diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index b57dd4bf..dd0e200a 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ wlr_surface* CCompositor::vectorWindowToSurface(const Vector2D& pos, CWindow* pW
     if (PFOUND) {
         sl.x = subx;
         sl.y = suby;
+        if (PFOUND != PSURFACE->surface)
+            Debug::log(LOG, "found non-base on window XDG %x", pWindow);
         return PFOUND;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/events/Popups.cpp b/src/events/Popups.cpp
index b265d6a7..9ccd63b6 100644
--- a/src/events/Popups.cpp
+++ b/src/events/Popups.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 void addPopupGlobalCoords(void* pPopup, int* x, int* y) {
     SXDGPopup *const PPOPUP = (SXDGPopup*)pPopup;
 
-    int px = 0;
-    int py = 0;
+    int px = PPOPUP->monitor->vecPosition.x;
+    int py = PPOPUP->monitor->vecPosition.y;
 
     auto curPopup = PPOPUP;
     while (true) {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ void addPopupGlobalCoords(void* pPopup, int* x, int* y) {
         }
     }
 
-    px += *PPOPUP->lx;
-    py += *PPOPUP->ly;
+    px += PPOPUP->lx;
+    py += PPOPUP->ly;
 
     *x += px;
     *y += py;
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ void createNewPopup(wlr_xdg_popup* popup, SXDGPopup* pHyprPopup) {
     wlr_box box = {.x = PMONITOR->vecPosition.x, .y = PMONITOR->vecPosition.y, .width = PMONITOR->vecSize.x, .height = PMONITOR->vecSize.y};
 
     wlr_xdg_popup_unconstrain_from_box(popup, &box);
+
+    pHyprPopup->monitor = PMONITOR;
 }
 
 void Events::listener_newPopup(void* owner, void* data) {
@@ -67,9 +69,12 @@ void Events::listener_newPopup(void* owner, void* data) {
     g_pCompositor->m_lXDGPopups.push_back(SXDGPopup());
     const auto PNEWPOPUP = &g_pCompositor->m_lXDGPopups.back();
 
+    const auto PMONITOR = g_pCompositor->getMonitorFromID(layersurface->monitorID);
+
     PNEWPOPUP->popup = WLRPOPUP;
-    PNEWPOPUP->lx = &layersurface->position.x;
-    PNEWPOPUP->ly = &layersurface->position.y;
+    PNEWPOPUP->lx = layersurface->position.x;
+    PNEWPOPUP->ly = layersurface->position.y;
+    PNEWPOPUP->monitor = PMONITOR;
     createNewPopup(WLRPOPUP, PNEWPOPUP);
 }
 
@@ -85,10 +90,13 @@ void Events::listener_newPopupXDG(void* owner, void* data) {
     g_pCompositor->m_lXDGPopups.push_back(SXDGPopup());
     const auto PNEWPOPUP = &g_pCompositor->m_lXDGPopups.back();
 
+    const auto PMONITOR = g_pCompositor->getMonitorFromID(PWINDOW->m_iMonitorID);
+
     PNEWPOPUP->popup = WLRPOPUP;
-    PNEWPOPUP->lx = &PWINDOW->m_vEffectivePosition.x;
-    PNEWPOPUP->ly = &PWINDOW->m_vEffectivePosition.y;
+    PNEWPOPUP->lx = PWINDOW->m_vEffectivePosition.x;
+    PNEWPOPUP->ly = PWINDOW->m_vEffectivePosition.y;
     PNEWPOPUP->parentWindow = PWINDOW;
+    PNEWPOPUP->monitor = PMONITOR;
     createNewPopup(WLRPOPUP, PNEWPOPUP);
 }
 
@@ -112,6 +120,7 @@ void Events::listener_newPopupFromPopupXDG(void* owner, void* data) {
     PNEWPOPUP->lx = PPOPUP->lx;
     PNEWPOPUP->ly = PPOPUP->ly;
     PNEWPOPUP->parentWindow = PPOPUP->parentWindow;
+    PNEWPOPUP->monitor = PPOPUP->monitor;
 
     createNewPopup(WLRPOPUP, PNEWPOPUP);
 }
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ void Events::listener_mapPopupXDG(void* owner, void* data) {
 
