diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 4bf6378..da832ed 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -95,6 +95,26 @@ enum escape_state {
 	ESC_DCS        =128,
 };
 
+/* Internal representation of the screen */
+typedef struct {
+	int row;      /* nb row */
+	int col;      /* nb col */
+	Line *line;   /* screen */
+	Line *alt;    /* alternate screen */
+	int *dirty;   /* dirtyness of lines */
+	TCursor c;    /* cursor */
+	int ocx;      /* old cursor col */
+	int ocy;      /* old cursor row */
+	int top;      /* top    scroll limit */
+	int bot;      /* bottom scroll limit */
+	int mode;     /* terminal mode flags */
+	int esc;      /* escape state flags */
+	char trantbl[4]; /* charset table translation */
+	int charset;  /* current charset */
+	int icharset; /* selected charset for sequence */
+	int *tabs;
+} Term;
+
 /* CSI Escape sequence structs */
 /* ESC '[' [[ [<priv>] <arg> [;]] <mode> [<mode>]] */
 typedef struct {
@@ -181,11 +201,11 @@ static char *base64dec(const char *);
 static ssize_t xwrite(int, const char *, size_t);
 
 /* Globals */
-Term term;
 int cmdfd;
 pid_t pid;
 int oldbutton   = 3; /* button event on startup: 3 = release */
 
+static Term term;
 static Selection sel;
 static CSIEscape csiescseq;
 static STREscape strescseq;
diff --git a/st.h b/st.h
index 27c48cf..b5bc1b5 100644
--- a/st.h
+++ b/st.h
@@ -76,26 +76,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	char state;
 } TCursor;
 
-/* Internal representation of the screen */
-typedef struct {
-	int row;      /* nb row */
-	int col;      /* nb col */
-	Line *line;   /* screen */
-	Line *alt;    /* alternate screen */
-	int *dirty;   /* dirtyness of lines */
-	TCursor c;    /* cursor */
-	int ocx;      /* old cursor col */
-	int ocy;      /* old cursor row */
-	int top;      /* top    scroll limit */
-	int bot;      /* bottom scroll limit */
-	int mode;     /* terminal mode flags */
-	int esc;      /* escape state flags */
-	char trantbl[4]; /* charset table translation */
-	int charset;  /* current charset */
-	int icharset; /* selected charset for sequence */
-	int *tabs;
-} Term;
-
 /* Purely graphic info */
 typedef struct {
 	int tw, th; /* tty width and height */
@@ -168,7 +148,6 @@ void *xrealloc(void *, size_t);
 char *xstrdup(char *);
 
 /* Globals */
-extern Term term;
 extern int cmdfd;
 extern pid_t pid;
 extern int oldbutton;
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index d205ca7..873ff08 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *, Glyph, int, int, int);
 static void xdrawglyph(Glyph, int, int);
 static void xclear(int, int, int, int);
 static int xgeommasktogravity(int);
-static void xinit(void);
+static void xinit(int, int);
 static void cresize(int, int);
 static void xresize(int, int);
 static int xloadfont(Font *, FcPattern *);
@@ -299,18 +299,16 @@ int
 x2col(int x)
 {
 	x -= borderpx;
-	x /= win.cw;
-
-	return LIMIT(x, 0, term.col-1);
+	LIMIT(x, 0, win.tw - 1);
+	return x / win.cw;
 }
 
 int
 y2row(int y)
 {
 	y -= borderpx;
-	y /= win.ch;
-
-	return LIMIT(y, 0, term.row-1);
+	LIMIT(y, 0, win.th - 1);
+	return y / win.ch;
 }
 
 void
@@ -984,7 +982,7 @@ xunloadfonts(void)
 }
 
 void
-xinit(void)
+xinit(int cols, int rows)
 {
 	XGCValues gcvalues;
 	Cursor cursor;
@@ -1009,8 +1007,8 @@ xinit(void)
 	xloadcols();
 
 	/* adjust fixed window geometry */
-	win.w = 2 * borderpx + term.col * win.cw;
-	win.h = 2 * borderpx + term.row * win.ch;
+	win.w = 2 * borderpx + cols * win.cw;
+	win.h = 2 * borderpx + rows * win.ch;
 	if (xw.gm & XNegative)
 		xw.l += DisplayWidth(xw.dpy, xw.scr) - win.w - 2;
 	if (xw.gm & YNegative)
@@ -1042,7 +1040,7 @@ xinit(void)
 	XFillRectangle(xw.dpy, xw.buf, dc.gc, 0, 0, win.w, win.h);
 
 	/* font spec buffer */
-	xw.specbuf = xmalloc(term.col * sizeof(GlyphFontSpec));
+	xw.specbuf = xmalloc(cols * sizeof(GlyphFontSpec));
 
 	/* Xft rendering context */
 	xw.draw = XftDrawCreate(xw.dpy, xw.buf, xw.vis, xw.cmap);
@@ -1337,15 +1335,16 @@ xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *specs, Glyph base, int len, int x, i
 	/* Intelligent cleaning up of the borders. */
 	if (x == 0) {
 		xclear(0, (y == 0)? 0 : winy, borderpx,
-			winy + win.ch + ((y >= term.row-1)? win.h : 0));
+			winy + win.ch +
+			((winy + win.ch >= borderpx + win.th)? win.h : 0));
 	}
-	if (x + charlen >= term.col) {
+	if (winx + width >= borderpx + win.tw) {
 		xclear(winx + width, (y == 0)? 0 : winy, win.w,
-			((y >= term.row-1)? win.h : (winy + win.ch)));
+			((winy + win.ch >= borderpx + win.th)? win.h : (winy + win.ch)));
 	}
 	if (y == 0)
 		xclear(winx, 0, winx + width, borderpx);
-	if (y == term.row-1)
+	if (winy + win.ch >= borderpx + win.th)
 		xclear(winx, winy + win.ch, winx + width, win.h);
 
 	/* Clean up the region we want to draw to. */
@@ -1930,8 +1929,10 @@ run:
 	}
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	XSetLocaleModifiers("");
-	tnew(MAX(cols, 1), MAX(rows, 1));
-	xinit();
+	cols = MAX(cols, 1);
+	rows = MAX(rows, 1);
+	tnew(cols, rows);
+	xinit(cols, rows);
 	xsetenv();
 	selinit();
 	run();