diff --git a/bin/omarchy-screensaver b/bin/omarchy-screensaver
index c319234a..acd38683 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-screensaver
+++ b/bin/omarchy-screensaver
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ hyprctl eval 'hl.config({ cursor = { invisible = true } })' &>/dev/null || hyprc
 
 tty=$(tty 2>/dev/null)
 
+# Terminals allocate the pty at the default 80x24 and only resize it once the
+# compositor has told the window how big it is. ttfx measures the terminal once,
+# at startup, so starting it before the resize lands sizes an 80x24 canvas and
+# paints it into the corner of a fullscreen window.
+wait_for_terminal_resize() {
+  local deadline=$((SECONDS + 2))
+  while ((SECONDS < deadline)) && [[ $(stty size 2>/dev/null) == "24 80" ]]; do
+    sleep 0.02
+  done
+}
+
+wait_for_terminal_resize
+
 while true; do
   ttfx -i ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt \
     --frame-rate 120 --canvas-width 0 --canvas-height 0 --reuse-canvas --anchor-canvas c --anchor-text c\