diff --git a/src/main.c3 b/src/main.c3
index 7c7228d..d2be50b 100644
--- a/src/main.c3
+++ b/src/main.c3
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ fn int main(String[] args)
 
 		if (ui.check_key_combo(ugui::KMOD_CTRL, "q")) break;
 
-		// main div, fill the whole window
 		ui.div_begin("main", ugui::Rect{.w=-100})!!;
 		{|
 			ui.layout_set_column()!!;
@@ -186,6 +185,17 @@ fn int main(String[] args)
 			ui.layout_next_row()!!;
 			static bool check;
 			ui.checkbox("check1", "", ugui::Point{}, &check)!!;
+
+/*
+			ui.layout_set_column()!!;
+			ui.button_label(" A ")!!;
+			ui.button_label(" B ")!!;
+			ui.layout_next_column()!!;
+			ui.button_label(" C ")!!;
+			ui.button_label(" D ")!!;
+			ui.layout_next_row()!!;
+			ui.button_label(" E ")!!;
+*/
 		|};
 		ui.draw_sprite("sprite1", "tux")!!;
 		ui.div_end()!!;
diff --git a/src/ugui_div.c3 b/src/ugui_div.c3
index 3f32e73..da175cf 100644
--- a/src/ugui_div.c3
+++ b/src/ugui_div.c3
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn void! Ctx.div_begin(&ctx, String label, Rect size, bool scroll_x = false, boo
 		.h = size.h < 0 ? max(elem.div.pcb.h, (short)-size.h) : size.h,
 	};
 	elem.bounds = ctx.position_element(parent, wanted_size);
-	elem.div.children_bounds = elem.bounds;
+	elem.div.children_bounds = Rect{};
 
 	// update the ctx scissor
 	ctx.div_scissor = elem.bounds;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fn void! Ctx.div_end(&ctx)
 	// FIXME: this causes all elements inside the div to loose focus since the mouse press happens
 	//        both inside the element and inside the div bounds
 	//elem.events = ctx.get_elem_events(elem);
-	
+
 	Rect cb = elem.div.pcb;
 	// children bounds bottom-right corner
 	Point cbc = {
diff --git a/src/ugui_layout.c3 b/src/ugui_layout.c3
index 01c03bc..3a2ac9a 100644
--- a/src/ugui_layout.c3
+++ b/src/ugui_layout.c3
@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ fn void! Ctx.layout_next_row(&ctx)
 	Elem *parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id)!;
 
 	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) {
-		// what?
 		return UgError.UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT?;
 	}
 
 	parent.div.origin_r = Point{
 		.x = parent.bounds.x,
-		.y = parent.div.origin_c.y,
+		.y = parent.div.children_bounds.bottom_right().y,
 	};
 	parent.div.origin_c = parent.div.origin_r;
 }
@@ -69,12 +68,11 @@ fn void! Ctx.layout_next_column(&ctx)
 	Elem *parent = ctx.cache.search(parent_id)!;
 
 	if (parent.type != ETYPE_DIV) {
-		// what?
 		return UgError.UNEXPECTED_ELEMENT?;
 	}
 
 	parent.div.origin_c = Point{
-		.x = parent.div.origin_r.x,
+		.x = parent.div.children_bounds.bottom_right().x,
 		.y = parent.bounds.y,
 	};
 	parent.div.origin_r = parent.div.origin_c;
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ fn Rect Ctx.position_element(&ctx, Elem *parent, Rect rect, bool style = false)
 		// margin, offsets the placement and grows the occupied area
 		child_placement = child_placement.off(margin.position());
 		child_occupied  = child_occupied.grow(margin.position().add(margin.size()));
-	
+
 		// oh yeah also adjust the rect if i was to grow
 		if (adapt_x) rect.w -= padding.x+padding.w + border.x+border.w + margin.x+margin.w;
 		if (adapt_y) rect.h -= padding.y+padding.h + border.y+border.h + margin.y+margin.h;
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ fn Rect Ctx.position_element(&ctx, Elem *parent, Rect rect, bool style = false)
 		if (child_occupied.bottom_right().x > div.children_bounds.bottom_right().x) {
 			div.children_bounds.w += child_occupied.bottom_right().x - div.children_bounds.bottom_right().x;
 		}
-		// left overflow
+		// bottom overflow
 		if (child_occupied.bottom_right().y > div.children_bounds.bottom_right().y) {
 			div.children_bounds.h += child_occupied.bottom_right().y - div.children_bounds.bottom_right().y;
 		}