diff --git a/rc/tags.lua b/rc/tags.lua
index 5def46e..ff7a360 100644
--- a/rc/tags.lua
+++ b/rc/tags.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ shifty.config.tags = {
       mwfact = 0.7,
       exclusive = true,
       max_clients = 1,
-      position = 3,
       screen = math.max(screen.count(), 2),
       spawn = browser,
       icon = tagicon("web")
@@ -20,14 +19,13 @@ shifty.config.tags = {
    ["2↭emacs"] = {
       mwfact = 0.6,
       exclusive = true,
-      position = 2,
+      screen = 1,
       spawn = "emacs",
       icon = tagicon("dev"),
    },
    ["1↭xterm"] = {
       layout = awful.layout.suit.fair,
       exclusive = true,
-      position = 1,
       slave = true,
       spawn = config.terminal,
       icon = tagicon("main"),
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ shifty.config.tags = {
    ["4↭im"] = {
       mwfact = 0.2,
       exclusive = true,
-      position = 4,
       icon = tagicon("im"),
       nopopup = true
    }