diff --git a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
index 448a0c6..14080b9 100755
--- a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
+++ b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ if [ -z "$geometry" ] ;then
 fi
 # geometry has the format: WxH+X+Y
 x=${geometry[0]}
-y=${geometry[1]}
 width=${geometry[2]}
 height=1
+y=$(expr ${geometry[3]} - $height)
 tag_width=40
 font="-misc-tamsyn-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*"
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function uniq_linebuffered() {
     awk '$0 != l { print ; l=$0 ; fflush(); }' "$@"
 }
 
-herbstclient pad $monitor $(expr $height - 4) -5 -5 -5
+herbstclient pad $monitor -5 -5 $(expr -5 + $height) -5
 herbstclient pad $monitor2 -5 -5 -5 -5
 {
     childpid=$!