diff --git a/crates/ewwii/src/app.rs b/crates/ewwii/src/app.rs
index 0460cdc..60a1e44 100644
--- a/crates/ewwii/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ewwii/src/app.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
     display_backend::DisplayBackend,
     error_handling_ctx,
     gtk4::prelude::{
-        ApplicationExt, Cast, CastNone, CellAreaExt, DisplayExt, GskRendererExt, GtkWindowExt,
+        Cast, CastNone, DisplayExt, GtkWindowExt,
         ListModelExt, MonitorExt, NativeExt, ObjectExt, StyleContextExt, WidgetExt,
     },
     paths::EwwiiPaths,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use rhai::Dynamic;
 use rhai_impl::ast::WidgetNode;
 use serde::{de::Error as SerdeError, Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use std::{
-    cell::{Cell, RefCell},
+    cell::{Cell},
     collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
     marker::PhantomData,
     rc::Rc,
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ fn initialize_window<B: DisplayBackend>(
     #[cfg(feature = "x11")]
     if B::IS_X11 {
         if let Some(geometry) = window_init.geometry {
-            let (conn, screen_num) = x11rb::rust_connection::RustConnection::connect(None)?;
+            let (conn, _) = x11rb::rust_connection::RustConnection::connect(None)?;
             let x11_conn = Rc::new(conn);
 
             let gdk_surface =
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ fn apply_window_position(
     window: &Window,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     use x11rb::protocol::xproto::{ConfigureWindowAux, ConnectionExt, Window as XWindow};
+    use x11rb::connection::Connection;
 
     let gdk_surface = window.surface().context("Failed to get gdk surface from gtk window")?;
 
@@ -997,7 +998,8 @@ fn apply_window_position(
             .x(actual_window_rect.x() as i32)
             .y(actual_window_rect.y() as i32);
 
-        conn.configure_window(xid as XWindow, &aux)?;
+        conn.as_ref().configure_window(xid as XWindow, &aux)?;
+        conn.as_ref().flush()?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/ewwii/src/display_backend.rs b/crates/ewwii/src/display_backend.rs
index 9cff37a..3e4c36d 100644
--- a/crates/ewwii/src/display_backend.rs
+++ b/crates/ewwii/src/display_backend.rs
@@ -321,28 +321,55 @@ mod platform_x11 {
             .check()?;
 
             // apply the stickiness and fg/bg thingy
-            let mut win_states = vec![];
-            if window_init.backend_options.x11.sticky {
-                win_states.push(self.atoms._NET_WM_STATE_STICKY);
-            }
-            if matches!(window_init.stacking, WindowStacking::Foreground) {
-                win_states.push(self.atoms._NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE);
-            } else if matches!(window_init.stacking, WindowStacking::Background) {
-                win_states.push(self.atoms._NET_WM_STATE_BELOW);
-            }
-
-            x11rb::wrapper::ConnectionExt::change_property32(
+            Self::set_window_states(
                 &self.conn,
-                PropMode::REPLACE,
                 win_id,
-                self.atoms._NET_WM_STATE,
-                self.atoms.ATOM,
-                &win_states,
-            )?
-            .check()?;
+                &self.atoms,
+                window_init.backend_options.x11.sticky,
+                window_init.stacking,
+            )?;
 
             self.conn.flush().context("Failed to send requests to X server")
         }
+
+        fn set_window_states(
+            conn: &impl Connection,
+            win: u32,
+            atoms: &AtomCollection,
+            sticky: bool,
+            stacking: WindowStacking,
+        ) -> Result<()> {
+            let mut states = Vec::new();
+            if sticky {
+                states.push(atoms._NET_WM_STATE_STICKY);
+            }
+            match stacking {
+                WindowStacking::Foreground => states.push(atoms._NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE),
+                WindowStacking::Background => states.push(atoms._NET_WM_STATE_BELOW),
+                _ => {}
+            }
+
+            for state in states {
+                let event = ClientMessageEvent {
+                    response_type: CLIENT_MESSAGE_EVENT,
+                    format: 32,
+                    sequence: 0,
+                    window: win,
+                    type_: atoms._NET_WM_STATE,
+                    data: ClientMessageData::from([state, 0, 0, 0, 0])
+                };
+
+                conn.send_event(
+                    false,
+                    conn.setup().roots[0].root,
+                    EventMask::SUBSTRUCTURE_REDIRECT | EventMask::SUBSTRUCTURE_NOTIFY,
+                    event,
+                )?;
+            }
+
+            conn.flush()?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
     }
 
     x11rb::atom_manager! {
diff --git a/crates/ewwii/src/server.rs b/crates/ewwii/src/server.rs
index 6d7064e..a6abfb1 100644
--- a/crates/ewwii/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/ewwii/src/server.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     error_handling_ctx, ipc_server, EwwiiPaths,
 };
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use gtk4::prelude::{ApplicationExt, ApplicationExtManual, DisplayExt, ListModelExt};
+use gtk4::prelude::{DisplayExt, ListModelExt};
 use std::{
     // cell::RefCell,
     collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::{
     os::unix::io::AsRawFd,
     path::Path,
     // rc::Rc,
-    sync::{atomic::Ordering, Arc, Mutex},
+    sync::{atomic::Ordering, Arc},
 };
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/ewwii/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs b/crates/ewwii/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
index 107b34d..b212980 100644
--- a/crates/ewwii/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
+++ b/crates/ewwii/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use crate::util;
 use crate::widgets::build_widget::{build_gtk_widget, WidgetInput};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
-use gdk::{ModifierType, NotifyType};
 use gtk4::gdk::DragAction;
 use gtk4::glib::translate::FromGlib;
 use gtk4::glib::Type;