diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index e8b7daba..80bba5df 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -50,6 +50,33 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
     let cfg = plugins.getDecoratedConfig();
 
     const [width, height] = cfg.windowSize || [540, 380];
+    const { screen } = require('electron');
+
+    let startX = 50;
+    let startY = 50;
+
+    // Open the new window roughly the height of the header away from the
+    // previous window. This also ensures in multi monitor setups that the
+    // new terminal is on the correct screen.
+    if (BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow() !== null) {
+      const currentWindow = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow();
+      const points = currentWindow.getPosition();
+      const currentScreen = screen.getDisplayNearestPoint({ x: points[0], y: points[1] });
+
+      const biggestX = ((points[0] + 100 + width) - currentScreen.bounds.x);
+      const biggestY = ((points[1] + 100 + height) - currentScreen.bounds.y);
+
+      if (biggestX > currentScreen.size.width) {
+        startX = 50;
+      } else {
+        startX = points[0] + 34;
+      }
+      if (biggestY > currentScreen.size.height) {
+        startY = 50;
+      } else {
+        startY = points[1] + 34;
+      }
+    }
 
     const browserDefaults = {
       width,
@@ -63,7 +90,9 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
       icon: resolve(__dirname, 'static/icon.png'),
       // we only want to show when the prompt
       // is ready for user input
-      show: process.env.HYPERTERM_DEBUG || isDev
+      show: process.env.HYPERTERM_DEBUG || isDev,
+      x: startX,
+      y: startY
     };
     const browserOptions = plugins.getDecoratedBrowserOptions(browserDefaults);