diff --git a/src/backend/sdl.c b/src/backend/sdl.c
index fd931b5..a9f6f7b 100644
--- a/src/backend/sdl.c
+++ b/src/backend/sdl.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../ctxt/window.h"
 #include "../util.h"
 #include "../util/region.h"
+#include "../util/functions.h"
 #include "../concurrent/msgq.h"
 #include "../concurrent/msg.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ void ax__backend_step(struct ax_backend* bac)
     msgq_end_recv(bac->inbox);
 
     load_fonts(bac, fonts);
-    make_windows(bac, windows);
+    make_windows(bac, ax__reverse_list(windows));
     render_windows(bac->windows);
 
     rgn_cleanup(&tmp_rgn);