diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 848cb96..f36f561 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 - fixed auto refresh stopping to work when changing the logs path
+- fixed the program crashing on Linux/Wayland when the overlay is switched on
 
 ## v1.4.0
 ### Major Changes
diff --git a/src/app/overlay.rs b/src/app/overlay.rs
index 891ba5e..5178340 100644
--- a/src/app/overlay.rs
+++ b/src/app/overlay.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ impl Overlay {
         Self(Arc::new(Mutex::new(OverlayInner {
             move_around: true,
             columns: COLUMNS.iter().cloned().collect(),
-            current_size: Vec2::ZERO,
+            // Must start non-zero: Wayland rejects a 0x0 xdg_surface geometry,
+            // which crashes wgpu ("Surface is not configured for presentation").
+            // Matches the min_inner_size used when building the viewport below.
+            current_size: vec2(240.0, 80.0),
             data: Default::default(),
             position: None,
             show: false,