diff --git a/bin/omarchy-launch-screensaver b/bin/omarchy-launch-screensaver
index 3f8b82f8..66bb4d89 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-launch-screensaver
+++ b/bin/omarchy-launch-screensaver
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ hypr_exec() {
   hyprctl dispatch "hl.dsp.exec_cmd([[$command]])" >/dev/null 2>&1 || hyprctl dispatch exec -- bash -lc "$command" >/dev/null
 }
 
+SOCKET="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock"
+
+# Open Hyprland's event stream before spawning anything, so a terminal that maps
+# quickly can't emit its openwindow event before we are listening for it.
+exec {events}< <(socat -U - "UNIX-CONNECT:$SOCKET")
+
+# hypr_exec is async and a new window maps on whatever monitor is focused at that
+# moment. Block until this monitor's screensaver actually opens before moving
+# focus on -- otherwise slow-starting terminals all pile onto the last monitor.
+# The read timeout is a safety net in case the window never appears.
+wait_for_screensaver_window() {
+  local line
+  while IFS= read -r -t 5 -u "$events" line; do
+    [[ $line == openwindow\>\>*,org.omarchy.screensaver,* ]] && return 0
+  done
+}
+
 for m in $(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | .name'); do
   hypr_focus_monitor "$m"
 
@@ -46,8 +63,11 @@ for m in $(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | .name'); do
     ;;
   *)
     omarchy-notification-send -g ✋ "Screensaver only runs in Alacritty, Foot, Ghostty, or Kitty"
+    continue
     ;;
   esac
+
+  wait_for_screensaver_window
 done
 
 hypr_focus_monitor "$focused"