diff --git a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp
index a5b5c49e4f3dd0a03a6f10e573ec2a9ce12666fd..97e472cd3ae739f347beca13ff21901597b56b79 100644
--- a/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/extrae/extrae_type_stack.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ window_intercomms_enabled true
 window_comm_fromto true
 window_comm_tagsize true
 window_comm_typeval true
+window_maximum_y NESMIK_REPLACE_SEMANTIC_MAX
+window_minimum_y 0
 window_compute_y_max false
 window_level thread
 window_scale_relative 1.000000000000
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ window_intercomms_enabled true
 window_comm_fromto true
 window_comm_tagsize true
 window_comm_typeval true
+window_maximum_y NESMIK_REPLACE_SEMANTIC_MAX
+window_minimum_y 0
 window_compute_y_max false
 window_level thread
 window_scale_relative 1.000000000000
@@ -227,8 +231,11 @@ void ExtraeTypeStackStrategy::Finalize() noexcept {
     auto replacedWindowHeightOverview = std::regex_replace(
         overviewReplacedNumLevels, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_HEIGHT"),
         std::to_string(paraverConfigWindowHeight_));
+    auto replacedWindowSemanticMaxOverview = std::regex_replace(
+        replacedWindowHeightOverview, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_SEMANTIC_MAX"),
+        std::to_string(numberOfRegionsRegistered));
     auto overviewReplacedAllTypes =
-        std::regex_replace(replacedWindowHeightOverview,
+        std::regex_replace(replacedWindowSemanticMaxOverview,
                            std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_LEVELS"), allTypesString);
 
     // write Overview
@@ -252,8 +259,11 @@ void ExtraeTypeStackStrategy::Finalize() noexcept {
           std::to_string(
               (paraverConfigWindowHeight_ + paraverConfigWindowHeightPad_) *
               (level + 2 /* offset with overview window */)));
+      auto replacedWindowSemanticMax = std::regex_replace(
+          replacedWindowYPosition, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_SEMANTIC_MAX"),
+          std::to_string(numberOfRegionsRegistered));
       auto replacedWindowName = std::regex_replace(
-          replacedWindowYPosition, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_NAME"),
+          replacedWindowSemanticMax, std::regex("NESMIK_REPLACE_WINDOW_NAME"),
           windowName);
 
       // write Overview