diff --git a/Window.py b/Window.py
index d41904d..9ce3b90 100755
--- a/Window.py
+++ b/Window.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ class Window(object):
         self.conf = conf
         self.count = 0
         self.connection = None
+        self.fgcolor = ''.join(map(lambda x: '%02x' % int(0xFF * x),
+                self.conf['fgcolor']))
+        self.font_sz = 1024 * self.conf['font_size']
 
         if not 'width' in self.conf:
             self.conf['width'] = 32
@@ -36,16 +39,16 @@ class Window(object):
 
         self.label = gtk.Label('-')
 
-        v = gtk.Viewport()
-        v.set_shadow_type(gtk.SHADOW_OUT)
-        v.add(self.label)
-        v.connect('button-release-event', self.button_release)
-        v.set_events(gtk.gdk.BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK)
-        v.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL,
+        self.viewport = gtk.Viewport()
+        self.viewport.set_shadow_type(gtk.SHADOW_OUT)
+        self.viewport.add(self.label)
+        self.viewport.connect('button-release-event', self.button_release)
+        self.viewport.set_events(gtk.gdk.BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK)
+        self.viewport.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL,
                 gtk.gdk.Color(*map(lambda x: int(65535 * x),
                     self.conf['bgcolor'])))
 
-        self.window.add(v)
+        self.window.add(self.viewport)
 
         self.connect()
 
@@ -95,13 +98,10 @@ class Window(object):
         if self.connection is None:
             self.label.set_text('-')
         else:
-            fgcolor = ''.join(map(lambda x: '%02x' % int(0xFF * x),
-                    self.conf['fgcolor']))
-            sz = 1024 * self.conf['font_size']
             self.label.set_markup(
                     ('<span font_weight="bold" foreground="#%s" '
                         'font_size="%d">%d</span>'
-                        % (fgcolor, sz, self.count)))
+                        % (self.fgcolor, self.font_sz, self.count)))
 
     def destroy_event(self):
         self.disconnect()