diff --git a/debian/patches/surfaces.patch b/debian/patches/surfaces.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f06f195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/surfaces.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp b/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp
+index 5f8da715..aa3600a2 100644
+--- a/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp
++++ b/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp
+@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class CWLSurface {
+ 
+     // used by the hyprland-surface protocol
+     float   m_fOverallOpacity = 1.F;
+-    CRegion m_visibleRegion;
++    CRegion m_visibleRegion   = CBox{0, 0, INT32_MAX, INT32_MAX};
+ 
+     struct {
+         CSignal destroy;
+
+