diff --git a/__tests__/src/actions/window.test.js b/__tests__/src/actions/window.test.js
index dd02d2a0af08e7c55c138c917c7b98c4378bf96e..a9aadc5b86c859f6c438b8944328f62d8480f000 100644
--- a/__tests__/src/actions/window.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/src/actions/window.test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('window actions', () => {
           maximized: false,
           rangeId: null,
           x: 2760,
-          y: 2760,
+          y: 2800,
           sideBarPanel: 'info',
           width: 400,
           height: 400,
diff --git a/src/state/actions/window.js b/src/state/actions/window.js
index 197b117434651bb4de0d6e09fc7d244945c80fcb..aa763fbb3d6f7e330b1f66976505d06adc684683 100644
--- a/src/state/actions/window.js
+++ b/src/state/actions/window.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function addWindow(options) {
       width: 400,
       height: 400,
       x: 2700 + (Math.floor(numWindows / 10) * 50 + (numWindows * 30) % 300),
-      y: 2700 + ((numWindows * 30) % 300),
+      y: 2700 + ((numWindows * 50) % 300),
       companionWindowIds: [cwDefault, cwThumbs],
       sideBarPanel: 'info',
       rotation: null,