diff --git a/cfg/common_settings.go b/cfg/common_settings.go
index 12a58026..a78a3394 100644
--- a/cfg/common_settings.go
+++ b/cfg/common_settings.go
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ type Module struct {
 	Type string
 }
 
-type Position struct {
-	Height int
-	Left   int
-	Top    int
-	Width  int
-}
-
 type Sigils struct {
 	Checkbox struct {
 		Checked   string
@@ -64,7 +57,6 @@ type Common struct {
 
 func NewCommonSettingsFromModule(name, defaultTitle string, moduleConfig *config.Config, globalSettings *config.Config) *Common {
 	colorsConfig, _ := globalSettings.Get("wtf.colors")
-	positionPath := "position"
 	sigilsPath := "wtf.sigils"
 
 	common := Common{
@@ -86,12 +78,7 @@ func NewCommonSettingsFromModule(name, defaultTitle string, moduleConfig *config
 			Type: moduleConfig.UString("type", name),
 		},
 
-		Position: Position{
-			Height: moduleConfig.UInt(positionPath + ".height"),
-			Left:   moduleConfig.UInt(positionPath + ".left"),
-			Top:    moduleConfig.UInt(positionPath + ".top"),
-			Width:  moduleConfig.UInt(positionPath + ".width"),
-		},
+		Position: NewPositionFromYAML(name, moduleConfig),
 
 		Enabled:         moduleConfig.UBool("enabled", false),
 		RefreshInterval: moduleConfig.UInt("refreshInterval", 300),
diff --git a/cfg/config_files.go b/cfg/config_files.go
index 19f46ecf..50a73f04 100644
--- a/cfg/config_files.go
+++ b/cfg/config_files.go
@@ -126,12 +126,15 @@ func LoadConfigFile(filePath string) *config.Config {
 
 	cfg, err := config.ParseYamlFile(absPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("\n\033[1mERROR:\033[0m Could not load '\033[0;33mconfig.yml\033[0m'.\n")
-		fmt.Println("This could mean one of two things:\n")
+		fmt.Println("\n\033[1mERROR:\033[0m Could not load '\033[0;33mconfig.yml\033[0m'.")
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Println("This could mean one of two things:")
+		fmt.Println()
 		fmt.Println("    1. Your \033[0;33mconfig.yml\033[0m file is missing. Check in \033[0;33m~/.config/wtf\033[0m to see if \033[0;33mconfig.yml\033[0m is there.")
 		fmt.Println("    2. Your \033[0;33mconfig.yml\033[0m file has a syntax error. Try running it through http://www.yamllint.com to check for errors.")
 		fmt.Println()
 		fmt.Printf("Error: \033[0;31m%s\033[0m\n\n", err.Error())
+
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cfg/position.go b/cfg/position.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc59c23b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg/position.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package cfg
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/olebedev/config"
+)
+
+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
+	Left   int
+	Top    int
+	Width  int
+}
+
+// NewPositionFromYAML creates and returns a new instance of Position
+func NewPositionFromYAML(moduleName string, moduleConfig *config.Config) Position {
+	var val int
+	var err error
+	validations := make(map[string]*positionValidation)
+
+	// Parse the positional data from the config data
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".top")
+	validations["top"] = newPositionValidation("top", val, err)
+
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".left")
+	validations["left"] = newPositionValidation("left", val, err)
+
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".width")
+	validations["width"] = newPositionValidation("width", val, err)
+
+	val, err = moduleConfig.Int(positionPath + ".height")
+	validations["height"] = newPositionValidation("height", val, err)
+
+	validatePositions(moduleName, validations)
+
+	pos := Position{
+		Top:    validations["top"].val,
+		Left:   validations["left"].val,
+		Width:  validations["width"].val,
+		Height: validations["height"].val,
+	}
+
+	return pos
+}
+
+/* -------------------- Unexported Functions -------------------- */
+
+// If any of the position values have an error then we inform the user and exit the app
+// Common examples of invalid position configuration are:
+//
+//    position:
+//      top: 3
+//      width: 2
+//      height: 1
+//
+//    position:
+//      top: 3
+//      # left: 2
+//      width: 2
+//      height: 1
+//
+//    position:
+//    top: 3
+//    left: 2
+//    width: 2
+//    height: 1
+//
+func validatePositions(moduleName string, validations map[string]*positionValidation) {
+	var errStr string
+
+	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;1mErrors in %s position configuration\033[0m\n", strings.Title(moduleName))
+		fmt.Println(errStr)
+		fmt.Println("Please check your config.yml file.")
+		fmt.Println()
+
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/transmission/widget.go b/modules/transmission/widget.go
index d53297e1..c31be5e8 100644
--- a/modules/transmission/widget.go
+++ b/modules/transmission/widget.go
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) deleteSelectedTorrent() {
 	}
 
 	widget.client.TorrentRemove(removePayload)
+
+	widget.display()
 }
 
 // pauseUnpauseTorrent either pauses or unpauses the downloading and seeding of the selected torrent