diff --git a/src/System/Taffybar.hs b/src/System/Taffybar.hs
--- a/src/System/Taffybar.hs
+++ b/src/System/Taffybar.hs
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
     True -> screenGetMonitorGeometry screen (monitorNumber cfg)
 
   window <- windowNew
+  widgetSetName window "Taffybar"
   let Rectangle x y w _ = monitorSize
   windowSetTypeHint window WindowTypeHintDock
   windowSetScreen window screen
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@
             wid <- io
             widgetSetSizeRequest wid (-1) (barHeight cfg)
             boxPackEnd box wid PackNatural 0) (endWidgets cfg)
+
+  _ <- on box sizeRequest $ return (Requisition w (barHeight cfg))
+
   widgetShow window
   widgetShow box
   mainGUI
diff --git a/src/System/Taffybar/FreedesktopNotifications.hs b/src/System/Taffybar/FreedesktopNotifications.hs
--- a/src/System/Taffybar/FreedesktopNotifications.hs
+++ b/src/System/Taffybar/FreedesktopNotifications.hs
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 defaultNotificationConfig :: NotificationConfig
 defaultNotificationConfig =
   NotificationConfig { notificationMaxTimeout = 10
-                     , notificationMaxLength = 50
+                     , notificationMaxLength = 100
                      , notificationFormatter = defaultFormatter
                      }
 
diff --git a/src/System/Taffybar/XMonadLog.hs b/src/System/Taffybar/XMonadLog.hs
--- a/src/System/Taffybar/XMonadLog.hs
+++ b/src/System/Taffybar/XMonadLog.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 -- top-level module.
 module System.Taffybar.XMonadLog ( xmonadLogNew, dbusLog ) where
 
+import Codec.Binary.UTF8.String ( decodeString )
 import DBus.Client.Simple ( connectSession, emit, Client )
 import DBus.Client ( listen, MatchRule(..) )
 import DBus.Types
@@ -28,8 +29,13 @@
   dynamicLogWithPP pp { ppOutput = outputThroughDBus client }
 
 outputThroughDBus :: Client -> String -> IO ()
-outputThroughDBus client str =
-  emit client "/org/xmonad/Log" "org.xmonad.Log" "Update" [ toVariant str ]
+outputThroughDBus client str = do
+  -- The string that we get from XMonad here isn't quite a normal
+  -- string - each character is actually a byte in a utf8 encoding.
+  -- We need to decode the string back into a real String before we
+  -- send it over dbus.
+  let str' = decodeString str
+  emit client "/org/xmonad/Log" "org.xmonad.Log" "Update" [ toVariant str' ]
 
 setupDbus :: Label -> IO ()
 setupDbus w = do
diff --git a/taffybar.cabal b/taffybar.cabal
--- a/taffybar.cabal
+++ b/taffybar.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: taffybar
-version: 0.1.2
+version: 0.1.3
 synopsis: A desktop bar similar to xmobar, but with more GUI
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
   gtk2hs and provides several widgets (including a few graphical ones).
   It also sports an optional snazzy system tray.
   .
+  Changes in v0.1.3:
+  .
+    * Depend on gtk 0.12.1+ to be able to build under ghc 7.2
+  .
+    * Fix the background colors in the calendar so that it follows the GTK theme instead
+      of the bar-specific color settings
+  .
+    * Fix the display of non-ASCII window titles in the XMonad log applet (assuming you use the dbusLog function)
+  .
+    * Add a horrible hack to force the bar to not resize to be larger than the screen due to notifications or long window titles
+  .
   Changes in v0.1.2:
   .
     * Readable widget for freedesktop notifications
@@ -31,9 +42,9 @@
   default-language: Haskell2010
   build-depends: base > 3 && < 5, time, old-locale, containers, text, HTTP,
                  parsec >= 3.1, mtl >= 2, network, web-encodings, cairo,
-                 dbus-core >= 0.9.1 && < 1.0, gtk >= 0.12, dyre >= 0.8.6,
-                 HStringTemplate, gtk-traymanager, xmonad-contrib, xmonad,
-                 xdg-basedir, filepath
+                 dbus-core >= 0.9.1 && < 1.0, gtk >= 0.12.1, dyre >= 0.8.6,
+                 HStringTemplate, gtk-traymanager >= 0.1.2 && < 0.2, xmonad-contrib, xmonad,
+                 xdg-basedir, filepath, utf8-string
   hs-source-dirs: src
   pkgconfig-depends: gtk+-2.0
   exposed-modules: System.Taffybar,
diff --git a/taffybar.rc b/taffybar.rc
--- a/taffybar.rc
+++ b/taffybar.rc
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
   fg[NORMAL] = "#FF0000"
 }
 
-class "GtkWidget" style "default"
+widget "Taffybar*" style "default"
 widget "*NotificationCloseButton" style "notification-button"