diff --git a/logger/log.go b/logger/log.go
index 084f6fe8..0e40dc0d 100644
--- a/logger/log.go
+++ b/logger/log.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 
 	logLines := widget.tailFile()
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(logLines))
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 079f407f..a9f92bbd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var focusTracker wtf.FocusTracker
-var widgets []wtf.Wtfable
+var runningWidgets []wtf.Wtfable
 
 // Config parses the config.yml file and makes available the settings within
 var Config *config.Config
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ var (
 
 /* -------------------- Functions -------------------- */
 
-func disableAllWidgets() {
+func disableAllWidgets(widgets []wtf.Wtfable) {
 	for _, widget := range widgets {
 		widget.Disable()
 	}
 }
 
-func initializeFocusTracker(app *tview.Application) {
+func initializeFocusTracker(app *tview.Application, widgets []wtf.Wtfable) {
 	focusTracker = wtf.FocusTracker{
 		App:     app,
 		Idx:     -1,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func initializeFocusTracker(app *tview.Application) {
 func keyboardIntercept(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 	switch event.Key() {
 	case tcell.KeyCtrlR:
-		refreshAllWidgets()
+		refreshAllWidgets(runningWidgets)
 	case tcell.KeyTab:
 		focusTracker.Next()
 	case tcell.KeyBacktab:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func loadConfigFile(filePath string) {
 	wtf.Config = Config
 }
 
-func refreshAllWidgets() {
+func refreshAllWidgets(widgets []wtf.Wtfable) {
 	for _, widget := range widgets {
 		go widget.Refresh()
 	}
@@ -138,19 +138,23 @@ func watchForConfigChanges(app *tview.Application, configFilePath string, grid *
 	watch := watcher.New()
 	absPath, _ := wtf.ExpandHomeDir(configFilePath)
 
-	// notify write events.
+	// Notify write events
 	watch.FilterOps(watcher.Write)
 
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-watch.Event:
-				loadConfigFile(absPath)
 				// Disable all widgets to stop scheduler goroutines and rmeove widgets from memory.
-				disableAllWidgets()
-				widgets = nil
-				makeWidgets(app, pages)
-				initializeFocusTracker(app)
+				disableAllWidgets(runningWidgets)
+
+				loadConfigFile(absPath)
+
+				widgets := makeWidgets(app, pages)
+				validateWidgets(widgets)
+
+				initializeFocusTracker(app, widgets)
+
 				display := wtf.NewDisplay(widgets)
 				pages.AddPage("grid", display.Grid, true, true)
 			case err := <-watch.Error:
@@ -172,110 +176,133 @@ func watchForConfigChanges(app *tview.Application, configFilePath string, grid *
 	}
 }
 
