diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index f94d5f9..df102c8 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ conf_launcher_section(void)
           conf.launcher[i].name    = fetch_opt_first(set_launcher[i], "launcher", "name").str;
           conf.launcher[i].prompt  = fetch_opt_first(set_launcher[i], "Exec:", "prompt").str;
           conf.launcher[i].command = fetch_opt_first(set_launcher[i], "exec", "command").str;
+          conf.launcher[i].width   = fetch_opt_first(set_launcher[i], "0", "width_limit").num;
           conf.launcher[i].nhisto  = 1;
      }
      free(set_launcher);
diff --git a/src/ewmh.c b/src/ewmh.c
index 940484a..7fe04d8 100644
--- a/src/ewmh.c
+++ b/src/ewmh.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ ewmh_init_hints(void)
      net_atom[wmfs_nmaster]                   = ATOM("_WMFS_NMASTER");
      net_atom[wmfs_function]                  = ATOM("_WMFS_FUNCTION");
      net_atom[wmfs_cmd]                       = ATOM("_WMFS_CMD");
+     net_atom[wmfs_font]                      = ATOM("_WMFS_FONT");
 
      /* Multi atom _WMFS_STATUSTEXT_<screennum> */
      for(j = 0; j < s; ++j)
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 0528fc3..21b01e0 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ init_font(void)
           font = XftFontOpenName(dpy, SCREEN, "sans-10");
      }
 
+     /* Set font in _WMFS_FONT for eventual status tools */
+     XChangeProperty(dpy, ROOT, net_atom[wmfs_font], net_atom[utf8_string], 8,
+                    PropModeReplace, (uchar*)&conf.font, strlen(conf.font));
+
      return;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/launcher.c b/src/launcher.c
index aab5566..6690080 100644
--- a/src/launcher.c
+++ b/src/launcher.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ launcher_execute(Launcher *launcher)
      char buf[512] = { 0 };
      char tmpbuf[512] = { 0 };
      char *complete;
-     int i, pos = 0, histpos = 0, x;
+     int i, pos = 0, histpos = 0, x, w;
      int tabhits = 0;
      KeySym ks;
      XEvent ev;
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ launcher_execute(Launcher *launcher)
 
      XGrabKeyboard(dpy, ROOT, True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime);
 
-     bw = barwin_create(infobar[selscreen].bar->win, x, 1,
-                        infobar[selscreen].bar->geo.width - x - 1,
+     w = (launcher->width ? launcher->width : infobar[selscreen].bar->geo.width - x - 1);
+
+     bw = barwin_create(infobar[selscreen].bar->win, x, 1, w,
+                        /* infobar[selscreen].bar->geo.width - x - 1, */
                         infobar[selscreen].bar->geo.height - 2,
                         infobar[selscreen].bar->bg,
                         infobar[selscreen].bar->fg,
@@ -71,9 +73,7 @@ launcher_execute(Launcher *launcher)
 
      /* First draw of the cursor */
      XSetForeground(dpy, gc, getcolor(infobar[selscreen].bar->fg));
-     /*XDrawLine(dpy, bw->dr, gc, 1 + textw(launcher->prompt) + textw(" "),
-               , 1 + textw(launcher->prompt) + textw(" "), INFOBARH - 4);
-      */
+
      XDrawLine(dpy, bw->dr, gc,
                1 + textw(launcher->prompt) + textw(" ") + textw(buf), 2,
                1 + textw(launcher->prompt) + textw(" ") + textw(buf), INFOBARH - 4);
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index 15a49eb..a7e1061 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ enum
      wmfs_screen_count,
      wmfs_function,
      wmfs_cmd,
+     wmfs_font,
      wmfs_statustext,
      net_last
 };
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ typedef struct
      char *command;
      char histo[HISTOLEN][512];
      uint nhisto;
+     int width;
 } Launcher;
 
 /* Button struct */
diff --git a/src/wmfs.c b/src/wmfs.c
index 584086c..10d0cfe 100644
--- a/src/wmfs.c
+++ b/src/wmfs.c
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
      argv_global  = xstrdup(argv[0]);
      all_argv = argv;
+     
      sprintf(conf.confpath, "%s/"DEF_CONF, getenv("HOME"));
 
      while((i = getopt(argc, argv, "hviSc:s:g:C:V:")) != -1)
diff --git a/wmfsrc b/wmfsrc
index 0b675bd..4646fd0 100644
--- a/wmfsrc
+++ b/wmfsrc
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@
 
 [launcher]
         [set_launcher]
+                # Limit size of the launcher window (px)
+                width_limit = 300
+
                 name = "launcher_exec"
                 prompt = "Exec: "
                 command = "exec"