     ASSERT(PPOPUP);
 
-    Debug::log(LOG, "New XDG Popup mapped at %d %d", (int)*PPOPUP->lx, (int)*PPOPUP->ly);
+    Debug::log(LOG, "New XDG Popup mapped at %d %d", (int)PPOPUP->lx, (int)PPOPUP->ly);
 
     PPOPUP->pSurfaceTree = SubsurfaceTree::createTreeRoot(PPOPUP->popup->base->surface, addPopupGlobalCoords, PPOPUP);
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/SubsurfaceTree.cpp b/src/helpers/SubsurfaceTree.cpp
index c96228de..b0b62939 100644
--- a/src/helpers/SubsurfaceTree.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/SubsurfaceTree.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ void Events::listener_unmapSubsurface(void* owner, void* data) {
 }
 
 void Events::listener_commitSubsurface(void* owner, void* data) {
-   // SSurfaceTreeNode* pNode = (SSurfaceTreeNode*)owner;
+    SSurfaceTreeNode* pNode = (SSurfaceTreeNode*)owner;
+
+    int lx = 0, ly = 0;
+
+    addSurfaceGlobalOffset(pNode, &lx, &ly);
 }
 
 void Events::listener_destroySubsurface(void* owner, void* data) {
diff --git a/src/helpers/WLClasses.hpp b/src/helpers/WLClasses.hpp
index a42b15dd..d8776af9 100644
--- a/src/helpers/WLClasses.hpp
+++ b/src/helpers/WLClasses.hpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct SRenderData {
     void* data = nullptr;
     wlr_surface* surface = nullptr;
     int w, h;
+    void* pMonitor = nullptr;
 };
 
 struct SKeyboard {
@@ -53,18 +54,21 @@ struct SKeyboard {
     }
 };
 
+struct SMonitor;
+
 struct SXDGPopup {
     CWindow*        parentWindow = nullptr;
     SXDGPopup*      parentPopup = nullptr;
     wlr_xdg_popup*  popup = nullptr;
+    SMonitor*       monitor = nullptr;
 
     DYNLISTENER(newPopupFromPopupXDG);
     DYNLISTENER(destroyPopupXDG);
     DYNLISTENER(mapPopupXDG);
     DYNLISTENER(unmapPopupXDG);
 
-    double* lx;
-    double* ly;
+    double lx;
+    double ly;
 
     SSurfaceTreeNode* pSurfaceTree = nullptr;
 
diff --git a/src/render/Renderer.cpp b/src/render/Renderer.cpp
index 7ca86bca..276b4556 100644
--- a/src/render/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/render/Renderer.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ void renderSurface(struct wlr_surface* surface, int x, int y, void* data) {
     double outputX = 0, outputY = 0;
     wlr_output_layout_output_coords(g_pCompositor->m_sWLROutputLayout, RDATA->output, &outputX, &outputY);
 
+    if (RDATA->pMonitor) { // BUG THIS TODO: this is just to show the popup on a monitor that isnt at 0,0
+                            // the popups are broken.
+        x -= ((SMonitor*)RDATA->pMonitor)->vecPosition.x;
+        y -= ((SMonitor*)RDATA->pMonitor)->vecPosition.y;
+    }
 
     wlr_box windowBox;
     if (RDATA->surface && surface == RDATA->surface) {
@@ -101,6 +106,7 @@ void CHyprRenderer::renderWindow(CWindow* pWindow, SMonitor* pMonitor, timespec*
         }
     }
     else {
+        renderdata.pMonitor = pMonitor;
         wlr_xdg_surface_for_each_popup_surface(pWindow->m_uSurface.xdg, renderSurface, &renderdata);
     } 
 }