diff --git a/src/concurrent/msgq.c b/src/concurrent/msgq.c
index e90c2b7..63b71e2 100644
--- a/src/concurrent/msgq.c
+++ b/src/concurrent/msgq.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ static void msgq_cleanup(struct msgq* mq);
 struct msgq* msgq_new(struct rgn* init_rgn)
 {
     struct msgq* mq = ralloc_typed(init_rgn, struct msgq, 1);
-    mq->rgn = rgn_new(init_rgn, MEDIUM);
+    mq->msg_rgn = rgn_new(init_rgn, SMALL);
     mq->head = mq->tail = NULL;
     pthread_mutex_init(&mq->mx, NULL);
     pthread_cond_init(&mq->cv, NULL);
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ static void msgq_cleanup(struct msgq* mq)
 void* msgq_begin_send(struct msgq* mq, int type, size_t payload_size)
 {
     pthread_mutex_lock(&mq->mx);
-    struct msgq_msg_list* msg = ralloc(mq->rgn, sizeof(struct msgq_msg_list) + payload_size);
+    struct msgq_msg_list* msg =
+        ralloc(mq->msg_rgn, sizeof(struct msgq_msg_list) + payload_size);
     msg->next = NULL;
     msg->type = type;
     if (mq->head == NULL) {
@@ -76,6 +77,6 @@ void* msgq_recv1(struct msgq* mq, int* out_type)
 void msgq_end_recv(struct msgq* mq)
 {
     mq->head = mq->tail = NULL;
-    rgn_clear(mq->rgn);
+    rgn_clear(mq->msg_rgn);
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&mq->mx);
 }
diff --git a/src/concurrent/msgq.h b/src/concurrent/msgq.h
index d624891..8493af3 100644
--- a/src/concurrent/msgq.h
+++ b/src/concurrent/msgq.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 struct msgq_msg_list;
 
 struct msgq {
-    struct rgn* rgn;
+    struct rgn* msg_rgn;
     struct msgq_msg_list* head;
     struct msgq_msg_list* tail;
     pthread_mutex_t mx;
diff --git a/src/ctxt/window.c b/src/ctxt/window.c
index ea273c3..1c9aa6a 100644
--- a/src/ctxt/window.c
+++ b/src/ctxt/window.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct ax_window* ax__window_builder_finish(
     struct ax_msg_make_window* m =
         msgq_begin_send_typed(req_window_mq, ax_msg_make_window);
     m->dst_win = win;
-    m->title = rstrdup(req_window_mq->rgn, winb->title);
+    m->title = rstrdup(req_window_mq->msg_rgn, winb->title);
     m->width = winb->w;
     m->height = winb->h;
     m->flags = winb->flags;