpy;
-static Window root, parentwin, win;
-
-static Drw *drw;
+static int mh;
+static int mon = -1;
+static int mw;
+static Window parentwin;
+static Window root;
 static Clr *scheme[SchemeLast];
+static int screen;
+static Window win;
 
-#include "config.h"
+#define BREAK_ON_EOF 0
+
+/* -f option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
+static const char *fonts[] = {
+	"monospace:size=10"
+};
+
+static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
+	/* fg, bg */
+	[Scheme] = { "#eeeeee", "#005577" }
+};
 
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	int c;
-	extern char *optarg;
-	char text[text_s];
-	int x, y, i, j;
 	unsigned int du;
+	Window dw;
+	Window *dws;
+	int i;
+	int j;
+	extern char *optarg;
 	XSetWindowAttributes swa;
-	Window w, dw, *dws;
+	char text[BUFSIZE];
+	int topbar; /* 0=bottom 1=top */
+	Window w;
 	XWindowAttributes wa;
-	XClassHint ch = {"dmenubar", "dmenubar"};
+	int x;
+	int y;
 #ifdef XINERAMA
 	XineramaScreenInfo *info;
 	Window pw;
 	int a, di, n, area = 0;
 #endif
 
-	for(i = 0; i < text_s; ++i) /* initialize text[] */
-		text[i] = '\0';
-
+	topbar = 1;
 	while((c = getopt(argc, argv, ":bf:m:B:F:w:")) != -1)
 		switch(c){
 		case 'b':
@@ -77,13 +91,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 			fonts[0] = optarg;
 			break;
 		}case 'F': if(optarg){
-			colors[Scheme][ColFg] = argv[++i];
+			colors[Scheme][ColFg] = optarg;
 			break;
 		}case 'm': if(optarg){
-			mon = atoi(argv[++i]);
+			mon = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
 		}case 'w': if(optarg){
-			embed = argv[++i];
+			embed = optarg;
 			break;
 		}default: /* optarg==0 falls through */
 			fprintf(stderr,
@@ -186,10 +200,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	}
 	drw_resize(drw, mw, mh);
 
-	do {
-		/* fgets adds a newline which will be printable in some fonts */
-		if (strlen(text) > 0)
-			text[strlen(text)-1] = '\0';
+	text[0] = '\0';
+	do{
+		/* trim newline */
+		for(i = 0; text[i] != '\0' && text[i] != '\n';);
+		if(text[i] == '\n')
+			text[i] = '\0';
+
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[Scheme]);
 		drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
 
@@ -202,7 +219,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 				bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
 
 		drw_map(drw, win, 0, 0, mw, mh);
-	} while (fgets(text, text_s, stdin) != NULL || !BREAK_ON_EOF);
+	}while(
+		fgets(text, (sizeof text) / (sizeof *text), stdin) != NULL
+		|| !BREAK_ON_EOF
+	);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < SchemeLast; i++)
 		free(scheme[i]);