diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 614faa0..021874f 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ updatebarpos(void) {
 		XMoveWindow(dpy, barwin, sx, sy - bh);
 		break;
 	}
+	XRaiseWindow(dpy, barwin);
+	XSync(dpy, False);
+	while(XCheckMaskEvent(dpy, EnterWindowMask, &ev));
 }
 
 /* There's no way to check accesses to destroyed windows, thus those cases are