diff --git a/src/keybinds.h b/src/keybinds.h
index 45b2c9ec..45633cf2 100644
--- a/src/keybinds.h
+++ b/src/keybinds.h
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ static inline bool keys_are_pressed(const std::vector<KeySym>& keys) {
     char keys_return[32];
     size_t pressed = 0;
 
-    g_x11->XQueryKeymap(get_xdisplay(), keys_return);
+    auto libx11 = get_libx11();
+    libx11->XQueryKeymap(get_xdisplay(), keys_return);
 
     for (KeySym ks : keys) {
-        KeyCode kc2 = g_x11->XKeysymToKeycode(get_xdisplay(), ks);
+        KeyCode kc2 = libx11->XKeysymToKeycode(get_xdisplay(), ks);
 
         bool isPressed = !!(keys_return[kc2 >> 3] & (1 << (kc2 & 7)));
 
diff --git a/src/loaders/loader_x11.cpp b/src/loaders/loader_x11.cpp
index 4db6f78e..549424fc 100644
--- a/src/loaders/loader_x11.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders/loader_x11.cpp
@@ -89,4 +89,10 @@ void libx11_loader::CleanUp(bool unload) {
 
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<libx11_loader> g_x11(new libx11_loader("libX11.so.6"));
+static std::shared_ptr<libx11_loader> loader;
+std::shared_ptr<libx11_loader> get_libx11()
+{
+    if (!loader)
+        loader = std::make_shared<libx11_loader>("libX11.so.6");
+    return loader;
+}
diff --git a/src/loaders/loader_x11.h b/src/loaders/loader_x11.h
index 4b502428..fedac4ce 100644
--- a/src/loaders/loader_x11.h
+++ b/src/loaders/loader_x11.h
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ class libx11_loader {
   void operator=(const libx11_loader&);
 };
 
-extern std::shared_ptr<libx11_loader> g_x11;
+std::shared_ptr<libx11_loader> get_libx11();
diff --git a/src/nvctrl.cpp b/src/nvctrl.cpp
index a3ca11e5..7389b4f7 100644
--- a/src/nvctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/nvctrl.cpp
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@ bool nvctrlSuccess = false;
 static bool find_nv_x11(libnvctrl_loader& nvctrl, Display*& dpy)
 {
     char buf[8] {};
+    auto libx11 = get_libx11();
     for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), ":%d", i);
-        Display *d = g_x11->XOpenDisplay(buf);
+        Display *d = libx11->XOpenDisplay(buf);
         if (d) {
             if (nvctrl.XNVCTRLIsNvScreen(d, i)) {
                 dpy = d;
                 SPDLOG_DEBUG("XNVCtrl is using display {}", buf);
                 return true;
             }
-            g_x11->XCloseDisplay(d);
+            libx11->XCloseDisplay(d);
         }
     }
     return false;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ static bool find_nv_x11(libnvctrl_loader& nvctrl, Display*& dpy)
 
 bool checkXNVCtrl()
 {
-    if (!g_x11->IsLoaded())
+    if (!get_libx11()->IsLoaded())
         return false;
 
     auto& nvctrl = get_libnvctrl_loader();
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ bool checkXNVCtrl()
         return false;
     }
 
-    auto local_x11 = g_x11;
+    auto local_x11 = get_libx11();
     display = { dpy,
         [local_x11](Display *dpy) {
             local_x11->XCloseDisplay(dpy);
diff --git a/src/overlay_params.cpp b/src/overlay_params.cpp
index 58b5fded..a0998f5a 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay_params.cpp
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ static std::vector<KeySym>
 parse_string_to_keysym_vec(const char *str)
 {
    std::vector<KeySym> keys;
-   if(g_x11->IsLoaded())
+   if(get_libx11()->IsLoaded())
    {
       auto keyStrings = str_tokenize(str);
       for (auto& ks : keyStrings) {
          trim(ks);
-         KeySym xk = g_x11->XStringToKeysym(ks.c_str());
+         KeySym xk = get_libx11()->XStringToKeysym(ks.c_str());
          if (xk)
             keys.push_back(xk);
          else
diff --git a/src/shared_x11.cpp b/src/shared_x11.cpp
index ec2b25c5..56b9a7cb 100644
--- a/src/shared_x11.cpp
+++ b/src/shared_x11.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ bool init_x11() {
     if (display)
         return true;
 
-    if (!g_x11->IsLoaded()) {
+    auto libx11 = get_libx11();
+
+    if (!libx11->IsLoaded()) {
         SPDLOG_ERROR("X11 loader failed to load");
         failed = true;
         return false;
@@ -24,11 +26,10 @@ bool init_x11() {
 
     const char *displayid = getenv("DISPLAY");
     if (displayid) {
-        auto local_x11 = g_x11;
-        display = { g_x11->XOpenDisplay(displayid),
-            [local_x11](Display* dpy) {
+        display = { libx11->XOpenDisplay(displayid),
+            [libx11](Display* dpy) {
                 if (dpy)
-                    local_x11->XCloseDisplay(dpy);
+                    libx11->XCloseDisplay(dpy);
             }
         };
     }