diff --git a/include/widgets/listview.h b/include/widgets/listview.h
index 1b89902a..fbc1aff7 100644
--- a/include/widgets/listview.h
+++ b/include/widgets/listview.h
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ typedef void ( *listview_mouse_activated_cb )( listview *, xcb_button_press_even
  * @param cb The update callback.
  * @param udata The user data to pass to the callback
  * @param eh The height of one element
+ * @param reverse Reverse the listview order.
  *
  * @returns a new listview
  */
-listview *listview_create ( const char *name, listview_update_callback cb, void *udata, unsigned int eh );
+listview *listview_create ( const char *name, listview_update_callback cb, void *udata, unsigned int eh, gboolean reverse );
 
 /**
  * @param lv The listview handle
@@ -184,13 +185,6 @@ void listview_set_num_lines ( listview *lv, unsigned int num_lines );
  */
 void listview_set_max_lines ( listview *lv, unsigned int max_lines );
 
-/**
- * @param lv Handler to the listview object.
- * @param reverse Reverse the listview order.
- *
- * Set reversing the listview.
- */
-void listview_reverse ( listview *lv, gboolean reverse );
 /* @} */
 
 #endif // ROFI_LISTVIEW_H
diff --git a/source/view.c b/source/view.c
index d207a3c1..6ec5b0b7 100644
--- a/source/view.c
+++ b/source/view.c
@@ -1505,10 +1505,7 @@ RofiViewState *rofi_view_create ( Mode *sw,
     state->overlay = textbox_create ( "overlay.textbox", TB_AUTOWIDTH|TB_AUTOHEIGHT, URGENT, "blaat"  );
     widget_disable ( WIDGET ( state->overlay ) );
 
-    state->list_view = listview_create ( "listview", update_callback, state, config.element_height );
-    if ( end ){
-        listview_reverse ( state->list_view, TRUE );
-    }
+    state->list_view = listview_create ( "listview", update_callback, state, config.element_height, end );
     // Set configuration
     listview_set_multi_select ( state->list_view, ( state->menu_flags & MENU_INDICATOR ) == MENU_INDICATOR );
     listview_set_scroll_type ( state->list_view, config.scroll_method );
diff --git a/source/widgets/box.c b/source/widgets/box.c
index e485c5e4..72c52ff9 100644
--- a/source/widgets/box.c
+++ b/source/widgets/box.c
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ void box_add ( box *box, widget *child, gboolean expand, gboolean end )
         height = MAX (height, child->h+widget_padding_get_padding_height ( WIDGET ( box )));
         box->widget.h = height;
     }
-    child->expand = expand;
-    child->end    = end;
+    child->expand = rofi_theme_get_boolean ( child->class_name, child->name, child->state, "expand", expand);
+    child->end = rofi_theme_get_boolean ( child->class_name, child->name, child->state, "end", end);
     child->parent = WIDGET ( box );
     box->children = g_list_append ( box->children, (void *) child );
     widget_update ( WIDGET ( box ) );
diff --git a/source/widgets/listview.c b/source/widgets/listview.c
index 41551a80..604139e5 100644
--- a/source/widgets/listview.c
+++ b/source/widgets/listview.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static gboolean listview_motion_notify ( widget *wid, xcb_motion_notify_event_t
 
     return FALSE;
 }
-listview *listview_create ( const char *name, listview_update_callback cb, void *udata, unsigned int eh )
+listview *listview_create ( const char *name, listview_update_callback cb, void *udata, unsigned int eh, gboolean reverse )
 {
     listview *lv = g_malloc0 ( sizeof ( listview ) );
 
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ listview *listview_create ( const char *name, listview_update_callback cb, void
     lv->fixed_num_lines = rofi_theme_get_boolean  (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL, "fixed-height", config.fixed_num_lines );
     lv->dynamic         = rofi_theme_get_boolean  (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL, "dynamic",      TRUE );
 
+    lv->reverse         = rofi_theme_get_boolean  (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL, "reverse",      reverse );
     listview_set_show_scrollbar ( lv, rofi_theme_get_boolean ( lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL, "scrollbar", !config.hide_scrollbar ));
     listview_set_scrollbar_width ( lv, rofi_theme_get_integer ( lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL, "scrollbar-width", config.scrollbar_width ));
     lv->cycle = rofi_theme_get_boolean ( lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL,  "cycle", config.cycle );
@@ -580,7 +581,3 @@ void listview_set_max_lines ( listview *lv, unsigned int max_lines )
         lv->max_displayed_lines = max_lines;
     }
 }
-void listview_reverse ( listview *lv, gboolean reverse )
-{
-    lv->reverse = reverse;
-}