diff --git a/gui/gst.cpp b/gui/gst.cpp
index 54e8960c..3bb8bd6e 100644
--- a/gui/gst.cpp
+++ b/gui/gst.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ static Gtk::Button *o_prev;
 static Gtk::Scale  *o_seek;
 static Gtk::Button *o_stop;
 
-static Gtk::Label  *o_position;
+static Gtk::Label *o_album;
+static Gtk::Label *o_artist;
+static Gtk::Label *o_duration;
+static Gtk::Label *o_position;
+static Gtk::Label *o_title;
 static Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Adjustment> o_progress;
 
 
@@ -36,6 +40,13 @@ static bool gst_change_state(GstState state)
 	}
 }
 
+static void set_markup(Gtk::Label *label, const std::string &size,
+			const std::string &text)
+{
+	label->set_markup("<span size='" + size + "'>" +
+			  Glib::Markup::escape_text(text) + "</span>");
+}
+
 
 class GSTDriver : public AudioDriver
 {
@@ -48,6 +59,11 @@ public:
 		g_object_set(G_OBJECT(gst_player), "uri", uri, NULL);
 		g_free(uri);
 
+		set_markup(o_album,  "x-large", "From: " + track->album()->name());
+		set_markup(o_artist, "x-large",   "By: " + track->artist()->name());
+		set_markup(o_title, "xx-large", track->name());
+		o_duration->set_text(track->length_str());
+
 		on_track_loaded(track);
 	}
 
@@ -185,7 +201,11 @@ void init_gst(int *argc, char ***argv)
 	o_seek  = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Scale>("o_seek");
 	o_stop  = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Button>("o_stop");
 
+	o_album    = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_album");
+	o_artist   = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_artist");
+	o_duration = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_duration");
 	o_position = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_position");
+	o_title    = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_title");
 	o_progress = lib :: get_object<Gtk::Adjustment>("o_progress");
 
 	o_next->signal_clicked().connect(sigc::ptr_fun(on_next));
diff --git a/gui/gui.cpp b/gui/gui.cpp
index a1723332..f7c49536 100644
--- a/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -31,26 +31,10 @@ static void on_config_pause_count()
 	enabled->set_active(true);
 }
 
-static void set_label_text(Gtk::Label *label, const std::string &size,
-			   const std::string &text)
-{
-	label->set_markup("<span size='" + size + "'>" +
-			  Glib::Markup::escape_text(text) + "</span>");
-}
-
 void on_track_loaded(Track *track)
 {
 	Gtk::ToggleButton *ban = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::ToggleButton>("o_ban");
 	Gtk::ToggleButton *fav = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::ToggleButton>("o_favorite");
-	Gtk::Label *title = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_title");
-	Gtk::Label *artist = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_artist");
-	Gtk::Label *album = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_album");
-	Gtk::Label *duration = lib :: get_widget<Gtk::Label>("o_duration");
-
-	set_label_text(title, "xx-large", track->name());
-	set_label_text(artist, "x-large", "By: " + track->artist()->name());
-	set_label_text(album, "x-large", "From: " + track->album()->name());
-	duration->set_text(track->length_str());
 
 	bool banned   = playlist :: has(track, "Banned");
 	bool favorite = playlist :: has(track, "Favorites");