-func addWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, widgetName string) {
+func makeWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, widgetName string) wtf.Wtfable {
+	var widget wtf.Wtfable
+
 	// Always in alphabetical order
 	switch widgetName {
 	case "bamboohr":
-		widgets = append(widgets, bamboohr.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = bamboohr.NewWidget(app)
 	case "bargraph":
-		widgets = append(widgets, bargraph.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = bargraph.NewWidget(app)
 	case "bittrex":
-		widgets = append(widgets, bittrex.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = bittrex.NewWidget(app)
 	case "blockfolio":
-		widgets = append(widgets, blockfolio.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = blockfolio.NewWidget(app)
 	case "circleci":
-		widgets = append(widgets, circleci.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = circleci.NewWidget(app)
 	case "clocks":
-		widgets = append(widgets, clocks.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = clocks.NewWidget(app)
 	case "cmdrunner":
-		widgets = append(widgets, cmdrunner.NewWidget(app))
-	case "resourceusage":
-		widgets = append(widgets, resourceusage.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = cmdrunner.NewWidget(app)
 	case "cryptolive":
-		widgets = append(widgets, cryptolive.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = cryptolive.NewWidget(app)
 	case "datadog":
-		widgets = append(widgets, datadog.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = datadog.NewWidget(app)
 	case "gcal":
-		widgets = append(widgets, gcal.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = gcal.NewWidget(app)
 	case "gerrit":
-		widgets = append(widgets, gerrit.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = gerrit.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "git":
-		widgets = append(widgets, git.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = git.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "github":
-		widgets = append(widgets, github.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = github.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "gitlab":
-		widgets = append(widgets, gitlab.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = gitlab.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "gitter":
-		widgets = append(widgets, gitter.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = gitter.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "gspreadsheets":
-		widgets = append(widgets, gspreadsheets.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = gspreadsheets.NewWidget(app)
 	case "hackernews":
-		widgets = append(widgets, hackernews.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = hackernews.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "ipapi":
-		widgets = append(widgets, ipapi.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = ipapi.NewWidget(app)
 	case "ipinfo":
-		widgets = append(widgets, ipinfo.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = ipinfo.NewWidget(app)
 	case "jenkins":
-		widgets = append(widgets, jenkins.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = jenkins.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "jira":
-		widgets = append(widgets, jira.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = jira.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "logger":
-		widgets = append(widgets, logger.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = logger.NewWidget(app)
 	case "mercurial":
-		widgets = append(widgets, mercurial.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = mercurial.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "nbascore":
-		widgets = append(widgets, nbascore.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = nbascore.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "newrelic":
-		widgets = append(widgets, newrelic.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = newrelic.NewWidget(app)
 	case "opsgenie":
-		widgets = append(widgets, opsgenie.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = opsgenie.NewWidget(app)
 	case "pagerduty":
-		widgets = append(widgets, pagerduty.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = pagerduty.NewWidget(app)
 	case "power":
-		widgets = append(widgets, power.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = power.NewWidget(app)
 	case "prettyweather":
-		widgets = append(widgets, prettyweather.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = prettyweather.NewWidget(app)
+	case "resourceusage":
+		widget = resourceusage.NewWidget(app)
 	case "security":
-		widgets = append(widgets, security.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = security.NewWidget(app)
 	case "status":
-		widgets = append(widgets, status.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = status.NewWidget(app)
 	case "system":
-		widgets = append(widgets, system.NewWidget(app, date, version))
+		widget = system.NewWidget(app, date, version)
 	case "spotify":
-		widgets = append(widgets, spotify.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = spotify.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "spotifyweb":
-		widgets = append(widgets, spotifyweb.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = spotifyweb.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "textfile":
-		widgets = append(widgets, textfile.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = textfile.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "todo":
-		widgets = append(widgets, todo.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = todo.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "todoist":
-		widgets = append(widgets, todoist.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = todoist.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "travisci":
-		widgets = append(widgets, travisci.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = travisci.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "rollbar":
-		widgets = append(widgets, rollbar.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = rollbar.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "trello":
-		widgets = append(widgets, trello.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = trello.NewWidget(app)
 	case "twitter":
-		widgets = append(widgets, twitter.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = twitter.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "victorops":
-		widgets = append(widgets, victorops.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = victorops.NewWidget(app)
 	case "weather":
-		widgets = append(widgets, weather.NewWidget(app, pages))
+		widget = weather.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "zendesk":
-		widgets = append(widgets, zendesk.NewWidget(app))
+		widget = zendesk.NewWidget(app)
 	default:
-		widgets = append(widgets, unknown.NewWidget(app, widgetName))
+		widget = unknown.NewWidget(app, widgetName)
 	}
+
+	return widget
 }
 
-func makeWidgets(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) {
+func makeWidgets(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) []wtf.Wtfable {
+	widgets := []wtf.Wtfable{}
+
 	mods, _ := Config.Map("wtf.mods")
 
 	for mod := range mods {
 		if enabled := Config.UBool("wtf.mods."+mod+".enabled", false); enabled {
-			addWidget(app, pages, mod)
+			widget := makeWidget(app, pages, mod)
+			widgets = append(widgets, widget)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// This is a hack to allow refreshAllWidgets and disableAllWidgets to work
+	// Need to implement a non-global way to track these
+	runningWidgets = widgets
+
+	return widgets
+}
+
+// Check that all the loaded widgets are valid for display
+func validateWidgets(widgets []wtf.Wtfable) {
+	for _, widget := range widgets {
+		if widget.Enabled() && !widget.IsPositionable() {
+			errStr := fmt.Sprintf("Widget config has invalid values: %s", widget.Key())
+			log.Fatalln(errStr)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -303,11 +330,14 @@ func main() {
 	app := tview.NewApplication()
 	pages := tview.NewPages()
 
-	makeWidgets(app, pages)
-	initializeFocusTracker(app)
+	widgets := makeWidgets(app, pages)
+	validateWidgets(widgets)
+
+	initializeFocusTracker(app, widgets)
 
 	display := wtf.NewDisplay(widgets)
 	pages.AddPage("grid", display.Grid, true, true)
+
 	app.SetInputCapture(keyboardIntercept)
 
 	go watchForConfigChanges(app, flags.Config, display.Grid, pages)
diff --git a/modules/bamboohr/widget.go b/modules/bamboohr/widget.go
index 464c06cd..a757e40a 100644
--- a/modules/bamboohr/widget.go
+++ b/modules/bamboohr/widget.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		wtf.Now().Format(wtf.DateFormat),
 	)
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name()))
 
