diff --git a/src/events/Monitors.cpp b/src/events/Monitors.cpp
index ee831187..bb8c2b96 100644
--- a/src/events/Monitors.cpp
+++ b/src/events/Monitors.cpp
@@ -64,18 +64,17 @@ void Events::listener_newOutput(wl_listener* listener, void* data) {
 
     PNEWMONITOR->ID = g_pCompositor->getNextAvailableMonitorID();
 
-    wlr_output_init_render(OUTPUT, g_pCompositor->m_sWLRAllocator, g_pCompositor->m_sWLRRenderer);
-
     PNEWMONITOR->output = OUTPUT;
     PNEWMONITOR->m_pThisWrap = PNEWMONITORWRAP;
 
     PNEWMONITOR->onConnect(false);
 
-    if (!pMostHzMonitor || PNEWMONITOR->refreshRate > pMostHzMonitor->refreshRate)
+    if ((!pMostHzMonitor || PNEWMONITOR->refreshRate > pMostHzMonitor->refreshRate) && PNEWMONITOR->m_bEnabled)
         pMostHzMonitor = PNEWMONITOR;
 
     // ready to process cuz we have a monitor
-    g_pCompositor->m_bReadyToProcess = true;
+    if (PNEWMONITOR->m_bEnabled)
+        g_pCompositor->m_bReadyToProcess = true;
 }
 
 void Events::listener_monitorFrame(void* owner, void* data) {
diff --git a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
index b4d6d395..78e7d49b 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ void CMonitor::onConnect(bool noRule) {
     if (m_bEnabled)
         return;
 
+    szName = output->name;
+
     // get monitor rule that matches
     SMonitorRule monitorRule = g_pConfigManager->getMonitorRuleFor(output->name);
 
@@ -37,9 +39,16 @@ void CMonitor::onConnect(bool noRule) {
 
         if (PREFSTATE)
             wlr_output_set_mode(output, PREFSTATE);
+        else
+            Debug::log(WARN, "No mode found for disabled output %s", output->name)
 
         wlr_output_enable(output, 0);
-        wlr_output_commit(output);
+        
+        if (!wlr_output_commit(output)) {
+            Debug::log(ERR, "Couldn't commit disabled state on output %s", output->name);
+        }
+
+        Events::listener_change(nullptr, nullptr);
 
         m_bEnabled = false;
 
@@ -47,6 +56,11 @@ void CMonitor::onConnect(bool noRule) {
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!m_bRenderingInitPassed) {
+        wlr_output_init_render(output, g_pCompositor->m_sWLRAllocator, g_pCompositor->m_sWLRRenderer);
+        m_bRenderingInitPassed = true;
+    }
+
     if (!m_pThisWrap) {
 
         // find the wrap
@@ -64,8 +78,6 @@ void CMonitor::onConnect(bool noRule) {
     
     m_bEnabled = true;
 
-    szName = output->name;
-
     wlr_output_set_scale(output, monitorRule.scale);
     wlr_xcursor_manager_load(g_pCompositor->m_sWLRXCursorMgr, monitorRule.scale);
     wlr_output_set_transform(output, WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_NORMAL);  // TODO: support other transforms
diff --git a/src/helpers/Monitor.hpp b/src/helpers/Monitor.hpp
index 6f54aa14..5b8b02d4 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Monitor.hpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Monitor.hpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public:
 
     std::shared_ptr<CMonitor>* m_pThisWrap = nullptr;
     bool        m_bEnabled = false;
+    bool        m_bRenderingInitPassed = false;
 
     // For the list lookup