diff --git a/app/config.js b/app/config.js
index cc059cbb..bed91878 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/app/config.js
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ exports.setup = () => {
 
 exports.getWin = win.get;
 exports.winRecord = win.recordState;
+exports.windowDefaults = win.defaults;
 
 const getDeprecatedCSS = function(config) {
   const deprecated = [];
diff --git a/app/config/windows.js b/app/config/windows.js
index a8cef764..901f47b2 100644
--- a/app/config/windows.js
+++ b/app/config/windows.js
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 const Config = require('electron-config');
 
+const defaults = {
+  windowPosition: [50, 50],
+  windowSize: [540, 380]
+};
+
 // local storage
-const cfg = new Config({
-  defaults: {
-    windowPosition: [50, 50],
-    windowSize: [540, 380]
-  }
-});
+const cfg = new Config({defaults});
 
 module.exports = {
+  defaults,
   get() {
     const position = cfg.get('windowPosition');
     const size = cfg.get('windowSize');
diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 63ce56db..8e287057 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ config.setup();
 
 const plugins = require('./plugins');
 const {addSymlink, addBinToUserPath} = require('./utils/cli-install');
-
 const AppMenu = require('./menus/menu');
-
 const Window = require('./ui/window');
+const windowUtils = require('./utils/window-utils');
 
 const windowSet = new Set([]);
 
@@ -155,6 +154,10 @@ app.on('ready', () =>
           }
         }
 
+        if (!windowUtils.positionIsValid([startX, startY])) {
+          [startX, startY] = config.windowDefaults.windowPosition;
+        }
+
         const hwin = new Window({width, height, x: startX, y: startY}, cfg, fn);
         windowSet.add(hwin);
         hwin.loadURL(url);
diff --git a/app/utils/window-utils.js b/app/utils/window-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ba4eb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/window-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const electron = require('electron');
+
+function positionIsValid(position) {
+  const displays = electron.screen.getAllDisplays();
+  const [x, y] = position;
+
+  return displays.some(({workArea}) => {
+    return x >= workArea.x && x <= workArea.x + workArea.width && y >= workArea.y && y <= workArea.y + workArea.height;
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  positionIsValid
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 431148be..09f5a304 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
     "inquirer": "5.0.0",
     "node-gyp": "3.6.2",
     "prettier": "1.10.2",
+    "proxyquire": "1.8.0",
     "spectron": "3.7.2",
     "style-loader": "0.19.1",
     "webpack": "3.10.0"
diff --git a/test/unit/window-utils.test.js b/test/unit/window-utils.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..597b942a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/window-utils.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import test from 'ava';
+const proxyquire = require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
+
+test('positionIsValid() returns true when window is on only screen', t => {
+  const position = [50, 50];
+  const windowUtils = proxyquire('../../app/utils/window-utils', {
+    electron: {
+      screen: {
+        getAllDisplays: () => {
+          return [
+            {
+              workArea: {
+                x: 0,
+                y: 0,
+                width: 500,
+                height: 500
+              }
+            }
+          ];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  const result = windowUtils.positionIsValid(position);
+
+  t.true(result);
+});
+
+test('positionIsValid() returns true when window is on second screen', t => {
+  const position = [750, 50];
+  const windowUtils = proxyquire('../../app/utils/window-utils', {
+    electron: {
+      screen: {
+        getAllDisplays: () => {
+          return [
+            {
+              workArea: {
+                x: 0,
+                y: 0,
+                width: 500,
+                height: 500
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              workArea: {
+                x: 500,
+                y: 0,
+                width: 500,
+                height: 500
+              }
+            }
+          ];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  const result = windowUtils.positionIsValid(position);
+
+  t.true(result);
+});
+
+test('positionIsValid() returns false when position isnt valid', t => {
+  const primaryDisplay = {
+    workArea: {
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 500,
+      height: 500
+    }
+  };
+  const position = [600, 50];
+  const windowUtils = proxyquire('../../app/utils/window-utils', {
+    electron: {
+      screen: {
+        getAllDisplays: () => {
+          return [primaryDisplay];
+        },
+        getPrimaryDisplay: () => primaryDisplay
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  const result = windowUtils.positionIsValid(position);
+
+  t.false(result);
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 46213608..bc3cbfa3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2760,6 +2760,13 @@ filename-regex@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/filename-regex/-/filename-regex-2.0.1.tgz#c1c4b9bee3e09725ddb106b75c1e301fe2f18b26"
 
+fill-keys@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fill-keys/-/fill-keys-1.0.2.tgz#9a8fa36f4e8ad634e3bf6b4f3c8882551452eb20"
+  dependencies:
+    is-object "~1.0.1"
+    merge-descriptors "~1.0.0"
+
 fill-range@^2.1.0:
   version "2.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fill-range/-/fill-range-2.2.3.tgz#50b77dfd7e469bc7492470963699fe7a8485a723"
@@ -3586,7 +3593,7 @@ is-obj@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-obj/-/is-obj-1.0.1.tgz#3e4729ac1f5fde025cd7d83a896dab9f4f67db0f"
 
-is-object@^1.0.1:
+is-object@^1.0.1, is-object@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-object/-/is-object-1.0.1.tgz#8952688c5ec2ffd6b03ecc85e769e02903083470"
 
@@ -4137,6 +4144,10 @@ meow@^3.1.0, meow@^3.7.0:
     redent "^1.0.0"
     trim-newlines "^1.0.0"
 
+merge-descriptors@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge-descriptors/-/merge-descriptors-1.0.1.tgz#b00aaa556dd8b44568150ec9d1b953f3f90cbb61"
+
 micromatch@^2.1.5:
   version "2.3.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/micromatch/-/micromatch-2.3.11.tgz#86677c97d1720b363431d04d0d15293bd38c1565"
@@ -4237,6 +4248,10 @@ mkdirp@0.5.0:
   dependencies:
     minimist "0.0.8"
 
+module-not-found-error@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/module-not-found-error/-/module-not-found-error-1.0.1.tgz#cf8b4ff4f29640674d6cdd02b0e3bc523c2bbdc0"
+
 mousetrap@chabou/mousetrap#useCapture:
   version "1.6.1"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/chabou/mousetrap/tar.gz/c95eeeaafba1131dd8d35bc130d4a79b2ff9261a"
@@ -5163,6 +5178,14 @@ protocols@^1.1.0, protocols@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/protocols/-/protocols-1.4.6.tgz#f8bb263ea1b5fd7a7604d26b8be39bd77678bf8a"
 
+proxyquire@1.8.0:
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxyquire/-/proxyquire-1.8.0.tgz#02d514a5bed986f04cbb2093af16741535f79edc"
+  dependencies:
+    fill-keys "^1.0.2"
+    module-not-found-error "^1.0.0"
+    resolve "~1.1.7"
+
 prr@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prr/-/prr-1.0.1.tgz#d3fc114ba06995a45ec6893f484ceb1d78f5f476"
@@ -5586,6 +5609,10 @@ resolve-url@~0.2.1:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-url/-/resolve-url-0.2.1.tgz#2c637fe77c893afd2a663fe21aa9080068e2052a"
 
+resolve@~1.1.7:
+  version "1.1.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.1.7.tgz#203114d82ad2c5ed9e8e0411b3932875e889e97b"
+
 restore-cursor@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/restore-cursor/-/restore-cursor-2.0.0.tgz#9f7ee287f82fd326d4fd162923d62129eee0dfaf"