diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index bbb27e4..e9b7d84 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -814,7 +814,8 @@ createlayersurface(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
 	l->mon = layer_surface->output->data;
 	l->scene_layer = wlr_scene_layer_surface_v1_create(scene_layer, layer_surface);
 	l->scene = l->scene_layer->tree;
-	l->popups = surface->data = wlr_scene_tree_create(scene_layer);
+	l->popups = surface->data = wlr_scene_tree_create(layer_surface->current.layer
+			< ZWLR_LAYER_SHELL_V1_LAYER_TOP ? layers[LyrTop] : scene_layer);
 	l->scene->node.data = l;