diff --git a/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp b/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp
index fa3f8b8d..892ed12c 100644
--- a/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/layout/IHyprLayout.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ void IHyprLayout::onWindowRemovedFloating(PHLWINDOW pWindow) {
 }
 
 void IHyprLayout::onWindowCreatedFloating(PHLWINDOW pWindow) {
+    if (!g_pXWaylandManager->shouldBeFloated(pWindow)) // do not apply group rules to child windows
+        pWindow->applyGroupRules();
 
     CBox desiredGeometry = {0};
     g_pXWaylandManager->getGeometryForWindow(pWindow, &desiredGeometry);
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ bool IHyprLayout::onWindowCreatedAutoGroup(PHLWINDOW pWindow) {
     if (*PAUTOGROUP                                      // check if auto_group is enabled.
         && OPENINGON->m_sGroupData.pNextWindow.lock()    // check if OPENINGON is a group.
         && pWindow->canBeGroupedInto(OPENINGON)          // check if the new window can be grouped into OPENINGON.
-        && !g_pXWaylandManager->shouldBeFloated(pWindow) // fixes the popups of XWayland programs running in a floating group.
+        && !g_pXWaylandManager->shouldBeFloated(pWindow) // don't group child windows. Fix for floated groups. Tiled groups don't need this because we check if !denied.
         && !denied) {                                    // don't group a new floated window into a tiled group (for convenience).
 
         pWindow->m_bIsFloating = OPENINGON->m_bIsFloating; // match the floating state. Needed to autogroup a new tiled window into a floated group.