diff --git a/src/container.zig b/src/container.zig
index eb37f26..638ef64 100644
--- a/src/container.zig
+++ b/src/container.zig
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ pub fn Container(Model: type, Event: type) type {
                 }
             }
 
+            size = this.minSize(&.{}, size);
             // assign currently calculated size
             this.size = switch (this.properties.size.grow) {
                 .both => .max(size, this.properties.size.dim),
@@ -889,20 +890,19 @@ pub fn Container(Model: type, Event: type) type {
         pub fn resize(this: *@This(), model: *const Model, size: Point) void {
             // NOTE assume that this function is only called for the root `Container`
             this.size = size;
-            const fit_size: Point = .max(this.minSize(model, size), this.fit_resize());
-            // if (fit_size.y > size.y or fit_size.x > size.x) @panic("error: cannot render in available space");
-            switch (this.properties.size.grow) {
-                .both => this.size = .max(size, fit_size),
-                .fixed => {},
-                .horizontal => this.size = .{
+            const fit_size = this.fit_resize();
+            this.size = switch (this.properties.size.grow) {
+                .both => .max(size, fit_size),
+                .fixed => fit_size,
+                .horizontal => .{
                     .x = @max(size.x, fit_size.x),
                     .y = size.y,
                 },
-                .vertical => this.size = .{
+                .vertical => .{
                     .x = size.x,
                     .y = @max(size.y, fit_size.y),
                 },
-            }
+            };
             this.grow_resize(model, this.size);
         }