diff --git a/src-tauri/common/window.rs b/src-tauri/common/window.rs
index 436647b..494da57 100644
--- a/src-tauri/common/window.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/common/window.rs
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ pub async fn open_small_window(
 
 	#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     {
-        builder = builder.transparent(true);
+        // Transparent WebKitGTK windows can fail to render with Wayland DMA-BUF backends.
+        builder = builder.transparent(false);
     }
 
     let window = builder.build().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 072bcf9..09473fe 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
         "windows": [
             {
                 "title": "Rclone UI",
-                "width": 0,
-                "height": 0,
+                "width": 1,
+                "height": 1,
                 "center": true,
                 "hiddenTitle": false,
                 "resizable": false,
                 "fullscreen": false,
                 "visible": false,
                 "decorations": false,
-                "focus": true,
+                "focus": false,
                 "url": "tray.html",
                 "alwaysOnTop": true,
                 "backgroundThrottling": "disabled",
diff --git a/src/pages/Startup.tsx b/src/pages/Startup.tsx
index 381dfb4..399db48 100644
--- a/src/pages/Startup.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Startup.tsx
@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ export default function Startup() {
     }, [startupStatus])
 
     // Close window when it loses focus
+    // Wayland can report a transient focus loss while the window is being shown.
     useEffect(() => {
         const currentWindow = getCurrentWindow()
         const unlisten = currentWindow.onFocusChanged(async ({ payload: focused }) => {
-            if (!focused) {
+            if (!focused && platform() !== 'linux') {
                 await currentWindow.hide()
                 await currentWindow.destroy()
             }