diff --git a/client/X11/xf_window.c b/client/X11/xf_window.c
index a159c6b8a..0850a78e5 100644
--- a/client/X11/xf_window.c
+++ b/client/X11/xf_window.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ void xf_SetWindowStyle(xfInfo* xfi, xfWindow* window, uint32 style, uint32 ex_st
 xfWindow* xf_CreateDesktopWindow(xfInfo* xfi, char* name, int width, int height, boolean decorations)
 {
 	xfWindow* window;
+	XEvent xevent;
 
 	window = (xfWindow*) xzalloc(sizeof(xfWindow));
 
@@ -306,8 +307,19 @@ xfWindow* xf_CreateDesktopWindow(xfInfo* xfi, char* name, int width, int height,
 		XChangeProperty(xfi->display, window->handle, xfi->_NET_WM_ICON, XA_CARDINAL, 32,
 				PropModeReplace, (uint8*) xf_icon_prop, sizeof(xf_icon_prop) / sizeof(long));
 
+		if (xfi->parent_window)
+                        XReparentWindow(xfi->display, window->handle, xfi->parent_window, 0, 0);
+
 		XSelectInput(xfi->display, window->handle, input_mask);
 		XMapWindow(xfi->display, window->handle);
+
+		//NOTE: This must be done here to handle reparenting the window, so that we dont miss the event and hang waiting for the next one
+        	/* wait for VisibilityNotify */
+        	do
+        	{
+        	      XMaskEvent(xfi->display, VisibilityChangeMask, &xevent);
+        	}
+        	while (xevent.type != VisibilityNotify);
 	}
 
 	XStoreName(xfi->display, window->handle, name);
diff --git a/client/X11/xfreerdp.c b/client/X11/xfreerdp.c
index 18ec3b789..0d1b3bf78 100644
--- a/client/X11/xfreerdp.c
+++ b/client/X11/xfreerdp.c
@@ -309,19 +309,9 @@ void xf_create_window(xfInfo* xfi)
 	xfi->window = xf_CreateDesktopWindow(xfi, win_title, width, height, xfi->decorations);
 	xfree(win_title);
 
-	if (xfi->parent_window)
-		XReparentWindow(xfi->display, xfi->window->handle, xfi->parent_window, 0, 0);
-
 	if (xfi->fullscreen)
 		xf_SetWindowFullscreen(xfi, xfi->window, xfi->fullscreen);
 
-	/* wait for VisibilityNotify */
-	do
-	{
-		XMaskEvent(xfi->display, VisibilityChangeMask, &xevent);
-	}
-	while (xevent.type != VisibilityNotify);
-
 	xfi->unobscured = (xevent.xvisibility.state == VisibilityUnobscured);
 
 	XSetWMProtocols(xfi->display, xfi->window->handle, &(xfi->WM_DELETE_WINDOW), 1);
diff --git a/libfreerdp-utils/args.c b/libfreerdp-utils/args.c
index b7003c2fc..5f63fd11c 100644
--- a/libfreerdp-utils/args.c
+++ b/libfreerdp-utils/args.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ int freerdp_parse_args(rdpSettings* settings, int argc, char** argv,
 				return FREERDP_ARGS_PARSE_FAILURE;
 			}
 
-			settings->parent_window_xid = strtoul(argv[index], NULL, 16);
+			settings->parent_window_xid = strtol(argv[index], NULL, 0);
 
 			if (settings->parent_window_xid == 0)
 			{