diff --git a/libs/x11/client.c b/libs/x11/client.c
index 29d6bd9..d296538 100644
--- a/libs/x11/client.c
+++ b/libs/x11/client.c
@@ -15,6 +15,37 @@ void prepare_window_size(void) {
     return;
 }
 
+void store_image_vars(void) {
+#if USEIMAGE
+    longestedge = MAX(imagewidth, imageheight);
+
+    if (!imagew || !imageh || !imageg) {
+        imagew = imagewidth;
+        imageh = imageheight;
+        imagegaps = imagegaps;
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
+void set_mode(void) {
+    if (!type) { // no typing allowed, require normal mode
+        mode = 0;
+    }
+
+    // set default mode, must be done before the event loop or keybindings will not work
+    if (mode) {
+        curMode = 1;
+        allowkeys = 1;
+
+        strcpy(modetext, instext);
+    } else {
+        curMode = 0;
+        allowkeys = !curMode;
+
+        strcpy(modetext, normtext);
+    }
+}
+
 void get_width(int numwidthchecks, unsigned int minstrlen, unsigned int curstrlen) {
     struct item *item;
     unsigned int tmp = 0;
diff --git a/libs/x11/client.h b/libs/x11/client.h
index 180939a..e220cf8 100644
--- a/libs/x11/client.h
+++ b/libs/x11/client.h
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ static void prepare_window_size(void);
 static void set_window(void);
 static void set_prop(void);
 static void resizeclient(void);
+static void store_image_vars(void);
+static void set_mode(void);
diff --git a/libs/x11/init.c b/libs/x11/init.c
index 34a44a5..ad93f68 100644
--- a/libs/x11/init.c
+++ b/libs/x11/init.c
@@ -147,3 +147,30 @@ void set_screen(Display *disp) {
     screen = DefaultScreen(disp);
     root = RootWindow(disp, screen);
 }
+
+void handle_x11(void) {
+    XWindowAttributes wa;
+
+    if (!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") || !XSupportsLocale())
+        fputs("warning: no locale support\n", stderr); // invalid locale, so notify the user about it
+
+    if (!XSetLocaleModifiers(""))
+        fputs("warning: no locale modifiers support\n", stderr);
+
+    if (!(dpy = opendisplay(NULL)))
+        die("spmenu: cannot open display"); // failed to open display
+
+    // set screen and root window
+    set_screen(dpy);
+
+    // parent window is the root window (ie. window manager) because we're not embedding
+    if (!embed || !(parentwin = strtol(embed, NULL, 0)))
+        parentwin = root;
+
+    if (!XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, parentwin, &wa)) {
+        die("spmenu: could not get embedding window attributes: 0x%lx", parentwin);
+    }
+
+    xinitvisual(); // init visual and create drawable after
+    drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, wa.width, wa.height, visual, depth, cmap);
+}
diff --git a/libs/x11/init.h b/libs/x11/init.h
index 0bd22b9..fc1315d 100644
--- a/libs/x11/init.h
+++ b/libs/x11/init.h
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ static Window root, parentwin, win;
 
 static void setupdisplay(void);
 static void set_screen(Display *disp);
+static void handle_x11(void);
 static Display * opendisplay(char *disp);
diff --git a/spmenu.c b/spmenu.c
index 639aa7d..4966654 100644
--- a/spmenu.c
+++ b/spmenu.c
@@ -509,62 +509,15 @@ void xinitvisual(void) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-    XWindowAttributes wa;
-
     readargs(argc, argv); // start by reading arguments
 
-#if USEIMAGE
-    longestedge = MAX(imagewidth, imageheight);
-#endif
-
-    if (!type) {
-        mode = 0;
-    }
-
-    // set default mode, must be done before the event loop or keybindings will not work
-    if (mode) {
-        curMode = 1;
-        allowkeys = 1;
-
-        strcpy(modetext, instext);
-    } else {
-        curMode = 0;
-        allowkeys = !curMode;
-
-        strcpy(modetext, normtext);
-    }
-
-    if (!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") || !XSupportsLocale())
-        fputs("warning: no locale support\n", stderr); // invalid locale, so notify the user about it
-
-    if (!XSetLocaleModifiers(""))
-        fputs("warning: no locale modifiers support\n", stderr);
-
-    if (!(dpy = opendisplay(NULL)))
-        die("spmenu: cannot open display"); // failed to open display
-
-    // set screen and root window
-    set_screen(dpy);
-
-    // parent window is the root window (ie. window manager) because we're not embedding
-    if (!embed || !(parentwin = strtol(embed, NULL, 0)))
-        parentwin = root;
-
-    if (!XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, parentwin, &wa)) {
-        die("spmenu: could not get embedding window attributes: 0x%lx", parentwin);
-    }
-
-    xinitvisual(); // init visual and create drawable after
-    drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, wa.width, wa.height, visual, depth, cmap); // wrapper function creating a drawable
+    // open x11 display and create drawable
+    handle_x11();
 
     // load fonts
     if (!drw_font_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
         die("no fonts could be loaded.");
 
-    // resize window
-    lrpad = drw->font->h + textpadding;
-    prepare_window_size(); // this function sets padding size
-
     // pledge limits what programs can do, so here we specify what spmenu should be allowed to do
 #ifdef __OpenBSD__
     if (pledge("stdio rpath wpath cpath", NULL) == -1)
@@ -582,14 +535,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         grabkeyboard();
     }
 
-    // set default values
-#if USEIMAGE
-    if (!imagew || !imageh || !imageg) {
-        imagew = imagewidth;
-        imageh = imageheight;
-        imagegaps = imagegaps;
-    }
-#endif
+    store_image_vars();
+    set_mode();
 
     init_appearance(); // init colorschemes by reading arrays
     setupdisplay(); // set up display and create window