diff --git a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
index 7635516ad..ba45e00f2 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
@@ -2408,8 +2408,7 @@ Singleton {
             const bc = bars[i];
             if (bc.position !== sidePos)
                 continue;
-            const prefs = bc.screenPreferences || ["all"];
-            if (prefs.includes("all") || isScreenInPreferences(screen, prefs))
+            if (barConfigCoversScreen(bc, screen))
                 return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -2512,6 +2511,13 @@ Singleton {
         return filtered;
     }
 
+    function barConfigCoversScreen(bc, screen) {
+        var prefs = bc?.screenPreferences || ["all"];
+        if (prefs.includes("all") || isScreenInPreferences(screen, prefs))
+            return true;
+        return (bc?.showOnLastDisplay ?? false) && Quickshell.screens.length === 1;
+    }
+
     function getActiveBarEdgesForScreen(screen) {
         if (!screen)
             return [];
@@ -2520,8 +2526,7 @@ Singleton {
             var bc = barConfigs[i];
             if (!bc.enabled)
                 continue;
-            var prefs = bc.screenPreferences || ["all"];
-            if (!prefs.includes("all") && !isScreenInPreferences(screen, prefs))
+            if (!barConfigCoversScreen(bc, screen))
                 continue;
             switch (bc.position ?? 0) {
             case SettingsData.Position.Top:
@@ -2549,8 +2554,7 @@ Singleton {
             var bc = barConfigs[i];
             if (!bc.enabled || !(bc.useOverlayLayer ?? false))
                 continue;
-            var prefs = bc.screenPreferences || ["all"];
-            if (!prefs.includes("all") && !isScreenInPreferences(screen, prefs))
+            if (!barConfigCoversScreen(bc, screen))
                 continue;
             switch (bc.position ?? 0) {
             case SettingsData.Position.Top:
diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/DankBar/DankBar.qml b/quickshell/Modules/DankBar/DankBar.qml
index a504df08b..b77c38785 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/DankBar/DankBar.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/DankBar/DankBar.qml
@@ -163,16 +163,7 @@ Item {
     Variants {
         id: barVariants
         model: {
-            const prefs = root.barConfig?.screenPreferences || ["all"];
-            const wantsAll = prefs.includes("all") || (typeof prefs[0] === "string" && prefs[0] === "all");
-            let base;
-            if (wantsAll) {
-                base = Quickshell.screens;
-            } else {
-                base = Quickshell.screens.filter(screen => SettingsData.isScreenInPreferences(screen, prefs));
-                if (base.length === 0 && root.barConfig?.showOnLastDisplay && Quickshell.screens.length === 1)
-                    base = Quickshell.screens;
-            }
+            const base = Quickshell.screens.filter(screen => SettingsData.barConfigCoversScreen(root.barConfig, screen));
             // Connected frame mode renders the bar inside the frame surface; skip the standalone window there
             // unless this bar wants the overlay layer, which the frame surface cannot provide.
             return base.filter(screen => !CompositorService.frameHostsBarForConfig(screen, root.barConfig));
diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/Frame/FrameBarHost.qml b/quickshell/Modules/Frame/FrameBarHost.qml
index 398940eae..c621251aa 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/Frame/FrameBarHost.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/Frame/FrameBarHost.qml
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ Item {
             const bc = configs[i];
             if (!bc.enabled || (bc.useOverlayLayer ?? false))
                 continue;
-            const prefs = bc.screenPreferences || ["all"];
-            if (!prefs.includes("all") && !SettingsData.isScreenInPreferences(host.targetScreen, prefs))
+            if (!SettingsData.barConfigCoversScreen(bc, host.targetScreen))
                 continue;
             let edge = "top";
             switch (bc.position ?? 0) {
diff --git a/quickshell/Widgets/DankOSD.qml b/quickshell/Widgets/DankOSD.qml
index 969384188..dfc37a3fc 100644
--- a/quickshell/Widgets/DankOSD.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Widgets/DankOSD.qml
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ PanelWindow {
             const bc = configs[i];
             if (!bc || !(bc.enabled ?? true) || !(bc.visible ?? true))
                 continue;
-            const prefs = bc.screenPreferences || ["all"];
-            if (!prefs.includes("all") && !SettingsData.isScreenInPreferences(screen, prefs))
+            if (!SettingsData.barConfigCoversScreen(bc, screen))
                 continue;
             const innerPadding = bc.innerPadding ?? (defaultBar?.innerPadding ?? 4);
             const widgetThickness = Math.max(20, 26 + innerPadding * 0.6);