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(todayItems))
 }
diff --git a/modules/circleci/widget.go b/modules/circleci/widget.go
index 62c4210e..7806d074 100644
--- a/modules/circleci/widget.go
+++ b/modules/circleci/widget.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 
 	builds, err := widget.Client.BuildsFor()
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - Builds", widget.Name))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - Builds", widget.Name()))
 
 	var content string
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/datadog/widget.go b/modules/datadog/widget.go
index 2d5d97f7..5ed2f9b9 100644
--- a/modules/datadog/widget.go
+++ b/modules/datadog/widget.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application) *Widget {
 func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	monitors, monitorErr := Monitors()
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s", widget.Name)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s", widget.Name())))
 	widget.View.Clear()
 
 	var content string
diff --git a/modules/gcal/display.go b/modules/gcal/display.go
index f1157b19..af2b34c2 100644
--- a/modules/gcal/display.go
+++ b/modules/gcal/display.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	widget.mutex.Lock()
 	defer widget.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name()))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(widget.calEvents))
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/gerrit/display.go b/modules/gerrit/display.go
index db704e12..770c3231 100644
--- a/modules/gerrit/display.go
+++ b/modules/gerrit/display.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s", widget.Name, widget.title(project))))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s", widget.Name(), widget.title(project))))
 
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GerritProjects), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Stats[white]\n"
diff --git a/modules/gerrit/widget.go b/modules/gerrit/widget.go
index 051c7f02..6fcdaee9 100644
--- a/modules/gerrit/widget.go
+++ b/modules/gerrit/widget.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	gerrit, err := glb.NewClient(gerritUrl, httpClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/modules/git/display.go b/modules/git/display.go
index 1086d081..546b3f6e 100644
--- a/modules/git/display.go
+++ b/modules/git/display.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name, repoData.Repository)
+	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name(), repoData.Repository)
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(title))
 
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GitRepos), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
diff --git a/modules/github/display.go b/modules/github/display.go
index 940e12fc..556f38a3 100644
--- a/modules/github/display.go
+++ b/modules/github/display.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name, widget.title(repo))))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name(), widget.title(repo))))
 
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GithubRepos), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Stats[white]\n"
diff --git a/modules/gitlab/display.go b/modules/gitlab/display.go
index 0c8028cf..3899d7f2 100644
--- a/modules/gitlab/display.go
+++ b/modules/gitlab/display.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s", widget.Name, widget.title(project)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s", widget.Name(), widget.title(project)))
 
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GitlabProjects), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Stats[white]\n"
diff --git a/modules/gitter/widget.go b/modules/gitter/widget.go
index cb15cd0b..89dbb03a 100644
--- a/modules/gitter/widget.go
+++ b/modules/gitter/widget.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	room, err := GetRoom(wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.gitter.roomUri", "wtfutil/Lobby"))
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 		return
 	}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 	} else {
 		widget.messages = messages
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	widget.View.SetWrap(true)
 	widget.View.Clear()
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name, wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.gitter.roomUri", "wtfutil/Lobby"))))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name(), wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.gitter.roomUri", "wtfutil/Lobby"))))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(widget.messages))
 	widget.View.Highlight(strconv.Itoa(widget.selected)).ScrollToHighlight()
 }
diff --git a/modules/hackernews/widget.go b/modules/hackernews/widget.go
index 8600e5c4..be19ab36 100644
--- a/modules/hackernews/widget.go
+++ b/modules/hackernews/widget.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 	} else {
 		var stories []Story
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
 
 	widget.View.Clear()
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %sstories", widget.Name, wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.hackernews.storyType", "top"))))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %sstories", widget.Name(), wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.hackernews.storyType", "top"))))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(widget.stories))
 	widget.View.Highlight(strconv.Itoa(widget.selected)).ScrollToHighlight()
 }
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/widget.go b/modules/jenkins/widget.go
index 9aa70824..23e6d16e 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/widget.go
+++ b/modules/jenkins/widget.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name()))
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
 
 	widget.View.Clear()
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s: [red]%s", widget.Name, widget.view.Name)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s: [red]%s", widget.Name(), widget.view.Name)))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(widget.view))
 	widget.View.Highlight(strconv.Itoa(widget.selected)).ScrollToHighlight()
 }
diff --git a/modules/jira/widget.go b/modules/jira/widget.go
index cd9f80f2..ef260a12 100644
--- a/modules/jira/widget.go
+++ b/modules/jira/widget.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.result = nil
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 	} else {
 		widget.result = searchResult
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	}
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
 
