diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 020ae06..f29a06e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ src/wmfs.c
 # flags
 CFLAGS+= -DXDG_CONFIG_DIR=\"${XDG_CONFIG_DIR}\"
 CFLAGS+= -DWMFS_VERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
-CFLAGS+= -W -Wall -Wextra -ansi
+CFLAGS+= -W -Wall -Wextra
 
 OBJS= ${SRCS:.c=.o}
 
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ ${MAN}.gz: ${MAN}
 clean:
 	rm -f ${OBJS} wmfs ${MAN}.gz
 
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f Makefile
+
+
 install: all
 	@echo installing executable file to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
@@ -77,5 +81,5 @@ uninstall:
 
 
 
-.PHONY: all clean install uninstall
+.PHONY: all clean distclean install uninstall
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 27b83e0..7a89d41 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ fi
 [ -n "$USE_XRANDR" ] && CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_XRANDR"
 [ -n "$USE_IMLIB2" ] && CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_IMLIB"
 
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lpthread"
-
 cat > Makefile << EOF
 PREFIX=$PREFIX
 XDG_CONFIG_DIR=$XDG_CONFIG_DIR
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index df102c8..e258e65 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ conf_tag_section(void)
           {
                ++conf.ntag[k];
                tags[k][conf.ntag[k]].name       = fetch_opt_first(tag[i], fetch_opt_first(def_tag, "", "name").str, "name").str;
-               tags[k][conf.ntag[k]].mwfact     = fetch_opt_first(tag[i], fetch_opt_first(def_tag, "0.6", "mwfact").str, "mwfact").fnum;
+               tags[k][conf.ntag[k]].mwfact     = fetch_opt_first(tag[i], fetch_opt_first(def_tag, "0.65", "mwfact").str, "mwfact").fnum;
                tags[k][conf.ntag[k]].nmaster    = fetch_opt_first(tag[i], fetch_opt_first(def_tag, "1", "nmaster").str, "nmaster").num;
                tags[k][conf.ntag[k]].resizehint = fetch_opt_first(tag[i], fetch_opt_first(def_tag, "false", "resizehint").str, "resizehint").bool;
                tags[k][conf.ntag[k]].abovefc    = fetch_opt_first(tag[i], "false", "abovefc").bool;
diff --git a/src/event.c b/src/event.c
index e1e0989..c391521 100644
--- a/src/event.c
+++ b/src/event.c
@@ -695,7 +695,5 @@ getevent(XEvent ev)
           break;
      }
 
-     wait((int[]){0});
-
      return;
 }
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index dcca36c..be1641f 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <err.h>
 
@@ -183,19 +182,22 @@ parse_keywords(const char *filename)
           return NULL;
      }
 
+     buf = zmalloc(st.st_size+1);
+
+     if (read(fd, buf, st.st_size) == -1) {
+          warn("%s", filename);
+          free(buf);
+          close(fd);
+          return NULL;
+     }
+
+     buf[st.st_size] = '\0';
+
      file = zcalloc(sizeof(*file));
      bufname = zcalloc(sizeof(*bufname) * BUFSIZ);
      file->name = strdup(path);
      file->parent = NULL;
 
-     buf = (char *)mmap(0, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, SEEK_SET);
-
-     if (buf == (char*)MAP_FAILED) {
-          warn("%s", filename);
-          return NULL;
-     }
-
-
      for(i = 0, j = 0, line = 1; i < (size_t)st.st_size; i++) {
 
           if (!head && tail)
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ parse_keywords(const char *filename)
           bufname[j++] = buf[i];
      }
 
-     munmap(buf, st.st_size);
+     free(buf);
      free(bufname);
      warnx("%s read", file->name);
 
diff --git a/src/tag.c b/src/tag.c
index 111a97c..917bb12 100644
--- a/src/tag.c
+++ b/src/tag.c
@@ -563,18 +563,20 @@ tag_new(int s, char *name)
 
      ++conf.ntag[s];
 
