diff --git a/crates/eww/src/app.rs b/crates/eww/src/app.rs
index aea4157..f55f56b 100644
--- a/crates/eww/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/eww/src/app.rs
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ fn initialize_window(
 
     window.add(&root_widget);
 
-    window.show_all();
+    window.realize();
 
     #[cfg(feature = "x11")]
     {
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ fn initialize_window(
         }
         display_backend::set_xprops(&window, monitor_geometry, &window_def)?;
     }
+
+    window.show_all();
+
     Ok(EwwWindow { name: window_def.name.clone(), definition: window_def, gtk_window: window })
 }
 
@@ -370,7 +373,13 @@ fn apply_window_position(
     let gdk_window = window.get_window().context("Failed to get gdk window from gtk window")?;
     window_geometry.size = Coords::from_pixels(window.get_size());
     let actual_window_rect = get_window_rectangle(window_geometry, monitor_geometry);
-    gdk_window.move_(actual_window_rect.x, actual_window_rect.y);
+
+    let gdk_origin = gdk_window.get_origin();
+
+    if actual_window_rect.x != gdk_origin.1 || actual_window_rect.y != gdk_origin.2 {
+        gdk_window.move_(actual_window_rect.x, actual_window_rect.y);
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/eww/src/opts.rs b/crates/eww/src/opts.rs
index c9bdbea..cc22f56 100644
--- a/crates/eww/src/opts.rs
+++ b/crates/eww/src/opts.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ fn parse_var_update_arg(s: &str) -> Result<(VarName, DynVal)> {
 
 impl ActionWithServer {
     pub fn can_start_daemon(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, ActionWithServer::OpenWindow {..} | ActionWithServer::OpenMany { .. })
+        matches!(self, ActionWithServer::OpenWindow { .. } | ActionWithServer::OpenMany { .. })
     }
 
     pub fn into_daemon_command(self) -> (app::DaemonCommand, Option<daemon_response::DaemonResponseReceiver>) {
diff --git a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
index a12349c..c46a0fe 100644
--- a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
+++ b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use gdk::WindowExt;
 use glib;
 use gtk::{self, prelude::*, ImageExt};
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use std::{cell::RefCell, collections::HashMap, rc::Rc, time::Duration, cmp::Ordering};
+use std::{cell::RefCell, cmp::Ordering, collections::HashMap, rc::Rc, time::Duration};
 use yuck::{
     config::validate::ValidationError,
     error::{AstError, AstResult, AstResultExt},
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ pub(super) fn widget_to_gtk_widget(bargs: &mut BuilderArgs) -> Result<gtk::Widge
         "revealer" => build_gtk_revealer(bargs)?.upcast(),
         "if-else" => build_if_else(bargs)?.upcast(),
         _ => {
-            return Err(AstError::ValidationError(ValidationError::UnknownWidget(bargs.widget.name_span, bargs.widget.name.to_string())).into())
+            return Err(AstError::ValidationError(ValidationError::UnknownWidget(
+                bargs.widget.name_span,
+                bargs.widget.name.to_string(),
+            ))
+            .into())
         }
     };
     Ok(gtk_widget)
@@ -517,11 +521,18 @@ fn build_center_box(bargs: &mut BuilderArgs) -> Result<gtk::Box> {
             // we know that there is more than three children, so unwrapping on first and left here is fine.
             let first_span = additional_children.first().unwrap().span();
             let last_span = additional_children.last().unwrap().span();
-            Err(DiagError::new(gen_diagnostic!("centerbox must contain exactly 3 elements, but got more", first_span.to(last_span))).into())
+            Err(DiagError::new(gen_diagnostic!(
+                "centerbox must contain exactly 3 elements, but got more",
+                first_span.to(last_span)
+            ))
+            .into())
         }
         Ordering::Equal => {
-            let mut children =
-            bargs.widget.children.iter().map(|child| child.render(bargs.eww_state, bargs.window_name, bargs.widget_definitions));
+            let mut children = bargs
+                .widget
+                .children
+                .iter()
+                .map(|child| child.render(bargs.eww_state, bargs.window_name, bargs.widget_definitions));
             // we know that we have exactly three children here, so we can unwrap here.
             let (first, center, end) = children.next_tuple().unwrap();
             let (first, center, end) = (first?, center?, end?);
diff --git a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_node.rs b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_node.rs
index aa0c4b5..db6bdf5 100644
--- a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_node.rs
+++ b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_node.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn generate_generic_widget_node(
 ) -> AstResult<Box<dyn WidgetNode>> {
     if let Some(def) = defs.get(&w.name) {
         if !w.children.is_empty() {
-            return Err(AstError::TooManyNodes(w.children_span(), 0).note("User-defined widgets cannot be given children."))
+            return Err(AstError::TooManyNodes(w.children_span(), 0).note("User-defined widgets cannot be given children."));
         }
 
         let mut new_local_env = w