diff --git a/cfg/position.go b/cfg/position.go
index 92c90cf6..fc59c23b 100644
--- a/cfg/position.go
+++ b/cfg/position.go
@@ -12,6 +12,35 @@ const (
 	positionPath = "position"
 )
 
+/* -------------------- Position Validation -------------------- */
+
+type positionValidation struct {
+	err  error
+	name string
+	val  int
+}
+
+func (posVal *positionValidation) hasError() bool {
+	return posVal.err != nil
+}
+
+// String returns the Stringer representation of the positionValidation
+func (posVal *positionValidation) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Invalid value for %s:\t%d", posVal.name, posVal.val)
+}
+
+func newPositionValidation(name string, val int, err error) *positionValidation {
+	posVal := &positionValidation{
+		err:  err,
+		name: name,
+		val:  val,
+	}
+
+	return posVal
+}
+
+/* -------------------- Position -------------------- */
+
 // Position represents the onscreen location of a widget
 type Position struct {
 	Height int
@@ -22,28 +51,30 @@ type Position struct {
 
 // NewPositionFromYAML creates and returns a new instance of Position
 func NewPositionFromYAML(moduleName string, moduleConfig *config.Config) Position {
-	errs := make(map[string]error)
+	var val int
+	var err error
+	validations := make(map[string]*positionValidation)
 
 	// Parse the positional data from the config data
-	top, err := moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".top")
-	errs["top"] = err
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".top")
+	validations["top"] = newPositionValidation("top", val, err)
 
-	left, err := moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".left")
-	errs["left"] = err
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".left")
+	validations["left"] = newPositionValidation("left", val, err)
 
-	width, err := moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".width")
-	errs["width"] = err
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".width")
+	validations["width"] = newPositionValidation("width", val, err)
 
-	height, err := moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".height")
-	errs["height"] = err
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".height")
+	validations["height"] = newPositionValidation("height", val, err)
 
-	validatePositions(moduleName, errs)
+	validatePositions(moduleName, validations)
 
 	pos := Position{
-		Top:    top,
-		Left:   left,
-		Width:  width,
-		Height: height,
+		Top:    validations["top"].val,
+		Left:   validations["left"].val,
+		Width:  validations["width"].val,
+		Height: validations["height"].val,
 	}
 
 	return pos
@@ -71,18 +102,18 @@ func NewPositionFromYAML(moduleName string, moduleConfig *config.Config) Positio
 //    width: 2
 //    height: 1
 //
-func validatePositions(moduleName string, errs map[string]error) {
+func validatePositions(moduleName string, validations map[string]*positionValidation) {
 	var errStr string
 
-	for pos, err := range errs {
-		if err != nil {
-			errStr += fmt.Sprintf("  - Invalid value for %s\n", pos)
+	for _, posVal := range validations {
+		if posVal.hasError() {
+			errStr += fmt.Sprintf("  - %s.\t\033[0;31mError\033[0m %v\n", posVal, posVal.err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if errStr != "" {
 		fmt.Println()
-		fmt.Printf("\033[0;31mErrors in %s configuration\033[0m\n", strings.Title(moduleName))
+		fmt.Printf("\033[0;1mErrors in %s position configuration\033[0m\n", strings.Title(moduleName))
 		fmt.Println(errStr)
 		fmt.Println("Please check your config.yml file.")
 		fmt.Println()