diff --git a/libs/ui/view.c b/libs/ui/view.c
index 27b2d73c7..b2df4b215 100644
--- a/libs/ui/view.c
+++ b/libs/ui/view.c
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ View_UpdateHierarchy (view_t view)
 			if (cont[i].resize_y) {
 				len[i].y += dy;
 			}
-			modified[i] |= 2;
+			modified[i] |= 2;	// propogate resize modifications
 		}
 		if (modified[i] || modified[par]) {
+			modified[i] |= 1;	// propogate motion modifications
 			switch (cont[i].gravity) {
 				case grav_center:
 					rel[i].x = pos[i].x + (len[par].x - len[i].x) / 2;
diff --git a/nq/source/sbar.c b/nq/source/sbar.c
index 1ea8f9093..716bc1b33 100644
--- a/nq/source/sbar.c
+++ b/nq/source/sbar.c
@@ -1521,8 +1521,6 @@ init_sbar_views (void)
 	sbar_tile[0]   = sbar_view ( 0, 0,   0, 48, grav_southwest, sbar_main);
 	sbar_tile[1]   = sbar_view ( 0, 0,   0, 48, grav_southeast, sbar_main);
 
-	View_SetResize (sbar_main, 1, 1);
-
 	for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		sbar_view (i * 8, 0, 8, 16, grav_northwest, sbar_sigils);