diff --git a/Textream/Textream/NotchOverlayController.swift b/Textream/Textream/NotchOverlayController.swift
index ca95e34..15cfc92 100644
--- a/Textream/Textream/NotchOverlayController.swift
+++ b/Textream/Textream/NotchOverlayController.swift
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ class NotchOverlayController: NSObject {
 
         let xPosition = screenFrame.midX - panelWidth / 2
         let yPosition = screenFrame.midY - panelHeight / 2 + 100
+        let defaultFrame = NSRect(x: xPosition, y: yPosition, width: panelWidth, height: panelHeight)
+
+        // The panel opens at the size and position the window was last left at, so
+        // the content lays out against its final height right away
+        let initialFrame = restorableFloatingFrame(settings.floatingWindowFrame) ?? defaultFrame
 
         let floatingView = FloatingOverlayView(
             content: overlayContent,
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ class NotchOverlayController: NSObject {
         let contentView = NSHostingView(rootView: floatingView)
 
         let panel = NSPanel(
-            contentRect: NSRect(x: xPosition, y: yPosition, width: panelWidth, height: panelHeight),
+            contentRect: initialFrame,
             styleMask: [.borderless, .nonactivatingPanel, .resizable],
             backing: .buffered,
             defer: false
@@ -379,9 +384,45 @@ class NotchOverlayController: NSObject {
         panel.orderFrontRegardless()
         self.panel = panel
 
+        // Observed after the panel is on screen so the notifications posted while
+        // it is first placed are not mistaken for user moves
+        observeFloatingFrame(panel)
+
         installKeyMonitor()
     }
 
+    /// The saved size is restored as-is, but the origin is nudged back onto the
+    /// display so no edge ends up past it. The overlay draws above the menu bar,
+    /// so the full screen frame is used and the window can sit flush with the top
+    /// of the display. A frame whose center no longer lands on a connected display
+    /// is discarded, so the window cannot return off-screen after a monitor is
+    /// disconnected.
+    private func restorableFloatingFrame(_ frame: NSRect?) -> NSRect? {
+        guard var frame = frame, frame.width > 0, frame.height > 0 else { return nil }
+        let center = NSPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.midY)
+        guard let screen = NSScreen.screens.first(where: { NSMouseInRect(center, $0.frame, false) }) else { return nil }
+
+        // Windows larger than the display keep their size and overflow the bottom
+        // right, so the top edge stays within reach.
+        let bounds = screen.frame
+        frame.origin.x = frame.width >= bounds.width
+            ? bounds.minX
+            : min(max(frame.minX, bounds.minX), bounds.maxX - frame.width)
+        frame.origin.y = min(max(frame.minY, bounds.minY), bounds.maxY - frame.height)
+        return frame
+    }
+
+    private func observeFloatingFrame(_ panel: NSPanel) {
+        for name in [NSWindow.didMoveNotification, NSWindow.didResizeNotification] {
+            NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: name, object: panel)
+                .sink { notification in
+                    guard let window = notification.object as? NSWindow else { return }
+                    NotchSettings.shared.floatingWindowFrame = window.frame
+                }
+                .store(in: &cancellables)
+        }
+    }
+
     func dismiss() {
         guard !isDismissing else { return }
         isDismissing = true
diff --git a/Textream/Textream/NotchSettings.swift b/Textream/Textream/NotchSettings.swift
index b136557..9f4d16e 100644
--- a/Textream/Textream/NotchSettings.swift
+++ b/Textream/Textream/NotchSettings.swift
@@ -362,6 +362,18 @@ class NotchSettings {
         didSet { UserDefaults.standard.set(Int(pinnedScreenID), forKey: "pinnedScreenID") }
     }
 
+    /// Not observed: nothing renders from this, and it is written on every drag
+    /// and resize step, which would otherwise redraw the overlay continuously.
+    @ObservationIgnored var floatingWindowFrame: NSRect? {
+        didSet {
+            if let floatingWindowFrame {
+                UserDefaults.standard.set(NSStringFromRect(floatingWindowFrame), forKey: "floatingWindowFrame")
+            } else {
+                UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: "floatingWindowFrame")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     var floatingGlassEffect: Bool {
         didSet { UserDefaults.standard.set(floatingGlassEffect, forKey: "floatingGlassEffect") }
     }
@@ -480,6 +492,8 @@ class NotchSettings {
         self.notchDisplayMode = NotchDisplayMode(rawValue: UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "notchDisplayMode") ?? "") ?? .followMouse
         let savedPinnedScreenID = UserDefaults.standard.integer(forKey: "pinnedScreenID")
         self.pinnedScreenID = UInt32(savedPinnedScreenID)
+        let savedFloatingFrame = NSRectFromString(UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "floatingWindowFrame") ?? "")
+        self.floatingWindowFrame = savedFloatingFrame.width > 0 && savedFloatingFrame.height > 0 ? savedFloatingFrame : nil
         self.floatingGlassEffect = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "floatingGlassEffect") as? Bool ?? false
         let savedOpacity = UserDefaults.standard.double(forKey: "glassOpacity")
         self.glassOpacity = savedOpacity > 0 ? savedOpacity : 0.15
diff --git a/Textream/Textream/SettingsView.swift b/Textream/Textream/SettingsView.swift
index ad74631..c150961 100644
--- a/Textream/Textream/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/Textream/Textream/SettingsView.swift
@@ -1407,6 +1407,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
         settings.overlayMode = .pinned
         settings.notchDisplayMode = .followMouse
         settings.pinnedScreenID = 0
+        settings.floatingWindowFrame = nil
         settings.floatingGlassEffect = false
         settings.glassOpacity = 0.15
         settings.overlayTransparency = false