diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@
   <> help "Start a Watcher to handle SNI registration if one does not exist"
   )
 
+noStrutP :: Parser Bool
+noStrutP =
+  switch
+  (  long "no-strut"
+  <> help "Do not set strut properties for the gtk window"
+  )
+
 barLengthP :: Parser Rational
 barLengthP =
   option auto
@@ -154,11 +161,12 @@
              -> Maybe String
              -> Bool
              -> Bool
+             -> Bool
              -> Rational
              -> Rational
              -> IO ()
 buildWindows pos align size padding monitors priority maybeColorString expand
-             startWatcher length overlayScale = do
+             startWatcher noStrut length overlayScale = do
   Gtk.init Nothing
   logger <- getLogger "StatusNotifier"
   saveGlobalLogger $ setLevel priority logger
@@ -208,7 +216,8 @@
             , trayOverlayScale = overlayScale
             }
         window <- Gtk.windowNew Gtk.WindowTypeToplevel
-        setupStrutWindow config window
+        when (not noStrut) $
+             setupStrutWindow config window
         maybe
           (makeWindowTransparent window)
           (getColor >=>
@@ -228,7 +237,7 @@
 parser =
   buildWindows <$> positionP <*> alignmentP <*> sizeP <*> paddingP <*>
   monitorNumberP <*> logP <*> colorP <*> expandP <*> startWatcherP <*>
-  barLengthP <*> overlayScaleP
+  noStrutP <*> barLengthP <*> overlayScaleP
 
 versionOption :: Parser (a -> a)
 versionOption = infoOption
diff --git a/gtk-sni-tray.cabal b/gtk-sni-tray.cabal
--- a/gtk-sni-tray.cabal
+++ b/gtk-sni-tray.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.31.1.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.4.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
---
--- hash: 9ae75bcf04140e891f7319a5d4f55a83c2a0aa11aee489abb939acfb3853eb0d
 
 name:           gtk-sni-tray
-version:        0.1.6.0
+version:        0.1.6.2
 synopsis:       A standalone StatusNotifierItem/AppIndicator tray
 description:    Please see the README on Github at <https://github.com/IvanMalison/gtk-sni-tray#readme>
 category:       System
@@ -35,6 +33,8 @@
       Paths_gtk_sni_tray
   hs-source-dirs:
       src
+  pkgconfig-depends:
+      gtk+-3.0
   build-depends:
       base >=4.7 && <5
     , bytestring
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@
     , transformers
     , transformers-base >=0.4
     , unix
-  pkgconfig-depends:
-      gtk+-3.0
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
 executable gtk-sni-tray-standalone
diff --git a/src/StatusNotifier/Tray.hs b/src/StatusNotifier/Tray.hs
--- a/src/StatusNotifier/Tray.hs
+++ b/src/StatusNotifier/Tray.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLabels #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 module StatusNotifier.Tray where
 
 import           Control.Concurrent.MVar as MV
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@
   then do
     let targetName = if hasPanelIcon then panelName else name
     trayLogger DEBUG $ printf "Found icon %s in theme" name
-    iconThemeLoadIcon themeForIcon targetName size themeLoadFlags
+    catchAny (iconThemeLoadIcon themeForIcon targetName size themeLoadFlags)
+             (const $ pure Nothing)
 
   else do
     trayLogger DEBUG $ printf "Trying to load icon %s as filepath" name
@@ -122,7 +124,12 @@
     maybeFile <- if fileExists
     then return $ Just nameString
     else fmap join $ sequenceA $ getIconPathFromThemePath nameString <$> themePath
-    sequenceA $ pixbufNewFromFile <$> maybeFile
+#if MIN_VERSION_gi_gdkpixbuf(2,0,26)
+    let handleResult = fmap join . sequenceA
+#else
+    let handleResult = sequenceA
+#endif
+    handleResult $ pixbufNewFromFile <$> maybeFile
 
 getIconPathFromThemePath :: String -> String -> IO (Maybe String)
 getIconPathFromThemePath name themePath = if name == "" then return Nothing else do
@@ -256,8 +263,9 @@
                           in return (thisTime, thisTime /= previous)
 
                         trayLogger DEBUG $
-                                   printf "Allocating image size %s, width %s, \
-                                           \ height %s, resize %s"
+                                   printf
+                                   ("Allocating image size %s, width %s," <>
+                                    " height %s, resize %s")
                                    (show size)
                                    (show actualWidth)
                                    (show actualHeight)