diff --git a/komorebi/src/transparency_manager.rs b/komorebi/src/transparency_manager.rs
index 232484069..f5aed700e 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/transparency_manager.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/transparency_manager.rs
@@ -111,13 +111,11 @@ pub fn handle_notifications(wm: Arc<Mutex<WindowManager>>) -> color_eyre::Result
                                     "failed to make monocle window {hwnd} opaque: {error}"
                                 )
                             }
-                        } else {
-                            if let Err(error) = window.transparent() {
-                                let hwnd = window.hwnd;
-                                tracing::error!(
-                                    "failed to make monocle window {hwnd} transparent: {error}"
-                                )
-                            }
+                        } else if let Err(error) = window.transparent() {
+                            let hwnd = window.hwnd;
+                            tracing::error!(
+                                "failed to make monocle window {hwnd} transparent: {error}"
+                            )
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/komorebi/src/workspace.rs b/komorebi/src/workspace.rs
index 547528634..45bce2950 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/workspace.rs
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ impl Workspace {
             },
         );
 
-        if self.containers().len() <= window_based_work_area_offset_limit as usize
+        if (self.containers().len() <= window_based_work_area_offset_limit as usize
+            || self.monocle_container().is_some() && window_based_work_area_offset_limit > 0)
             && self.apply_window_based_work_area_offset
         {
             adjusted_work_area = window_based_work_area_offset.map_or_else(