diff --git a/src/renderer.rs b/src/renderer.rs
index 6acd59e5..5fb98647 100644
--- a/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer.rs
@@ -90,16 +90,14 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
                 let non_exclusive_rect_rel = output.non_exclusive_rect_rel.get();
                 let (mut x, mut y) = non_exclusive_rect_rel.translate_inv(x, y);
                 let bar_rect = output.bar_rect_rel.get();
-                let bar_bg =
-                    bar_rect.move_(-non_exclusive_rect_rel.x1(), -non_exclusive_rect_rel.y1());
+                let bar_bg = bar_rect.move_(
+                    x - non_exclusive_rect_rel.x1(),
+                    y - non_exclusive_rect_rel.y1(),
+                );
                 let bar_bg = self.base.scale_rect(bar_bg);
-                let bar_bg_abs = {
-                    let (x, y) = self.base.scale_point(x, y);
-                    bar_bg.move_(x, y)
-                };
                 let c = theme.colors.bar_background.get();
                 self.base
-                    .fill_boxes3(slice::from_ref(&bar_bg), &c, None, srgb, x, y, true);
+                    .fill_scaled_boxes(slice::from_ref(&bar_bg), &c, None, srgb);
                 self.base.sync();
                 let rd = output.render_data.borrow_mut();
                 if let Some(aw) = &rd.active_workspace {
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
                         None,
                         None,
                         scale,
-                        Some(&bar_bg_abs),
+                        Some(&bar_bg),
                         None,
                         AcquireSync::None,
                         ReleaseSync::None,
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
                         None,
                         None,
                         scale,
-                        Some(&bar_bg_abs),
+                        Some(&bar_bg),
                         None,
                         AcquireSync::None,
                         ReleaseSync::None,
diff --git a/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs b/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs
index 7963f79b..22d30cc1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl RendererBase<'_> {
         self.fill_boxes3(boxes, color, None, cd, dx, dy, false);
     }
 
-    pub fn fill_boxes3(
+    fn fill_boxes3(
         &mut self,
         boxes: &[Rect],
         color: &Color,
@@ -102,18 +102,18 @@ impl RendererBase<'_> {
         if boxes.is_empty() || *color == Color::TRANSPARENT {
             return;
         }
-        let (dx, dy) = self.scale_point(dx, dy);
         for bx in boxes {
+            let bx = bx.move_(dx, dy);
             let bx = match scaled {
-                false => self.scale_rect(*bx),
-                true => *bx,
+                false => self.scale_rect(bx),
+                true => bx,
             };
             self.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::FillRect(FillRect {
                 rect: FramebufferRect::new(
-                    (bx.x1() + dx) as f32,
-                    (bx.y1() + dy) as f32,
-                    (bx.x2() + dx) as f32,
-                    (bx.y2() + dy) as f32,
+                    bx.x1() as f32,
+                    bx.y1() as f32,
+                    bx.x2() as f32,
+                    bx.y2() as f32,
                     self.transform,
                     self.fb_width,
                     self.fb_height,