diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/ActiveWindow.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/ActiveWindow.qml
index 86018129b..95e25c6f2 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/ActiveWindow.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/ActiveWindow.qml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import Quickshell.Wayland
 import Quickshell.Hyprland
 
 Item {
+    id: root
     required property var bar
     readonly property HyprlandMonitor monitor: Hyprland.monitorFor(bar.screen)
     readonly property Toplevel activeWindow: ToplevelManager.activeToplevel
 
-    height: parent.height
-    width: colLayout.width
+    implicitWidth: colLayout.implicitWidth
 
     ColumnLayout {
         id: colLayout
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Item {
             font.pixelSize: Appearance.font.pixelSize.smaller
             color: Appearance.colors.colSubtext
             elide: Text.ElideRight
-            text: activeWindow?.activated ? activeWindow?.appId : qsTr("Desktop")
+            text: root.activeWindow?.activated ? root.activeWindow?.appId : qsTr("Desktop")
         }
 
         StyledText {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Item {
             font.pixelSize: Appearance.font.pixelSize.small
             color: Appearance.colors.colOnLayer0
             elide: Text.ElideRight
-            text: activeWindow?.activated ? activeWindow?.title : `${qsTr("Workspace")} ${monitor.activeWorkspace?.id}`
+            text: root.activeWindow?.activated ? root.activeWindow?.title : `${qsTr("Workspace")} ${monitor.activeWorkspace?.id}`
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Bar.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Bar.qml
index e9efa4b1c..a46c696a1 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Bar.qml
@@ -176,9 +176,10 @@ Scope {
                             }
 
                             ActiveWindow {
-                                visible: barRoot.useShortenedForm === 0 && width > 0 && height > 0
+                                visible: barRoot.useShortenedForm === 0
                                 Layout.rightMargin: Appearance.rounding.screenRounding
                                 Layout.fillWidth: true
+                                Layout.fillHeight: true
                                 bar: barRoot
                             }
                         }