diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index 9be8d344..7ca722bb 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: screen.c,v 1.9 2007-08-28 09:26:07 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: screen.c,v 1.10 2007-09-21 18:00:58 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ screen_resize(struct screen *s, u_int sx, u_int sy)
 {
 	u_int	i, ox, oy, ny;
 
+	if (sx == s->sx || sy == s->sy)
+		return;
+
 	if (sx < 1)
 		sx = 1;
 	if (sy < 1)
diff --git a/tmux.c b/tmux.c
index f6515bab..881e7900 100644
--- a/tmux.c
+++ b/tmux.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: tmux.c,v 1.7 2007-09-20 09:43:33 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: tmux.c,v 1.8 2007-09-21 18:00:58 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ restart:
 		else if (op != OP_LIST) {
 			if (server_start() != 0)
 				errx(1, "couldn't start server");	
-			sleep(1);
+			sleep(1); /* XXX this sucks */
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (!S_ISSOCK(sb.st_mode))