diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/toast.xml b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/toast.xml
index cb55233..f1fc23a 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/toast.xml
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/toast.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <include src="theme.xml" />
 
   <elements>
-    <div interactable="0" flex_direction="column">
-      <rectangle height="100%" padding="4" box_sizing="content_box" flex_wrap="wrap" flex_direction="row" gap="4" color="#000000c0" border_color="~color_accent" border="2" round="8" justify_content="space_between">
-        <div flex_direction="row" padding="4" align_items="center" justify_content="center">
-          <label text="" id="toast_title" weight="bold" />
+    <div interactable="0" >
+      <rectangle padding="4" box_sizing="content_box" flex_wrap="wrap" flex_direction="row" gap="4" color="#000000c0" border_color="~color_accent" border="2" round="8" justify_content="space_between">
+        <div width="100%" padding="4">
+          <label text="toast title" id="toast_title" weight="bold" />
         </div>
-        <div flex_direction="row" flex_wrap="wrap" padding="4" align_items="center" justify_content="center" id="toolbox">
-          <label text="" id="toast_body" />
+        <div width="100%" height="100%" padding="4" flex_wrap="wrap">
+          <label text="toast body goes here" id="toast_body" />
         </div>
       </rectangle>
     </div>
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/toast.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/toast.rs
index 695e1aa..59d0619 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/toast.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/toast.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ impl Toast {
     }
 }
 
-#[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
 fn new_toast(toast: Toast, app: &mut AppState) -> Option<OverlayWindowConfig> {
     let current_method = app
         .session
@@ -112,7 +111,10 @@ fn new_toast(toast: Toast, app: &mut AppState) -> Option<OverlayWindowConfig> {
         .unwrap_or(ToastDisplayMethod::Hide);
 
     let (spawn_point, spawn_rotation, positioning) = match current_method {
-        ToastDisplayMethod::Hide => return None,
+        ToastDisplayMethod::Hide => {
+            log::debug!("Not showing toast: filtered out");
+            return None;
+        }
         ToastDisplayMethod::Center => (
             vec3(0., -0.2, -0.5),
             Quat::IDENTITY,
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ fn new_toast(toast: Toast, app: &mut AppState) -> Option<OverlayWindowConfig> {
             Ok(())
         });
 
-    let panel = GuiPanel::new_from_template(
+    let mut panel = GuiPanel::new_from_template(
         app,
         "gui/toast.xml",
         (),
@@ -177,8 +179,11 @@ fn new_toast(toast: Toast, app: &mut AppState) -> Option<OverlayWindowConfig> {
             ..Default::default()
         },
     )
+    .inspect_err(|e| log::error!("Could not create toast: {e:?}"))
     .ok()?;
 
+    panel.update_layout().context("layout update failed").ok()?;
+
     Some(OverlayWindowConfig {
         name: TOAST_NAME.clone(),
         default_state: OverlayWindowState {
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs
index cab9e55..846527f 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use glam::Affine3A;
 use idmap::IdMap;
-use smallvec::{SmallVec, smallvec};
+use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use wgui::{
     font_config::WguiFontConfig, gfx::WGfx, globals::WguiGlobals,
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs
index 0231e38..0c6244c 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs
@@ -189,10 +189,12 @@ where
             }
             OverlayTask::Create(sel, f) => {
                 let None = self.mut_by_selector(&sel) else {
+                    log::debug!("Could not create {sel:?}: exists");
                     return Ok(());
                 };
 
                 let Some(overlay_config) = f(app) else {
+                    log::debug!("Could not create {sel:?}: empty config");
                     return Ok(());
                 };
 
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ where
                     && o.birthframe < FRAME_COUNTER.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
                 {
                     if let Some(o) = self.remove_by_selector(&sel, app) {
+                        log::debug!("Dropping overlay {}", o.config.name);
                         self.dropped_overlays.push_back(o);
                     }
                 }
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn remove_by_selector(
+    fn remove_by_selector(
         &mut self,
         selector: &OverlaySelector,
         app: &mut AppState,
@@ -411,6 +414,7 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
         }
 
         if overlay.config.show_on_spawn {
+            log::debug!("activating {} due to show_on_spawn", overlay.config.name);
             overlay.config.activate(app);
         }
         let ret_val = self.overlays.insert(overlay);