diff --git a/gui/gst.cpp b/gui/gst.cpp
index 1d1843cd..fcfe9a9b 100644
--- a/gui/gst.cpp
+++ b/gui/gst.cpp
@@ -19,36 +19,30 @@ static GtkScale  *o_seek;
 static GtkSpinButton  *o_count;
 static GtkToggleButton *o_enabled;
 
-static GtkLabel *o_album;
-static GtkLabel *o_artist;
 static GtkLabel *o_duration;
 static GtkLabel *o_position;
-static GtkLabel *o_title;
 static GtkAdjustment *o_progress;
 
+const gchar *TITLE_FMT  = "<span size='xx-large'>%s</span>";
+const gchar *ARTIST_FMT = "<span size='x-large'>By: %s</span>";
+const gchar *ALBUM_FMT  = "<span size='x-large'>From: %s</span>";
 
-static void set_markup(GtkLabel *label, const std::string &size,
-			const std::string &text)
+static inline void __audio_set_label(const gchar *label, const gchar *fmt,
+				     const gchar *text)
 {
-	gchar *markup = g_markup_printf_escaped("<span size='%s'>%s</span>",
-						size.c_str(), text.c_str());
-	gtk_label_set_markup(label, markup);
+	gchar *markup = g_markup_printf_escaped(fmt, text);
+	gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(gui_builder_widget(label)), markup);
 	g_free(markup);
 }
 
 static void on_load(struct track *track)
 {
 	Gtk::ToggleButton *toggle;
+	gchar *str;
 
-	gchar *str = g_strdup_printf("From: %s", track->tr_album->al_name);
-	set_markup(o_album,  "x-large", str);
-	g_free(str);
-
-	str = g_strdup_printf("By: %s", track->tr_artist->ar_name);
-	set_markup(o_artist, "x-large", str);
-	g_free(str);
-
-	set_markup(o_title, "xx-large", track->tr_title);
+	__audio_set_label("o_title",  TITLE_FMT,  track->tr_title);
+	__audio_set_label("o_artist", ARTIST_FMT, track->tr_artist->ar_name);
+	__audio_set_label("o_album",  ALBUM_FMT,  track->tr_album->al_name);
 
 	str = string_sec2str(track->tr_length);
 	gtk_label_set_text(o_duration, str);
@@ -136,11 +130,8 @@ void gst :: init_pre()
 	o_count   = GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(gui_builder_widget("o_pause_count"));
 	o_enabled = GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(gui_builder_widget("o_pause_enabled"));
 
-	o_album    = GTK_LABEL(gui_builder_widget("o_album"));
-	o_artist   = GTK_LABEL(gui_builder_widget("o_artist"));
 	o_duration = GTK_LABEL(gui_builder_widget("o_duration"));
 	o_position = GTK_LABEL(gui_builder_widget("o_position"));
-	o_title    = GTK_LABEL(gui_builder_widget("o_title"));
 	o_progress = GTK_ADJUSTMENT(gui_builder_object("o_progress"));
 
 	g_signal_connect(o_seek, "change-value", G_CALLBACK(on_seek), NULL);