diff --git a/src/score.c b/src/score.c
index 5284ed1..addc6f3 100644
--- a/src/score.c
+++ b/src/score.c
@@ -4,51 +4,57 @@
 
 static const FcChar8 *SCORE_FONT_FAMILY = "Liberation Mono";
 static const FcChar8 *SCORE_FONT_STYLE = "Bold";
+static TTF_Font *SCORE_FONT = NULL;
+static FcChar8 *SCORE_FONT_FILE = NULL;
 static const int SCORE_FONT_PTSIZE = 16;
+static const SDL_Color SCORE_FONT_COLOR = { 255, 255, 255 };
 
 Score*
 Score_init(int posX, int posY) {
-  FcConfig *config = FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts();
-  FcPattern *pat = FcPatternCreate();
-  
-  FcObjectSet* os = FcObjectSetBuild (FC_FAMILY, FC_STYLE, FC_LANG, FC_FILE, (char *) 0);
-  FcFontSet* fs = FcFontList(config, pat, os);
-  
-  FcChar8 *file, *style, *family;
-  for (int i=0; fs && i < fs->nfont; ++i) {
-    FcPattern* font = fs->fonts[i];
-    if (FcPatternGetString(font, FC_FILE, 0, &file) == FcResultMatch
-	&& FcPatternGetString(font, FC_FAMILY, 0, &family) == FcResultMatch
-	&& FcPatternGetString(font, FC_STYLE, 0, &style) == FcResultMatch
-	&& strcmp(SCORE_FONT_FAMILY, family) == 0
-	&& strcmp(SCORE_FONT_STYLE, style) == 0) {
-      break;
-      }
-  }
-  
   Score *s = malloc(sizeof(Score));
   *(int *)&s->POSX = posX;
   *(int *)&s->POSY = posY;
   s->score = 0;
-  s->font = TTF_OpenFont(file, SCORE_FONT_PTSIZE);
-  if (s->font == NULL) {
-    printf("TTF_OpenFont fail with path '%s'. TTF_Error: %s\n", file, TTF_GetError());
-    free(s);
-    return NULL;
+
+  if (SCORE_FONT == NULL) {
+    FcConfig *config = FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts();
+    FcPattern *pat = FcPatternCreate();
+    
+    FcObjectSet* os = FcObjectSetBuild (FC_FAMILY, FC_STYLE, FC_LANG, FC_FILE, (char *) 0);
+    FcFontSet* fs = FcFontList(config, pat, os);
+  
+    FcChar8 *style, *family;
+    for (int i=0; fs && i < fs->nfont; ++i) {
+      FcPattern* font = fs->fonts[i];
+      if (FcPatternGetString(font, FC_FILE, 0, &SCORE_FONT_FILE) == FcResultMatch
+	  && FcPatternGetString(font, FC_FAMILY, 0, &family) == FcResultMatch
+	  && FcPatternGetString(font, FC_STYLE, 0, &style) == FcResultMatch
+	  && strcmp(SCORE_FONT_FAMILY, family) == 0
+	  && strcmp(SCORE_FONT_STYLE, style) == 0) {
+	break;
+      }
+    }
+    SCORE_FONT = TTF_OpenFont(SCORE_FONT_FILE, SCORE_FONT_PTSIZE);
+    FcFontSetDestroy(fs);
+    FcObjectSetDestroy(os);
+    FcPatternDestroy(pat);
+    FcConfigDestroy(config);
+    if (SCORE_FONT == NULL) {
+      printf("TTF_OpenFont fail with path '%s'. TTF_Error: %s\n", SCORE_FONT_FILE, TTF_GetError());
+      free(s);
+      return NULL;
+    }
   }
 
-  FcFontSetDestroy(fs);
-  FcObjectSetDestroy(os);
-  FcPatternDestroy(pat);
-  FcConfigDestroy(config);
-  
-  s->textColor = (SDL_Color) { 255, 255, 255 };
   return s;
 }
 
 void
 Score_free(Score *s) {
-  TTF_CloseFont(s->font);
+  if (SCORE_FONT != NULL) {
+    TTF_CloseFont(SCORE_FONT);
+    SCORE_FONT = NULL;
+  }
   free(s);
 }
 
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ Score_render(const Score *s, SDL_Renderer *renderer) {
   SDL_Rect scoreRect = { s->POSX , s->POSY, SCORE_WIDTH, SCORE_HEIGHT };
 
   sprintf(score_str, "%i", s->score);
-  SDL_Surface *scoreSurface = TTF_RenderText_Solid(s->font, score_str, s->textColor);
+  SDL_Surface *scoreSurface = TTF_RenderText_Solid(SCORE_FONT, score_str, SCORE_FONT_COLOR);
   if (scoreSurface == NULL) {
     printf("Text rendering failed. TTF_Error: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
     return 1;
diff --git a/src/score.h b/src/score.h
index 2711633..421c1f1 100644
--- a/src/score.h
+++ b/src/score.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ typedef struct Score {
   const int POSX;
   const int POSY;
   int score;
-  TTF_Font *font;
-  SDL_Color textColor;
 } Score;
 
 Score* Score_init(int posX, int posY);