diff --git a/src/Widgets/DisplaysOverlay.vala b/src/Widgets/DisplaysOverlay.vala
index d76bb41c..3874994d 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/DisplaysOverlay.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/DisplaysOverlay.vala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class Display.DisplaysOverlay : Gtk.Box {
     private int default_y_margin = 0;
 
     private unowned Display.MonitorManager monitor_manager;
-    private static GalaDBus gala_dbus = null;
+    private GalaDBus gala_dbus = null;
     public int active_displays { get; set; default = 0; }
 
     private List<DisplayWidget> display_widgets;
@@ -86,23 +86,6 @@ public class Display.DisplaysOverlay : Gtk.Box {
 
         add_controller (drag_gesture);
 
-        monitor_manager = Display.MonitorManager.get_default ();
-        monitor_manager.notify["virtual-monitor-number"].connect (() => rescan_displays ());
-        rescan_displays ();
-
-        overlay.get_child_position.connect (get_child_position);
-    }
-
-    static construct {
-        var display_provider = new Gtk.CssProvider ();
-        display_provider.load_from_resource ("io/elementary/settings/display/Display.css");
-
-        Gtk.StyleContext.add_provider_for_display (
-            Gdk.Display.get_default (),
-            display_provider,
-            Gtk.STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION
-        );
-
         GLib.Bus.get_proxy.begin<GalaDBus> (
             GLib.BusType.SESSION,
             "org.pantheon.gala.daemon",
@@ -112,10 +95,26 @@ public class Display.DisplaysOverlay : Gtk.Box {
             (obj, res) => {
             try {
                 gala_dbus = GLib.Bus.get_proxy.end (res);
+                monitor_manager = Display.MonitorManager.get_default ();
+                monitor_manager.notify["virtual-monitor-number"].connect (() => rescan_displays ());
+                rescan_displays ();
             } catch (GLib.Error e) {
                 critical (e.message);
             }
         });
+
+        overlay.get_child_position.connect (get_child_position);
+    }
+
+    static construct {
+        var display_provider = new Gtk.CssProvider ();
+        display_provider.load_from_resource ("io/elementary/settings/display/Display.css");
+
+        Gtk.StyleContext.add_provider_for_display (
+            Gdk.Display.get_default (),
+            display_provider,
+            Gtk.STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION
+        );
     }
 
     private double prev_dx = 0;