+     /* TODO: memleak here */
      if(!name || strlen(name) == 0)
      {
          if(conf.tagnamecount)
          {
-             displayedName = zmalloc(2);
-             sprintf(displayedName, "[%d]", conf.ntag[s]);
+             /* displayedName = zmalloc(2); */
+             xasprintf(&displayedName, "[%d]", conf.ntag[s]);
          }
          else
              displayedName = conf.default_tag.name;
      }
      else
-         displayedName = name;
+         displayedName = xstrdup(name);
+
 
      Tag t = { displayedName, NULL, 0, 0,
                conf.default_tag.mwfact, conf.default_tag.nmaster,
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index f6527cf..961b92a 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 *      OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */
 
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "wmfs.h"
 
 /** malloc with error support and size_t overflow protection
@@ -248,33 +249,18 @@ alias_to_str(char *conf_choice)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-/** Get the mouse pointer position.
-*/
-XRectangle
-get_mouse_pos(void)
-{
-     Window dum;
-     int d, u;
-     XRectangle ret;
-
-     XQueryPointer(dpy, ROOT, &dum, &dum, (int*)&ret.x, (int*)&ret.y, &d, &d, (uint *)&u);
-
-     return ret;
-}
-
 /** Execute a sh command
  * \param cmd Command
  * \return child pid
 */
-int
+pid_t
 spawn(const char *format, ...)
 {
      char *sh = NULL;
      char cmd[512];
      va_list ap;
-     pid_t pid, ret;
-     int p[2];
      size_t len;
+     pid_t pid;
 
      va_start(ap, format);
      len = vsnprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), format, ap);
@@ -289,48 +275,18 @@ spawn(const char *format, ...)
      if(!(sh = getenv("SHELL")))
           sh = "/bin/sh";
 
-     if (pipe(p) == -1)
-     {
-          warn("pipe");
-          return -1;
-     }
-
      if((pid = fork()) == 0)
      {
-          close(p[0]);
-          if((pid = fork()) == 0)
-          {
-               if(dpy)
-                    close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
-               setsid();
-               execl(sh, sh, "-c", cmd, (char*)NULL);
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-          }
-
-          if (sizeof(pid_t) != write(p[1], &pid, sizeof(pid_t)))
-               warn("write");
-
-          close(p[1]);
-          exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-     }
-     else if (pid != -1)
-     {
-          close(p[1]);
-          if (sizeof(pid_t) != read(p[0], &ret, sizeof(pid_t)))
-          {
-               warn("read");
-               ret = -1;
-          }
-          close(p[0]);
-          waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
-     }
-     else
-     {
-          warn("fork");
-          ret = -1;
+          if(dpy)
+               close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
+          setsid();
+          execl(sh, sh, "-c", cmd, (char*)NULL);
+          err(1, "execl(%s)", cmd);
      }
+     if (pid == -1)
+          warn("fork()");
 
-     return ret;
+     return pid;
 }
 
 /** Swap two pointer.
diff --git a/src/wmfs.c b/src/wmfs.c
index 10d0cfe..6963d5f 100644
--- a/src/wmfs.c
+++ b/src/wmfs.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 #include "wmfs.h"
 
+static void signal_handle(int);
+
 int
 errorhandler(Display *d, XErrorEvent *event)
 {
@@ -133,55 +135,25 @@ quit(void)
      XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 
      /* kill status script */
-     if (conf.status_pid != (pid_t)-1)
-         kill(conf.status_pid, SIGQUIT);
+     if (conf.status_pid != -1)
+         kill(conf.status_pid, SIGTERM);
 
      return;
 }
 
-void *
-thread_process(void *arg)
-{
-     XEvent ev;
-
-     /* X event loop */
-     if(arg)
-     {
-          while(!exiting && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev))
-               getevent(ev);
-     }
-     /* Status checking loop with timing */
-     else
-     {
-          pthread_detach(pthread_self());
-          do
-          {
-               conf.status_pid = spawn(conf.status_path);
-               sleep(conf.status_timing);
-          } while (!exiting && conf.status_timing != 0);
-     }
-     pthread_exit(NULL);
-}
-
 /** WMFS main loop.
  */
 void
 mainloop(void)
 {
      XEvent ev;
-     pthread_t evloop, evstatus;
-     void *ret;
 
