diff --git a/src/components/bar.cpp b/src/components/bar.cpp
index 70883382..a70a09ce 100644
--- a/src/components/bar.cpp
+++ b/src/components/bar.cpp
@@ -280,12 +280,20 @@ void bar::bootstrap_tray() {
   settings.width *= scale;
   settings.height_fill *= scale;
 
-  if (settings.align == alignment::RIGHT) {
-    settings.orig_x = m_opts.pos.x + m_opts.size.w - m_opts.borders.at(edge::RIGHT).size;
-  } else if (settings.align == alignment::LEFT) {
-    settings.orig_x = m_opts.pos.x + m_opts.borders.at(edge::LEFT).size;
-  } else if (settings.align == alignment::CENTER) {
-    settings.orig_x = m_opts.pos.x + m_opts.center.x - (settings.width / 2);
+  auto inner_area = m_opts.inner_area(true);
+
+  switch (settings.align) {
+    case alignment::NONE:
+      break;
+    case alignment::LEFT:
+      settings.orig_x = inner_area.x;
+      break;
+    case alignment::CENTER:
+      settings.orig_x = inner_area.x + inner_area.width / 2 - settings.width / 2;
+      break;
+    case alignment::RIGHT:
+      settings.orig_x = inner_area.x + inner_area.width;
+      break;
   }
 
   // Set user-defined background color
diff --git a/src/components/renderer.cpp b/src/components/renderer.cpp
index e88a5149..ba50e0ac 100644
--- a/src/components/renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/components/renderer.cpp
@@ -210,27 +210,20 @@ void renderer::flush(bool clear) {
 
   // Calculate the area that was reserved so that we
   // can clear any previous content drawn at the same location
-  xcb_rectangle_t clear_area{0, 0, 0U, 0U};
+  xcb_rectangle_t clear_area{r.x, r.y, r.width, r.height};
 
   if (m_cleararea.size && m_cleararea.side == edge::RIGHT) {
-    clear_area.x = m_bar.size.w - m_cleararea.size - right.width;
-    clear_area.y = 0;
+    clear_area.x += r.width;
+    clear_area.y = top.height;
     clear_area.width = m_cleararea.size;
-    clear_area.height = m_bar.size.h;
   } else if (m_cleararea.size && m_cleararea.side == edge::LEFT) {
     clear_area.x = left.width;
     clear_area.y = top.height;
     clear_area.width = m_cleararea.size;
-    clear_area.height = m_rect.height;
   } else if (m_cleararea.size && m_cleararea.side == edge::TOP) {
-    clear_area.x = m_rect.x;
-    clear_area.y = m_rect.y;
-    clear_area.width = m_rect.width;
     clear_area.height = m_cleararea.size;
-  } else if (m_cleararea.size && m_cleararea.side == edge::TOP) {
-    clear_area.x = m_rect.x;
-    clear_area.y = m_rect.y + m_rect.height - m_cleararea.size;
-    clear_area.width = m_rect.width;
+  } else if (m_cleararea.size && m_cleararea.side == edge::BOTTOM) {
+    clear_area.y += r.height - m_cleararea.size;
     clear_area.height = m_cleararea.size;
   }