diff --git a/src/mango.c b/src/mango.c
index b37cc1f..171401e 100644
--- a/src/mango.c
+++ b/src/mango.c
@@ -5810,7 +5810,8 @@ void updatemons(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data) {
 	if (selmon && selmon->wlr_output->enabled) {
 		wl_list_for_each(c, &clients, link) {
 			if (!c->mon && client_surface(c)->mapped) {
-				client_change_mon(c, selmon);
+				c->mon = selmon;
+				reset_foreign_tolevel(c);
 			}
 		}
 		focusclient(focustop(selmon), 1);