diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
index 331f26c97..873bbe7cc 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@ class TerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
             }
         }
 
-        // Center the window to start, we'll move the window frame automatically
-        // when cascading.
-        window.center()
-
+        // Set our window positioning to coordinates if config value exists, otherwise
+        // fallback to original centering behavior
+        setInitialWindowPosition(window, x: config.windowPositionX, y: config.windowPositionY, windowDecorations: config.windowDecorations)
+        
         // Make sure our theme is set on the window so styling is correct.
         if let windowTheme = config.windowTheme {
             window.windowTheme = .init(rawValue: windowTheme)
@@ -468,6 +468,31 @@ class TerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
         let data = TerminalRestorableState(from: self)
         data.encode(with: state)
     }
+    
+    func setInitialWindowPosition(_ window: NSWindow, x: Int16?, y: Int16?, windowDecorations: Bool) {
+        if let primaryScreen = NSScreen.screens.first {
+            let frame = primaryScreen.visibleFrame
+
+            if let windowPositionX = x, let windowPositionY = y {
+                // Offset titlebar if needed, otherwise use default padding of 12
+                // NOTE: Not 100% certain where this extra padding comes from but I'd love
+                // to calculate it dynamically if possible
+                let titlebarHeight = windowDecorations ? window.frame.height - (window.contentView?.frame.height ?? 0) : 12
+                
+                // Orient based on the top left of the primary monitor
+                let startPositionX = frame.origin.x + CGFloat(windowPositionX)
+                let startPositionY = (frame.origin.y + frame.height) - (CGFloat(windowPositionY) + window.frame.height) + titlebarHeight
+                
+                window.setFrameOrigin(NSPoint(x: startPositionX, y: startPositionY))
+            } else {
+                // Fallback to original centering behavior
+                window.center()
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Fallback to original centering behavior
+            window.center()
+        }
+    }
 
     // MARK: First Responder
 
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
index 2d679122a..2d9822d6e 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
@@ -517,9 +517,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_INITIAL_SIZE:
                 setInitialSize(app, target: target, v: action.action.initial_size)
 
-            case GHOSTTY_ACTION_INITIAL_POSITION:
-                setInitialPosition(app, target: target, v: action.action.initial_position)
-
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_CELL_SIZE:
                 setCellSize(app, target: target, v: action.action.cell_size)
 
@@ -1072,26 +1069,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
             }
         }
 
-        private static func setInitialPosition(
-            _ app: ghostty_app_t,
-            target: ghostty_target_s,
-            v: ghostty_action_initial_position_s) {
-            switch (target.tag) {
-            case GHOSTTY_TARGET_APP:
-                Ghostty.logger.warning("mouse over link does nothing with an app target")
-                return
-
-            case GHOSTTY_TARGET_SURFACE:
-                guard let surface = target.target.surface else { return }
-                guard let surfaceView = self.surfaceView(from: surface) else { return }
-                surfaceView.initialPosition = NSMakePoint(Double(v.x), Double(v.y))
-
-
-            default:
-                assertionFailure()
-            }
-        }
-
         private static func setCellSize(
             _ app: ghostty_app_t,
             target: ghostty_target_s,
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Config.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Config.swift
index 1e733c5e1..82d17a2de 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Config.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Config.swift
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ extension Ghostty {
             guard let ptr = v else { return "" }
             return String(cString: ptr)
         }
+        
+        var windowPositionX: Int16? {
+            guard let config = self.config else { return nil }
+            var v: Int16 = 0
+            let key = "window-position-x"
+            return ghostty_config_get(config, &v, key, UInt(key.count)) ? v : nil
+        }
+        
+        var windowPositionY: Int16? {
+            guard let config = self.config else { return nil }
+            var v: Int16 = 0
+            let key = "window-position-y"
+            return ghostty_config_get(config, &v, key, UInt(key.count)) ? v : nil
+        }
 
         var windowNewTabPosition: String {
             guard let config = self.config else { return "" }
diff --git a/src/config/c_get.zig b/src/config/c_get.zig
index dd7c7cce8..d3f38415e 100644
--- a/src/config/c_get.zig
+++ b/src/config/c_get.zig
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ fn getValue(ptr_raw: *anyopaque, value: anytype) bool {
             ptr.* = @intCast(value);
         },
 
+        i16 => {
+            const ptr: *c_short = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr_raw));
+            ptr.* = @intCast(value);
+        },
+
         f32, f64 => |Float| {
             const ptr: *Float = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr_raw));
             ptr.* = @floatCast(value);