diff --git a/samples/NotificationFlyoutSample/SampleFlyout.xaml b/samples/NotificationFlyoutSample/SampleFlyout.xaml
index ad54932..a85c1a3 100644
--- a/samples/NotificationFlyoutSample/SampleFlyout.xaml
+++ b/samples/NotificationFlyoutSample/SampleFlyout.xaml
@@ -2,31 +2,32 @@
     x:Class="NotificationFlyoutSample.SampleFlyout"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-    xmlns:controls="using:TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls">
+    xmlns:controls="using:TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls"
+    VerticalContentAlignment="Top">
     <controls:NotificationFlyout.ContextFlyout>
         <MenuFlyout>
             <MenuFlyoutItem Click="OnCloseMenuFlyoutItemClick" Text="Close" />
         </MenuFlyout>
     </controls:NotificationFlyout.ContextFlyout>
-    <StackPanel
-   
-        Margin="24"
-        VerticalAlignment="Top">
-        <ToggleSwitch
-            Header="Is light dimissed enabled"
-            IsOn="True"
-            OffContent="False"
-            OnContent="True"
-            Toggled="ToggleSwitch_Toggled" />
-        <ComboBox Header="Placement" SelectionChanged="ComboBox_SelectionChanged">
-            <ComboBoxItem Content="Auto" />
-            <ComboBoxItem Content="FullRight" />
-        </ComboBox>
-        <Slider />
-        <TextBox />
-        <CalendarDatePicker />
-        <CalendarView />
-        <Button Content="hello" Click="Button_Click" />
-        <TimePicker />
-    </StackPanel>
+    <Grid Margin="24" VerticalAlignment="Top">
+        <StackPanel Background="Red">
+            <ToggleSwitch
+                Header="Is light dimissed enabled"
+                IsOn="True"
+                OffContent="False"
+                OnContent="True"
+                Toggled="ToggleSwitch_Toggled" />
+            <ComboBox Header="Placement" SelectionChanged="ComboBox_SelectionChanged">
+                <ComboBoxItem Content="Auto" />
+                <ComboBoxItem Content="FullRight" />
+            </ComboBox>
+            <Slider />
+            <TextBox />
+            <CalendarDatePicker />
+            <CalendarView />
+            <Button Click="Button_Click" Content="hello" />
+            <TimePicker />
+        </StackPanel>
+    </Grid>
+
 </controls:NotificationFlyout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyout.cs b/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyout.cs
index 260ef7b..a940410 100644
--- a/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyout.cs
+++ b/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyout.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls
                 typeof(NotificationFlyoutTemplateSettings), typeof(NotificationFlyout),
                 new PropertyMetadata(null));
 
-        private const double OffsetValue = 1;
+        private const double OffsetValue = 6;
 
         private static INotificationFlyoutApplication _applicationInstance;
 
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls
 
             _child.Measure(new Size(double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity));
 
-            var width = _child.DesiredSize.Width;
-            var height = Placement == NotificationFlyoutPlacement.Auto ? _child.DesiredSize.Height : workingAreaHeight;
+            var width = _child.DesiredSize.Width - 1;
+            var height = Placement == NotificationFlyoutPlacement.Auto ? _child.DesiredSize.Height : workingAreaHeight + 1;
 
