diff --git a/config-verify.c b/config-verify.c
index e20f142..fa5adc4 100644
--- a/config-verify.c
+++ b/config-verify.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "modules/network/network.h"
 #include "modules/removables/removables.h"
 #include "modules/xkb/xkb.h"
+#include "modules/xwindow/xwindow.h"
 
 const char *
 conf_err_prefix(const keychain_t *chain, const struct yml_node *node)
@@ -440,11 +441,6 @@ verify_module(keychain_t *chain, const struct yml_node *node)
         return false;
     }
 
-    static const struct attr_info xwindow[] = {
-        {"content", true, &conf_verify_particle},
-        {"anchors", false, NULL},
-    };
-
     /* TODO: this will dlopened later */
     static const struct {
         const char *name;
@@ -460,6 +456,7 @@ verify_module(keychain_t *chain, const struct yml_node *node)
         {"network", &module_network},
         {"removables", &module_removables},
         {"xkb", &module_xkb},
+        {"xwindow", &module_xwindow},
     };
 
     static const struct {
@@ -467,7 +464,6 @@ verify_module(keychain_t *chain, const struct yml_node *node)
         const struct attr_info *attrs;
         size_t count;
     } modules[] = {
-        {"xwindow", xwindow, sizeof(xwindow) / sizeof(xwindow[0])},
     };
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(modules_v2) / sizeof(modules_v2[0]); i++) {
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 6be88df..734d17a 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -362,13 +362,6 @@ conf_to_particle(const struct yml_node *node, const struct font *parent_font)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static struct module *
-module_xwindow_from_config(const struct yml_node *node, const struct font *parent_font)
-{
-    const struct yml_node *c = yml_get_value(node, "content");
-    return module_xwindow(conf_to_particle(c, parent_font));
-}
-
 struct bar *
 conf_to_bar(const struct yml_node *bar)
 {
@@ -479,10 +472,8 @@ conf_to_bar(const struct yml_node *bar)
                     mods[idx] = module_removables.from_conf(m.value, font);
                 else if (strcmp(mod_name, "xkb") == 0)
                     mods[idx] = module_xkb.from_conf(m.value, font);
-
-
                 else if (strcmp(mod_name, "xwindow") == 0)
-                    mods[idx] = module_xwindow_from_config(m.value, font);
+                    mods[idx] = module_xwindow.from_conf(m.value, font);
                 else
                     assert(false);
             }
diff --git a/modules/xwindow/xwindow.c b/modules/xwindow/xwindow.c
index 515c0a0..d118b1e 100644
--- a/modules/xwindow/xwindow.c
+++ b/modules/xwindow/xwindow.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define LOG_MODULE "xkb"
 #include "../../log.h"
 #include "../../bar.h"
+#include "../../config.h"
 #include "../../xcb.h"
 
 struct private {
@@ -301,8 +302,8 @@ destroy(struct module *mod)
     module_default_destroy(mod);
 }
 
-struct module *
-module_xwindow(struct particle *label)
+static struct module *
+xwindow_new(struct particle *label)
 {
     struct private *m = calloc(1, sizeof(*m));
     m->label = label;
@@ -314,3 +315,20 @@ module_xwindow(struct particle *label)
     mod->content = &content;
     return mod;
 }
+
+static struct module *
+from_conf(const struct yml_node *node, const struct font *parent_font)
+{
+    const struct yml_node *c = yml_get_value(node, "content");
+    return xwindow_new(conf_to_particle(c, parent_font));
+}
+
+const struct module_info module_xwindow = {
+    .from_conf = &from_conf,
+    .attr_count = 2,
+    .attrs = {
+        {"content", true, &conf_verify_particle},
+        {"anchors", false, NULL},
+        {NULL, false, NULL},
+    },
+};
diff --git a/modules/xwindow/xwindow.h b/modules/xwindow/xwindow.h
index cba35f2..0f67953 100644
--- a/modules/xwindow/xwindow.h
+++ b/modules/xwindow/xwindow.h
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
-
 #include "../../module.h"
-#include "../../particle.h"
 
-struct module *module_xwindow(struct particle *label);
+extern const struct module_info module_xwindow;