diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index d6f9425..6e1f493 100755
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ newwindow(XCreateWindowEvent *e)
 {
 	Client *c;
 	ScreenInfo *s;
+	static XWindowAttributes ra;
+	XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), &ra);
+	
 
 	/* we don't set curtime as nothing here uses it */
 	if(e->override_redirect)
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ newwindow(XCreateWindowEvent *e)
 	if (kbLaunch)
 	{
 	  usleep(100000);
-		quickreshape(c, c->screen->width/5, c->screen->height/5, 3*c->screen->width/5, 3*c->screen->height/5);
+		quickreshape(c, ra.width/5, ra.height/5, 3*ra.width/5, 3*ra.height/5);
 		kbLaunch = 0;
 	}
 }