diff --git a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp
index bf8f5d291fe9bbee8a0f8c7e6ac8ed7a43b68967..a5b5c49e4f3dd0a03a6f10e573ec2a9ce12666fd 100644
--- a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ const std::string ExtraeTypeStackStrategy::paraverConfigOverviewWindow = R"(
 ################################################################################
 window_name neSmiK Annotation Overview
 window_type single
+window_position_x 400
+window_position_y 150
 window_width 600
-window_height 114
+window_height NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_HEIGHT
 window_comm_lines_enabled false
 window_flags_enabled false
 window_noncolor_mode true
@@ -73,8 +75,10 @@ const std::string ExtraeTypeStackStrategy::paraverConfigLevelWindow = R"(
 ################################################################################
 window_name NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_NAME
 window_type single
+window_position_x 400
+window_position_y NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_Y_POSITION
 window_width 600
-window_height 114
+window_height NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_HEIGHT
 window_comm_lines_enabled false
 window_flags_enabled false
 window_noncolor_mode true
@@ -220,8 +224,11 @@ void ExtraeTypeStackStrategy::Finalize() noexcept {
     auto overviewReplacedNumLevels = std::regex_replace(
         paraverConfigOverviewWindow, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_NUM_LEVELS"),
         std::to_string(numberOfEventTypes));
+    auto replacedWindowHeightOverview = std::regex_replace(
+        overviewReplacedNumLevels, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_HEIGHT"),
+        std::to_string(paraverConfigWindowHeight_));
     auto overviewReplacedAllTypes =
-        std::regex_replace(overviewReplacedNumLevels,
+        std::regex_replace(replacedWindowHeightOverview,
                            std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_LEVELS"), allTypesString);
 
     // write Overview
@@ -237,8 +244,16 @@ void ExtraeTypeStackStrategy::Finalize() noexcept {
       auto replacedEventType = std::regex_replace(
           paraverConfigLevelWindow, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_EVENT_TYPE"),
           std::to_string(baseType + level));
+      auto replacedWindowHeight = std::regex_replace(
+          replacedEventType, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_HEIGHT"),
+          std::to_string(paraverConfigWindowHeight_));
+      auto replacedWindowYPosition = std::regex_replace(
+          replacedWindowHeight, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_Y_POSITION"),
+          std::to_string(
+              (paraverConfigWindowHeight_ + paraverConfigWindowHeightPad_) *
+              (level + 2 /* offset with overview window */)));
       auto replacedWindowName = std::regex_replace(
-          replacedEventType, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_NAME"),
+          replacedWindowYPosition, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_NAME"),
           windowName);
 
       // write Overview
diff --git a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.hpp b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.hpp
index 207894a5342c1bc5fef0f34069f0e918be718a19..616766f74b6511976214f57ef8489a5cfb66eb17 100644
--- a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class ExtraeTypeStackStrategy : public ProperlyNestedAnnotationStrategy {
       "EXTRAE_WRITE_CONFIG_FILE",
       "Write corresponding Paraver .cfg file if set to True", false);
 
+  inline static const int paraverConfigWindowHeight_ = 115;
+  inline static const int paraverConfigWindowHeightPad_ = 35;
+
   inline static bool didInitialize{false};
 
   inline static thread_local RegionStackData regionStackData;