diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/widgets/manage/ManageWidgetsActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/widgets/manage/ManageWidgetsActivity.kt
index 6fec855..4b5c0c2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/widgets/manage/ManageWidgetsActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/widgets/manage/ManageWidgetsActivity.kt
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ import de.jrpie.android.launcher.databinding.ActivityManageWidgetsBinding
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.LauncherPreferences
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.ui.UIObject
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.widgets.AppWidget
+import de.jrpie.android.launcher.widgets.GRID_SIZE
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.widgets.WidgetPanel
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.widgets.WidgetPosition
+import kotlin.math.max
 import kotlin.math.min
+import kotlin.math.roundToInt
 
 
 // http://coderender.blogspot.com/2012/01/hosting-android-widgets-my.html
@@ -143,14 +146,12 @@ class ManageWidgetsActivity : UIObject, Activity() {
 
         val display = windowManager.defaultDisplay
 
-        val position = WidgetPosition.fromAbsoluteRect(
-            Rect(
-                0, 0,
-                min(400, appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetInfo(appWidgetId).minWidth),
-                min(400, appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetInfo(appWidgetId).minHeight)
-            ),
-            display.width,
-            display.height
+        val widgetInfo = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetInfo(appWidgetId)
+
+        val position = WidgetPosition.findFreeSpace(
+            WidgetPanel.byId(panelId),
+            max(3, (GRID_SIZE * (widgetInfo.minWidth) / display.width.toFloat()).roundToInt()),
+            max(3, (GRID_SIZE * (widgetInfo.minHeight) / display.height.toFloat()).roundToInt())
         )
 
         val widget = AppWidget(appWidgetId, position, panelId, provider)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/widgets/WidgetPosition.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/widgets/WidgetPosition.kt
index b575665..e51f00c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/widgets/WidgetPosition.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/widgets/WidgetPosition.kt
@@ -11,9 +11,20 @@ const val GRID_SIZE: Short = 12
 @Serializable
 data class WidgetPosition(var x: Short, var y: Short, var width: Short, var height: Short) {
 
+    constructor(rect: Rect) : this(
+        rect.left.toShort(),
+        rect.top.toShort(),
+        (rect.right - rect.left).toShort(),
+        (rect.bottom - rect.top).toShort()
+    )
+
+    fun toRect(): Rect {
+        return Rect(x.toInt(), y.toInt(), x + width, y + height)
+    }
+
     fun getAbsoluteRect(screenWidth: Int, screenHeight: Int): Rect {
         val gridWidth = screenWidth / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
-        val gridHeight= screenHeight / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
+        val gridHeight = screenHeight / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
 
         return Rect(
             (x * gridWidth).toInt(),
@@ -23,25 +34,33 @@ data class WidgetPosition(var x: Short, var y: Short, var width: Short, var heig
         )
     }
 
+
     companion object {
         fun fromAbsoluteRect(absolute: Rect, screenWidth: Int, screenHeight: Int): WidgetPosition {
             val gridWidth = screenWidth / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
-            val gridHeight= screenHeight / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
+            val gridHeight = screenHeight / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
 
-            val x = (absolute.left / gridWidth).roundToInt().toShort().coerceIn(0, (GRID_SIZE-1).toShort())
-            val y = (absolute.top / gridHeight).roundToInt().toShort().coerceIn(0, (GRID_SIZE-1).toShort())
+            val x = (absolute.left / gridWidth).roundToInt().toShort()
+                .coerceIn(0, (GRID_SIZE - 1).toShort())
+            val y = (absolute.top / gridHeight).roundToInt().toShort()
+                .coerceIn(0, (GRID_SIZE - 1).toShort())
 
 
             val w = max(2, ((absolute.right - absolute.left) / gridWidth).roundToInt()).toShort()
             val h = max(2, ((absolute.bottom - absolute.top) / gridHeight).roundToInt()).toShort()
 
-            return WidgetPosition(x,y,w,h)
+            return WidgetPosition(x, y, w, h)
 
         }
 
-        fun center(minWidth: Int, minHeight: Int, screenWidth: Int, screenHeight: Int): WidgetPosition {
+        fun center(
+            minWidth: Int,
+            minHeight: Int,
+            screenWidth: Int,
+            screenHeight: Int
+        ): WidgetPosition {
             val gridWidth = screenWidth / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
-            val gridHeight= screenHeight / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
+            val gridHeight = screenHeight / GRID_SIZE.toFloat()
 
             val cellsWidth = ceil(minWidth / gridWidth).toInt().toShort()
             val cellsHeight = ceil(minHeight / gridHeight).toInt().toShort()
@@ -52,7 +71,32 @@ data class WidgetPosition(var x: Short, var y: Short, var width: Short, var heig
                 cellsWidth,
                 cellsHeight
             )
+        }
 
+        fun findFreeSpace(
+            widgetPanel: WidgetPanel?,
+            minWidth: Int,
+            minHeight: Int
+        ): WidgetPosition {
+            val rect = Rect(0, 0, minWidth, minHeight)
+            if (widgetPanel == null) {
+                return WidgetPosition(rect)
+            }
+
+            val widgets = widgetPanel.getWidgets().map { it.position.toRect() }
+
+            for (x in 0..<GRID_SIZE - minWidth) {
+                rect.left = x
+                rect.right = x + minWidth
+                for (y in 0..<GRID_SIZE - minHeight) {
+                    rect.top = y
+                    rect.bottom = y + minHeight
+                    if (!widgets.any { Rect(it).intersect(rect) }) {
+                        return WidgetPosition(rect)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return WidgetPosition(0, 0, minWidth.toShort(), minHeight.toShort())
         }
     }
 }
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