-	str := fmt.Sprintf("%s- [green]%s[white]", widget.Name, wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.jira.project"))
+	str := fmt.Sprintf("%s- [green]%s[white]", widget.Name(), wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.jira.project"))
 
 	widget.View.Clear()
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(str))
diff --git a/modules/mercurial/display.go b/modules/mercurial/display.go
index 87f287ed..724baddb 100644
--- a/modules/mercurial/display.go
+++ b/modules/mercurial/display.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name, repoData.Repository)
+	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name(), repoData.Repository)
 	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(title))
 
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.Data), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
diff --git a/modules/nbascore/widget.go b/modules/nbascore/widget.go
index 4231fcc1..242decb9 100644
--- a/modules/nbascore/widget.go
+++ b/modules/nbascore/widget.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	widget.nbascore()
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name()))
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) nbascore() {
diff --git a/modules/newrelic/widget.go b/modules/newrelic/widget.go
index a8ee6950..591426c5 100644
--- a/modules/newrelic/widget.go
+++ b/modules/newrelic/widget.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		appName = app.Name
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name, appName)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name(), appName)))
 	widget.View.Clear()
 
 	var content string
diff --git a/modules/opsgenie/widget.go b/modules/opsgenie/widget.go
index 50f509f8..717c5f34 100644
--- a/modules/opsgenie/widget.go
+++ b/modules/opsgenie/widget.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.opsgenie.scheduleIdentifierType"),
 		getSchedules(),
 	)
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name()))
 
 	var content string
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/pagerduty/widget.go b/modules/pagerduty/widget.go
index 5bfea9a5..469abbdb 100644
--- a/modules/pagerduty/widget.go
+++ b/modules/pagerduty/widget.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		incidents, err2 = GetIncidents()
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s", widget.Name)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s", widget.Name())))
 	widget.View.Clear()
 
 	var content string
diff --git a/modules/rollbar/widget.go b/modules/rollbar/widget.go
index 0e836408..e1f34204 100644
--- a/modules/rollbar/widget.go
+++ b/modules/rollbar/widget.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 	} else {
 		widget.items = &items.Results
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
 	projectName := wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.rollbar.projectName", "Items")
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name, projectName)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name(), projectName)))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(widget.items))
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/todo/widget.go b/modules/todo/widget.go
index 1553921b..5f0abeba 100644
--- a/modules/todo/widget.go
+++ b/modules/todo/widget.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	widget.load()
 	widget.display()
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name()))
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) SetList(newList checklist.Checklist) {
diff --git a/modules/travisci/widget.go b/modules/travisci/widget.go
index 9ab5ecc8..8844fcaf 100644
--- a/modules/travisci/widget.go
+++ b/modules/travisci/widget.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		widget.View.SetText(err.Error())
 	} else {
 		widget.builds = builds
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - Builds", widget.Name)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - Builds", widget.Name())))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(widget.builds))
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/trello/widget.go b/modules/trello/widget.go
index 96b017d8..61ddf0cc 100644
--- a/modules/trello/widget.go
+++ b/modules/trello/widget.go
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	var content string
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
-		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+		widget.View.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 		content = err.Error()
 	} else {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(false)
 		widget.View.SetTitle(
 			fmt.Sprintf(
 				"[white]%s: [green]%s ",
-				widget.Name,
+				widget.Name(),
 				wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.trello.board"),
 			),
 		)
diff --git a/modules/unknown/widget.go b/modules/unknown/widget.go
index 76ffe6b1..88653d90 100644
--- a/modules/unknown/widget.go
+++ b/modules/unknown/widget.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, name string) *Widget {
 
 func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s", widget.Name)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s", widget.Name())))
 	widget.View.Clear()
 