-     if(!estatus)
-          while(!exiting && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev))
-               getevent(ev);
-     else
-     {
-          pthread_create(&evloop, NULL, thread_process, "1");
-          pthread_create(&evstatus, NULL, thread_process, NULL);
+     /* launch status loop */
+     if (estatus)
+          signal_handle(SIGALRM);
 
-          (void)pthread_join(evloop, &ret);
-     }
+     while(!exiting && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev))
+          getevent(ev);
 
      return;
 }
@@ -398,13 +370,39 @@ update_status(void)
 
 /** Signal handle function
 */
-void
+static void
 signal_handle(int sig)
 {
-     (void)sig;
-     exiting = True;
-     quit();
-     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+     pid_t pid;
+
+     switch (sig)
+     {
+          case SIGQUIT:
+          case SIGTERM:
+               exiting = True;
+               quit();
+               exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+               break;
+          case SIGCHLD:
+               /* re-set signal handler and wait childs */
+               if (signal(SIGCHLD, &signal_handle) == SIG_ERR)
+                    warn("signal(%d)", SIGCHLD);
+               while ((pid = waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG)) > 0)
+                    if (pid == conf.status_pid)
+                         conf.status_pid = -1;
+               break;
+          case SIGALRM:
+               /* re-set signal handler */
+               if (signal(SIGALRM, &signal_handle) == SIG_ERR)
+                    warn("signal(%d)", SIGALRM);
+               /* exec status script (only if still not running) */
+               if (conf.status_pid == (pid_t)-1)
+                    conf.status_pid = spawn(conf.status_path);
+               /* re-set timer */
+               if (conf.status_timing > 0)
+                    alarm(conf.status_timing);
+               break;
+     }
 
      return;
 }
@@ -419,6 +417,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
      int i;
      char *ol = "csgVS";
+     extern char *optarg;
+     extern int optind;
+     int sigs[] = { SIGTERM, SIGQUIT, SIGCHLD };
 
      argv_global  = xstrdup(argv[0]);
      all_argv = argv;
@@ -502,8 +503,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
           errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "cannot open X server.");
 
      /* Set signal handler */
-     (void)signal(SIGTERM, &signal_handle);
-     (void)signal(SIGINT, &signal_handle);
+     for (i = 0; i < (int)LEN(sigs); i++)
+          if (signal(sigs[i], &signal_handle) == SIG_ERR)
+               warn("signal(%d)", sigs[i]);
 
      /* Check if an other WM is already running; set the error handler */
      XSetErrorHandler(errorhandler);
diff --git a/src/wmfs.h b/src/wmfs.h
index 102a07b..039ae50 100644
--- a/src/wmfs.h
+++ b/src/wmfs.h
@@ -33,17 +33,6 @@
 #ifndef WMFS_H
 #define WMFS_H
 
-/* glibc stuff */
-#ifndef _BSD_SOURCE
-#define _BSD_SOURCE /* vsnprintf */
-#endif
-#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
-#define _POSIX_SOURCE /* kill */
-#endif
-#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
-#define _GNU_SOURCE /* asprintf */
-#endif
-
 /* Lib headers */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -308,9 +297,8 @@ uint char_to_button(char *name, name_to_uint_t blist[]);
 Layout layout_name_to_struct(Layout lt[], char *name, int n, const func_name_list_t llist[]);
 char* alias_to_str(char *conf_choice);
 /* }}} */
-XRectangle get_mouse_pos(void);
 char *char_to_str(const char c);
-int spawn(const char *str, ...);
+pid_t spawn(const char *str, ...);
 void swap_ptr(void **x, void **y);
 void uicb_spawn(uicb_t);
 char *clean_value(char *str);