diff --git a/cmd/wm/wm.c b/cmd/wm/wm.c
index ceb59edb..37a970cf 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/wm.c
+++ b/cmd/wm/wm.c
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	bbrush.drawable = XCreatePixmap(blz.display, barwin, brect.width, brect.height,
 			DefaultDepth(blz.display, blz.screen));
 	bbrush.rect = brect;
+	bbrush.rect.x = 0;
+	bbrush.rect.y = 0;
 	bbrush.color = def.normcolor;
 	bbrush.font = &def.font;
 
diff --git a/rc/status b/rc/status
index 515e4190..adbd26d1 100644
--- a/rc/status
+++ b/rc/status
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ xwrite() {
 }
 
 wmiir remove /rbar/status 2>/dev/null && sleep 2
-wmiir create /rbar/status
+echo $WMII_SELCOLORS | wmiir create /rbar/status
 while xwrite /rbar/status "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
 do
 	sleep 1
diff --git a/rc/wmiirc b/rc/wmiirc
index 78e8ab47..20ce6ad4 100644
--- a/rc/wmiirc
+++ b/rc/wmiirc
@@ -141,17 +141,16 @@ do
 			exit
 		fi;;
 	CreateTag)
-		wmiir create /lbar/$1
-		xwrite /lbar/$1 $WMII_NORMCOLORS $1
+		echo "/lbar/$@" $WMII_NORMCOLORS $@ | wmiir create /lbar/$1
 		;;
 	DestroyTag)
-		wmiir remove /lbar/$1
+		wmiir remove "/lbar/$@"
 		;;
 	FocusTag)
-		xwrite /lbar/$1 $WMII_SELCOLORS $1
+		xwrite "/lbar/$@" $WMII_SELCOLORS $@
 		;;
 	UnfocusTag)
-		xwrite /lbar/$1 $WMII_NORMCOLORS $1
+		xwrite "/lbar/$@" $WMII_NORMCOLORS $@
 		;;
 	LeftBarClick)
 		shift