diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index d67226e2..e32d4caa 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ void CCompositor::moveWindowToWorkspace(CWindow* pWindow, const std::string& wor
 
 int CCompositor::getNextAvailableMonitorID() {
     int64_t topID = -1;
-    for (auto& m : m_vMonitors) {
+    for (auto& m : m_vRealMonitors) {
         if ((int64_t)m->ID > topID)
             topID = m->ID;
     }
diff --git a/src/events/Monitors.cpp b/src/events/Monitors.cpp
index 6bde6f34..ee831187 100644
--- a/src/events/Monitors.cpp
+++ b/src/events/Monitors.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ void Events::listener_newOutput(wl_listener* listener, void* data) {
     const auto PNEWMONITORWRAP = &g_pCompositor->m_vRealMonitors.emplace_back(std::make_shared<CMonitor>());
     const auto PNEWMONITOR = PNEWMONITORWRAP->get();
 
+    PNEWMONITOR->ID = g_pCompositor->getNextAvailableMonitorID();
+
     wlr_output_init_render(OUTPUT, g_pCompositor->m_sWLRAllocator, g_pCompositor->m_sWLRRenderer);
 
     PNEWMONITOR->output = OUTPUT;
diff --git a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
index e3b22e0d..dd2db9aa 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ void CMonitor::onConnect(bool noRule) {
     
     m_bEnabled = true;
 
-    ID = g_pCompositor->getNextAvailableMonitorID();
     szName = output->name;
 
     wlr_output_set_scale(output, monitorRule.scale);