diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
index c60c2fab7..64eac02d1 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
@@ -344,14 +344,15 @@ class TerminalController: BaseTerminalController, TabGroupCloseCoordinator.Contr
         confirmUndo: Bool = true,
         inheritBackgroundOpacity: Bool? = nil
     ) -> TerminalController {
+        // Calculate the target frame based on the tree's view bounds
+        // before moving into the new window
+        let treeSize: CGSize? = tree.root?.viewBounds()
+
         let c = TerminalController.init(ghostty, withSurfaceTree: tree)
         if let inheritBackgroundOpacity {
             c.isBackgroundOpaque = inheritBackgroundOpacity
         }
 
-        // Calculate the target frame based on the tree's view bounds
-        let treeSize: CGSize? = tree.root?.viewBounds()
-
         c.scheduleInitialPresentation {
             c.showWindow(self)
             if let window = c.window {