diff --git a/resources/style.css b/resources/style.css
index d104b63c..d9273f34 100644
--- a/resources/style.css
+++ b/resources/style.css
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     border-radius: 0;
     font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
     font-size: 13px;
+    min-height: 0px;
 }
 
 window#waybar {
@@ -98,4 +99,4 @@ window#waybar {
 
 #tray {
     background-color: #2980b9;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/bar.cpp b/src/bar.cpp
index 8e9ba9ce..da101804 100644
--- a/src/bar.cpp
+++ b/src/bar.cpp
@@ -105,11 +105,18 @@ void waybar::Bar::layerSurfaceHandleConfigure(void* data,
   if (width != o->width_ || height != o->height_) {
     o->width_ = width;
     o->height_ = height;
+    o->window.set_size_request(o->width_, o->height_);
+    o->window.resize(o->width_, o->height_);
+
+    int dummy_width, min_height;
+    o->window.get_size(dummy_width, min_height);
+    if (o->height_ < min_height) {
+      o->height_ = min_height;
+    }
     std::cout << fmt::format(
       "Bar configured (width: {}, height: {}) for output: {}",
       o->width_, o->height_, o->output_name) << std::endl;
-    o->window.set_size_request(o->width_, o->height_);
-    o->window.resize(o->width_, o->height_);
+
     zwlr_layer_surface_v1_set_exclusive_zone(surface, o->height_);
     zwlr_layer_surface_v1_set_size(surface, o->width_, o->height_);
     wl_surface_commit(o->surface);