             var desiredHorizontalOffset = horizontalOffset;
             var desiredVerticalOffset = verticalOffset;
@@ -161,15 +161,15 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls
                             desiredVerticalOffset -= height;
                             break;
                         case NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement.Top:
-                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width;
+                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width + OffsetValue;
                             desiredVerticalOffset -= OffsetValue;
                             break;
                         case NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement.Right:
-                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width;
+                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width + OffsetValue;
                             desiredVerticalOffset -= height;
                             break;
                         case NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement.Bottom:
-                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width;
+                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width + OffsetValue;
                             desiredVerticalOffset -= height;
                             break;
                     }
@@ -180,19 +180,20 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Uwp.UI.Controls
                     switch (flyoutTaskbarPlacement)
                     {
                         case NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement.Left:
-                            desiredHorizontalOffset += workingAreaWidth - width;
-                            desiredVerticalOffset = 0;
+                            desiredHorizontalOffset += workingAreaWidth - width - OffsetValue;
+                            desiredVerticalOffset = -OffsetValue;
                             break;
                         case NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement.Top:
-                            desiredHorizontalOffset = workingAreaWidth - width;
+                            desiredHorizontalOffset = workingAreaWidth - width - OffsetValue;
+                            desiredVerticalOffset += -OffsetValue;
                             break;
                         case NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement.Right:
-                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width;
-                            desiredVerticalOffset = 0;
+                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width + OffsetValue;
+                            desiredVerticalOffset = -OffsetValue;
                             break;
                         case NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement.Bottom:
-                            desiredHorizontalOffset = workingAreaWidth - width;
-                            desiredVerticalOffset = 0;
+                            desiredHorizontalOffset -= width + OffsetValue;
+                            desiredVerticalOffset = -OffsetValue;
                             break;
                     }
                     break;
diff --git a/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyoutApplication.cs b/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyoutApplication.cs
index a5e34b4..89803cc 100644
--- a/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyoutApplication.cs
+++ b/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/NotificationFlyout/NotificationFlyoutApplication.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls
             window.Show();
         }
 
-
         public void OpenFlyout()
         {
             if (Flyout == null) return;
@@ -119,12 +118,15 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls
 
             _isDpiChanging = true;
 
-            UpdateIcons();
             _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
 
             await Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() =>
             {
                 VisualTreeHelper.SetRootDpi(_notificationFlyoutXamlHost, args.OldDpi);
+            }), DispatcherPriority.ContextIdle, null);
+
+            await Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() =>
+            {
                 VisualTreeHelper.SetRootDpi(_notificationFlyoutXamlHost, args.NewDpi);
             }), DispatcherPriority.ContextIdle, null);
 
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls
                 _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
                 _isDpiChanging = false;
             }), DispatcherPriority.ContextIdle, null);
+
+            UpdateIcons();
         }
 
         private void OnTaskbarChanged(object sender, EventArgs args) => UpdateFlyoutPlacement();
@@ -187,8 +191,9 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls
         {
             if (Flyout == null) return;
 
-            _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.Left = 0;
-            _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.Top = 0;
+            var taskbarState = _taskbarHelper.GetCurrentState();
+            _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.Left = taskbarState.Screen.Bounds.Left;
+            _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.Top = taskbarState.Screen.Bounds.Top;
 
             double horizontalOffset;
             double verticalOffset;
@@ -196,12 +201,10 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls
             var dpiX = _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.DpiX();
             var dpiY = _notificationFlyoutXamlHost.DpiY();
 
-            NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement flyoutTaskBarPlacement;
-
-            var taskbarState = _taskbarHelper.GetCurrentState();
             var workingAreaHeight = taskbarState.Screen.WorkingArea.Height / dpiX;
             var workingAreaWidth = taskbarState.Screen.WorkingArea.Width / dpiY;
 
+            NotificationFlyoutTaskbarPlacement flyoutTaskBarPlacement;
             switch (taskbarState.Placement)
             {
                 case TaskbarPlacement.Left:
diff --git a/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/XamlHost/TransparentXamlHost.cs b/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/XamlHost/TransparentXamlHost.cs
index 3cb2021..86de72a 100644
--- a/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/XamlHost/TransparentXamlHost.cs
+++ b/src/TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls/XamlHost/TransparentXamlHost.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls
 {
     internal class TransparentXamlHost<TXamlContent> : XamlHost<TXamlContent> where TXamlContent : Windows.UI.Xaml.UIElement
     {
-        internal const double WindowSize = 1;
+        internal const double WindowSize = 10;
 
         public TransparentXamlHost() => PrepareDefaultWindow();
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace TheXamlGuy.NotificationFlyout.Wpf.UI.Controls
             WindowStyle = WindowStyle.None;
             ResizeMode = ResizeMode.NoResize;
             AllowsTransparency = true;
-            Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Transparent);
+            Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
             Height = WindowSize;
             Width = WindowSize;
         }