-	content := fmt.Sprintf("Widget %s does not exist", widget.Name)
+	content := fmt.Sprintf("Widget %s does not exist", widget.Name())
 	widget.View.SetText(content)
 }
diff --git a/modules/victorops/widget.go b/modules/victorops/widget.go
index 0a9dac06..a4de256f 100644
--- a/modules/victorops/widget.go
+++ b/modules/victorops/widget.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	}
 
 	teams, err := Fetch()
-	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name()))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		widget.View.SetWrap(true)
diff --git a/modules/zendesk/widget.go b/modules/zendesk/widget.go
index 7d1b08ab..153a954f 100644
--- a/modules/zendesk/widget.go
+++ b/modules/zendesk/widget.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 /* -------------------- Unexported Functions -------------------- */
 
 func (widget *Widget) display() {
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s (%d)", widget.Name, widget.result.Count))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s (%d)", widget.Name(), widget.result.Count))
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.textContent(widget.result.Tickets))
 }
 
diff --git a/wtf/bargraph.go b/wtf/bargraph.go
index 8642ea20..cc00887e 100644
--- a/wtf/bargraph.go
+++ b/wtf/bargraph.go
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ import (
 
 //BarGraph lets make graphs
 type BarGraph struct {
-	enabled    bool
-	focusable  bool
-	starChar   string
-	maxStars   int
-	Name       string
+	enabled   bool
+	focusable bool
+	key       string
+	maxStars  int
+	name      string
+	starChar  string
+
 	RefreshInt int
 	View       *tview.TextView
 
 	Position
-
 }
 
 type Bar struct {
@@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ func NewBarGraph(app *tview.Application, name string, configKey string, focusabl
 	widget := BarGraph{
 		enabled:    Config.UBool(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.enabled", configKey), false),
 		focusable:  focusable,
-		starChar:   Config.UString(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.graphIcon", configKey), "|"),
+		key:        configKey,
 		maxStars:   Config.UInt(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.graphStars", configKey), 20),
-		Name:       Config.UString(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.title", configKey), name),
+		name:       Config.UString(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.title", configKey), name),
+		starChar:   Config.UString(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.graphIcon", configKey), "|"),
 		RefreshInt: Config.UInt(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.refreshInterval", configKey), 1),
 	}
 
@@ -78,6 +80,20 @@ func (widget *BarGraph) FocusChar() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// IsPositionable returns TRUE if the widget has valid position parameters, FALSE if it has
+// invalid position parameters (ie: cannot be placed onscreen)
+func (widget *BarGraph) IsPositionable() bool {
+	return widget.Position.IsValid()
+}
+
+func (widget *BarGraph) Key() string {
+	return widget.key
+}
+
+func (widget *BarGraph) Name() string {
+	return widget.name
+}
+
 func (widget *BarGraph) RefreshInterval() int {
 	return widget.RefreshInt
 }
@@ -99,7 +115,7 @@ func (widget *BarGraph) addView(app *tview.Application, configKey string) {
 	view.SetBorder(true)
 	view.SetBorderColor(ColorFor(widget.BorderColor()))
 	view.SetDynamicColors(true)
-	view.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+	view.SetTitle(widget.Name())
 	view.SetTitleColor(ColorFor(
 		Config.UString(
 			fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.colors.title", configKey),
@@ -154,11 +170,11 @@ func BuildStars(data []Bar, maxStars int, starChar string) string {
 			fmt.Sprintf(
 				"%s%s[[red]%s[white]%s] %s\n",
 				bar.Label,
-				strings.Repeat(" ", longestLabel - len(bar.Label)),
+				strings.Repeat(" ", longestLabel-len(bar.Label)),
 				strings.Repeat(starChar, starCount),
-				strings.Repeat(" ", maxStars - starCount),
+				strings.Repeat(" ", maxStars-starCount),
 				label,
-				),
+			),
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/wtf/display.go b/wtf/display.go
index 7779cb5b..431e36d4 100644
--- a/wtf/display.go
+++ b/wtf/display.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ func (display *Display) add(widget Wtfable) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if !widget.IsPositionable() {
+		return
+	}
+
 	display.Grid.AddItem(
 		widget.TextView(),
 		widget.Top(),
diff --git a/wtf/enabler.go b/wtf/enabler.go
index c7a5b973..cdf2894d 100644
--- a/wtf/enabler.go
+++ b/wtf/enabler.go
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ package wtf
 type Enabler interface {
 	Disabled() bool
 	Enabled() bool
+	IsPositionable() bool
+
 	Disable()
 }
diff --git a/wtf/position.go b/wtf/position.go
index 521a93b3..18e8fc9e 100644
--- a/wtf/position.go
+++ b/wtf/position.go
@@ -18,18 +18,26 @@ func NewPosition(top, left, width, height int) Position {
 	return pos
 }
 
