diff -r 3f66d2d2cd6e dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c	Mon Sep 01 22:18:50 2008 +0100
+++ b/dwm.c	Tue Sep 02 17:49:51 2008 +0200
@@ -514,6 +514,11 @@ drawbar(void) {
 	}
 
 	dc.x = 0;
+	if(blw > 0) {
+		dc.w = blw;
+		drawtext(lt[sellt]->symbol, dc.norm, False);
+		dc.x += dc.w;
+	}
 	for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags); i++) {
 		dc.w = TEXTW(tags[i]);
 		col = tagset[seltags] & 1 << i ? dc.sel : dc.norm;
@@ -521,13 +526,7 @@ drawbar(void) {
 		drawsquare(sel && sel->tags & 1 << i, occ & 1 << i, urg & 1 << i, col);
 		dc.x += dc.w;
 	}
-	if(blw > 0) {
-		dc.w = blw;
-		drawtext(lt[sellt]->symbol, dc.norm, False);
-		x = dc.x + dc.w;
-	}
-	else
-		x = dc.x;
+	x = dc.x;
 	dc.w = TEXTW(stext);
 	dc.x = ww - dc.w;
 	if(dc.x < x) {