diff --git a/eventBindings.go b/eventBindings.go
index d664b21..3ca09e2 100644
--- a/eventBindings.go
+++ b/eventBindings.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func theNotsure(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		notsure.node.State.Label = "apple/pear"
 		notsure.makeTK([]string{"apple", "pear"})
 	}
-	notsure.MoveToOffset(w+2, h+1)
+	notsure.MoveToOffset(w+10, h-6)
 	// notsure.SetText("theNotsure")
 	notsure.drawView()
 	notsure.Show()
diff --git a/place.go b/place.go
index 7ba8a48..31da1fa 100644
--- a/place.go
+++ b/place.go
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 
 	switch tk.node.WidgetType {
 	case widget.Window:
+		startW += 4
+		startH += 4
 		for _, child := range tk.children {
 			child.placeWidgets(startW, startH)
 			sizeW, _ := child.Size()
@@ -88,9 +90,9 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 	case widget.Tab:
 	case widget.Grid:
 		tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("PlaceGridS(%d,%d)", startW, startH))
-		// reset the widths and heights maps here
-		tk.widths = make(map[int]int)  // how tall each row in the grid is
-		tk.heights = make(map[int]int) // how wide each column in the grid is
+		// if you reset the values here, grid horizontal stacking doesn't work anymore
+		// tk.widths = make(map[int]int)  // how tall each row in the grid is
+		// tk.heights = make(map[int]int) // how wide each column in the grid is
 		newW, newH := tk.placeGrid(startW, startH)
 		tk.full.w0 = newW
 		tk.full.h0 = newH
diff --git a/window.go b/window.go
index 99ecea6..b7e3761 100644
--- a/window.go
+++ b/window.go
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) redrawWindow(w int, h int) {
 	tk.DrawAt(w, h)
 	tk.setColor(&colorActiveW) // sets the window to Green BG
 	tk.placeWidgets(w, h)      // compute the sizes & places for each widget
-	tk.showWidgets()
 
 	tk.setFullSize()
 	me.baseGui.SetView(tk.cuiName, tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0, tk.gocuiSize.w1, tk.gocuiSize.h1, 0)
+	tk.Show()
+	tk.showWidgets()
 }
 
 // re-draws the buttons for each of the windows