diff --git a/cmd/wm/event.c b/cmd/wm/event.c
index ae4e990d..1c64e26d 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/event.c
+++ b/cmd/wm/event.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ handle_configurerequest(XEvent *e)
             wc.border_width = 1;
 			wc.sibling = None;
 			wc.stack_mode = ev->detail;
+			if(f->area->tag != tag[sel])
+				f->rect.x += 2 * rect.width;
             XConfigureWindow(dpy, c->framewin, ev->value_mask, &wc);
             configure_client(c);
         }
diff --git a/cmd/wm/rule.c b/cmd/wm/rule.c
index bbf8d088..3984de57 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/rule.c
+++ b/cmd/wm/rule.c
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ parse(char *data, unsigned int *n)
 				i++;
 			}
 			else {
+				if(!strlen(tags) && (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t'))
+					continue; /* skip prefixed whitespaces */
 				*tags = *p;
 				tags++;
 			}