1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 89b3f29..527fe01 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -515,17 +515,17 @@ result<int> App::request_surface(char const *drawing_name) {
       return Err<int>("Drawing name does not match any role");
    }
 
-   auto rname = this->id_alloc.lookup(drawing_name);
+   auto rname = this->lookup_id(drawing_name);
    if (!rname) {
       // name does not exist yet, allocate surface id...
       auto id = int(this->id_alloc.generate_id(drawing_name));
       this->layers.add_surface(id, lid.value());
 
-      // XXX: you should fix this!
+      // XXX: we set the main_surface[_name] here and now,
+      // not sure if we want this, but it worked so far.
       if (!this->layers.main_surface_name.empty() &&
           this->layers.main_surface_name == drawing_name) {
          this->layers.main_surface = id;
-         this->activate_surface(drawing_name);
          logdebug("Set main_surface id to %u", id);
       }