diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 65837bf..1e102fe 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ static const char *DEFAULT_MARK_COLOR = NULL;  /* NULL means it will default to
 static const char *DEFAULT_BAR_BG     = NULL;  /* NULL means it will default to window background */
 static const char *DEFAULT_BAR_FG     = NULL;  /* NULL means it will default to window foreground */
 static const char *DEFAULT_FONT       = "monospace-8";
-#endif
 
 /* if true, statusbar appears on top of the window */
 static const bool TOP_STATUSBAR = false;
+#endif /* HAVE_LIBFONTS */
 
 #endif
 #ifdef _IMAGE_CONFIG
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index dc071ef..f485d39 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static bool check_timeouts(struct timeval *t)
 	return tmin > 0;
 }
 
-size_t get_win_title(char *buf, int len)
+size_t get_win_title(unsigned char *buf, int len)
 {
 	char *argv[8];
 	spawn_t pfd;
diff --git a/nsxiv.h b/nsxiv.h
index afa657f..a60f028 100644
--- a/nsxiv.h
+++ b/nsxiv.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ enum {
 	ATOM__NET_WM_STATE,
 	ATOM__NET_WM_PID,
 	ATOM__NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN,
+	ATOM_UTF8_STRING,
 	ATOM_COUNT
 };
 
diff --git a/window.c b/window.c
index 7d82975..9bfc2ec 100644
--- a/window.c
+++ b/window.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 #include <X11/Xresource.h>
 
-extern size_t get_win_title(char *, int);
+extern size_t get_win_title(unsigned char *, int);
 
 #if HAVE_LIBFONTS
 #include "utf8.h"
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ void win_init(win_t *win)
 	INIT_ATOM_(_NET_WM_STATE);
 	INIT_ATOM_(_NET_WM_PID);
 	INIT_ATOM_(_NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN);
+	INIT_ATOM_(UTF8_STRING);
 }
 
 void win_open(win_t *win)
@@ -504,18 +505,16 @@ void win_draw_rect(win_t *win, int x, int y, int w, int h, bool fill, int lw,
 
 void win_set_title(win_t *win)
 {
-	char title[512];
+	unsigned char title[512];
 	size_t len;
 
 	if ((len = get_win_title(title, ARRLEN(title))) <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	XChangeProperty(win->env.dpy, win->xwin, atoms[ATOM__NET_WM_NAME],
-	                XInternAtom(win->env.dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False), 8,
-	                PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) title, len);
+	                atoms[ATOM_UTF8_STRING], 8, PropModeReplace, title, len);
 	XChangeProperty(win->env.dpy, win->xwin, atoms[ATOM__NET_WM_ICON_NAME],
-	                XInternAtom(win->env.dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False), 8,
-	                PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) title, len);
+	                atoms[ATOM_UTF8_STRING], 8, PropModeReplace, title, len);
 }
 
 void win_set_cursor(win_t *win, cursor_t cursor)