diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
index fee6f0735..c23aad755 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
         // Move our window off screen to the top
         position.setInitial(in: window, on: screen)
 
+        // We need to set our window level to a high value. In testing, only
+        // popUpMenu and above do what we want. This gets it above the menu bar
+        // and lets us render off screen.
+        window.level = .popUpMenu
+
         // Move it to the visible position since animation requires this
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
@@ -248,6 +253,11 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
                 // If we canceled our animation in we do nothing
                 guard self.visible else { return }
 
+                // After animating in, we reset the window level to a value that
+                // is above other windows but not as high as popUpMenu. This allows
+                // things like IME dropdowns to appear properly.
+                window.level = .floating
+
                 // Now that the window is visible, sync our appearance. This function
                 // requires the window is visible.
                 self.syncAppearance()
@@ -339,6 +349,11 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
             }
         }
 
+        // We need to set our window level to a high value. In testing, only
+        // popUpMenu and above do what we want. This gets it above the menu bar
+        // and lets us render off screen.
+        window.level = .popUpMenu
+
         NSAnimationContext.runAnimationGroup({ context in
             context.duration = derivedConfig.quickTerminalAnimationDuration
             context.timingFunction = .init(name: .easeIn)
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalWindow.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalWindow.swift
index 552b87e25..005808a23 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalWindow.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalWindow.swift
@@ -28,23 +28,5 @@ class QuickTerminalWindow: NSPanel {
 
         // We don't want to activate the owning app when quick terminal is triggered.
         self.styleMask.insert(.nonactivatingPanel)
-
-        // We need to set our window level to a high value. In testing, only
-        // popUpMenu and above do what we want. This gets it above the menu bar
-        // and lets us render off screen.
-        self.level = .popUpMenu
-
-        // This plus the level above was what was needed for the animation to work,
-        // because it gets the window off screen properly. Plus we add some fields
-        // we just want the behavior of.
-        self.collectionBehavior = [
-            // We want this to be part of every space because it is a singleton.
-            .canJoinAllSpaces,
-
-            // We don't want to be part of command-tilde
-            .ignoresCycle,
-
-            // We want to show the window on another space if it is visible
-            .fullScreenAuxiliary]
     }
 }