-func (pos *Position) Top() int {
-	return pos.top
+func (pos *Position) IsValid() bool {
+	if pos.height < 1 || pos.left < 0 || pos.top < 0 || pos.width < 1 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func (pos *Position) Height() int {
+	return pos.height
 }
 
 func (pos *Position) Left() int {
 	return pos.left
 }
 
+func (pos *Position) Top() int {
+	return pos.top
+}
+
 func (pos *Position) Width() int {
 	return pos.width
 }
-
-func (pos *Position) Height() int {
-	return pos.height
-}
diff --git a/wtf/position_test.go b/wtf/position_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e8edabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wtf/position_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package wtf
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_NewPosition(t *testing.T) {
+	pos := NewPosition(0, 1, 2, 3)
+
+	if pos.Height() != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 3 but got %d", pos.Height())
+	}
+
+	if pos.Left() != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 but got %d", pos.Left())
+	}
+
+	if pos.Top() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 0 but got %d", pos.Top())
+	}
+
+	if pos.Width() != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 2 but got %d", pos.Width())
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_IsValid(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		height   int
+		left     int
+		top      int
+		width    int
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "valid position",
+			height:   2,
+			left:     0,
+			top:      1,
+			width:    2,
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid height",
+			height:   0,
+			left:     0,
+			top:      1,
+			width:    2,
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid left",
+			height:   2,
+			left:     -1,
+			top:      1,
+			width:    2,
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid top",
+			height:   2,
+			left:     0,
+			top:      -1,
+			width:    2,
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid width",
+			height:   2,
+			left:     0,
+			top:      1,
+			width:    0,
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		pos := NewPosition(tt.top, tt.left, tt.width, tt.height)
+		actual := pos.IsValid()
+
+		if actual != tt.expected {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected: %v, got: %v", tt.name, tt.expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/wtf/text_widget.go b/wtf/text_widget.go
index 1e661e9b..74ead21f 100644
--- a/wtf/text_widget.go
+++ b/wtf/text_widget.go
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ type TextWidget struct {
 	enabled   bool
 	focusable bool
 	focusChar string
+	key       string
+	name      string
 
-	Name       string
 	RefreshInt int
 	View       *tview.TextView
 
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ func NewTextWidget(app *tview.Application, name string, configKey string, focusa
 		enabled:    Config.UBool(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.enabled", configKey), false),
 		focusable:  focusable,
 		focusChar:  focusChar,
-		Name:       Config.UString(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.title", configKey), name),
+		key:        configKey,
+		name:       Config.UString(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.title", configKey), name),
 		RefreshInt: Config.UInt(fmt.Sprintf("wtf.mods.%s.refreshInterval", configKey)),
 	}
 
@@ -86,6 +88,20 @@ func (widget *TextWidget) FocusChar() string {
 	return widget.focusChar
 }
 
+// IsPositionable returns TRUE if the widget has valid position parameters, FALSE if it has
+// invalid position parameters (ie: cannot be placed onscreen)
+func (widget *TextWidget) IsPositionable() bool {
+	return widget.Position.IsValid()
+}
+
+func (widget *TextWidget) Key() string {
+	return widget.key
+}
+
+func (widget *TextWidget) Name() string {
+	return widget.name
+}
+
 func (widget *TextWidget) RefreshInterval() int {
 	return widget.RefreshInt
 }
@@ -129,7 +145,7 @@ func (widget *TextWidget) addView(app *tview.Application, configKey string) {
 		app.Draw()
 	})
 	view.SetDynamicColors(true)
-	view.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
+	view.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.name))
 	view.SetWrap(false)
 
 	widget.View = view
diff --git a/wtf/wtfable.go b/wtf/wtfable.go
index 973db6c6..86e33121 100644
--- a/wtf/wtfable.go
+++ b/wtf/wtfable.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ type Wtfable interface {
 	BorderColor() string
 	Focusable() bool
 	FocusChar() string
+	Key() string
+	Name() string
 	SetFocusChar(string)
 	TextView() *tview.TextView
 
diff --git a/wtf_tests/position_test.go b/wtf_tests/position_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ed5cbd4c..00000000
--- a/wtf_tests/position_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package wtf_tests
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	. "github.com/wtfutil/wtf/wtf"
-)
-
-func TestPosition(t *testing.T) {
-	pos := NewPosition(0, 1, 2, 3)
-
-	if pos.Top() != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 0 but got %d", pos.Top())
-	}
-
-	if pos.Left() != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 but got %d", pos.Left())
-	}
-
-	if pos.Width() != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 2 but got %d", pos.Width())
-	}
-
-	if pos.Height() != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 3 but got %d", pos.Height())
-	}
-}