diff --git a/src/ui/painter.rs b/src/ui/painter.rs
index 8f7f4d0..436bb9f 100644
--- a/src/ui/painter.rs
+++ b/src/ui/painter.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl<'a> Painter<'a> {
 
         // draw text
         ctx.move_to(x + 0.2, y);
-        ctx.theme_text(&input, false, &[], &self.theme);
+        ctx.theme_text(&input, false, &[], 800, &self.theme);
     }
 
     pub fn result_box<T>(
@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ impl<'a> Painter<'a> {
         // draw text
         //source
         ctx.move_to(x + 0.2, y);
-        ctx.theme_text(&source, selected, &[], &self.theme);
+        ctx.theme_text(&source, selected, &[], 200, &self.theme);
 
         // category
         ctx.move_to(x + 3.5, y);
-        ctx.theme_text(result[0], selected, indices, &self.theme);
+        ctx.theme_text(result[0], selected, indices, 200, &self.theme);
 
         // title
-        ctx.move_to(x + 3.5 + 10.0, y);
-        ctx.theme_text(result[1], selected, indices, &self.theme);
+        ctx.move_to(x + 3.5 + 8.0, y);
+        ctx.theme_text(result[1], selected, indices, 500, &self.theme);
     }
 
     pub fn divider<T>(&self, x: T, y: T)
diff --git a/src/ui/theme.rs b/src/ui/theme.rs
index 14ca444..8242b3c 100644
--- a/src/ui/theme.rs
+++ b/src/ui/theme.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub trait ThemedContextExt {
     fn theme_border(&self, theme: &Theme);
     fn theme_divider(&self, theme: &Theme);
 
-    fn theme_text(&self, text: &str, selected: bool, indices: &[usize], theme: &Theme);
+    fn theme_text(&self, text: &str, selected: bool, indices: &[usize], width: i32, theme: &Theme);
 
     fn device_to_user_point(&self, point: f64) -> f64;
 }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl ThemedContextExt for cairo::Context {
         self.set_source_rgba(r, g, b, a);
     }
 
-    fn theme_text(&self, text: &str, selected: bool, indices: &[usize], theme: &Theme) {
+    fn theme_text(&self, text: &str, selected: bool, indices: &[usize], width: i32, theme: &Theme) {
         self.save().unwrap();
 
         self.identity_matrix(); // this is extremely important otherwise pango
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl ThemedContextExt for cairo::Context {
         font.set_size(theme.font.1 * pango::SCALE);
         layout.set_font_description(Some(&font));
 
-        layout.set_width(200 * pango::SCALE);
+        layout.set_width(width * pango::SCALE);
         layout.set_spacing(0);
         layout.set_ellipsize(EllipsizeMode::End);
 
diff --git a/src/window.rs b/src/window.rs
index 0c7f369..5731e6a 100644
--- a/src/window.rs
+++ b/src/window.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 //! directly interact with the underlying windowing framework for fine-tuning.
 
 use std::mem;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use log::{debug, trace};
+use nix::sys;
 use winit::event_loop::EventLoop;
 use winit::platform::unix::{WindowBuilderExtUnix, WindowExtUnix};
 use winit::window::{Window, WindowBuilder};
@@ -118,15 +120,29 @@ fn postprocess_window(window: &Window) -> Result<()> {
     trace! {"Map window"}
     xcb_con.send_and_check_request(&xcb::x::MapWindow { window: xcb_window })?;
 
+    xcb_con.flush()?;
+
     trace! {"Grab keyboard"}
-    let req = xcb::x::GrabKeyboard {
-        owner_events: true,
-        grab_window: xcb_window,
-        time: xcb::x::CURRENT_TIME,
-        pointer_mode: GrabMode::Async,
-        keyboard_mode: GrabMode::Async,
-    };
-    xcb_con.send_request(&req);
+    let mut retries = 0;
+    let mut grabbed = false;
+    while !grabbed && retries < 100 {
+        let cookie = xcb_con.send_request(&xcb::x::GrabKeyboard {
+            owner_events: true,
+            grab_window: xcb_window,
+            time: xcb::x::CURRENT_TIME,
+            pointer_mode: GrabMode::Async,
+            keyboard_mode: GrabMode::Async,
+        });
+
+        let reply: xcb::x::GrabKeyboardReply = xcb_con.wait_for_reply(cookie)?;
+
+        if reply.status() != xcb::x::GrabStatus::Success {
+            retries += 1;
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5));
+        } else {
+            grabbed = true;
+        }
+    }
 
     xcb_con.flush()?;
     Ok(())