diff --git a/xkcdlock b/xkcdlock
index e9a01b1..b3620df 100755
--- a/xkcdlock
+++ b/xkcdlock
@@ -48,12 +48,16 @@ BG_COLOUR="white"
 # Break tooltip every x char to prevent border overflow
 TOOLTIP_MAX_LINE_LEN=100
 
+# Reduce image size by x pixels in x and y dimension
+# so that the tooltip does not overlay image
+IMAGE_PADDING_PX=100
+
 FONT="xkcd Script"
 FONT_FILE="xkcd-script.ttf"
 FONT_PATH="${HOME}/.local/share/fonts/${FONT_FILE}"
 URL_FONT="https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font/raw/master/xkcd-script/font/xkcd-script.ttf"
 
-declare -a DEPS=("xrandr" "awk" "curl" "convert" "recode" "sed")
+declare -a DEPS=("xrandr" "awk" "curl" "convert" "fold" "recode" "sed")
 declare -a DEPS_LOCKER=("i3lock" "swaylock")
 
 DOWNLOAD_DISCLAIMER="\nThe downloaded images will end up in your current working directory.\n\
@@ -256,11 +260,20 @@ image_add_text() {
     echo "$tmp_file"
 }
 
+target_image_size() {
+    IFS='x'
+    read -a strarr <<< "$1"
+    local img_size_x=`expr "${strarr[0]}" - $IMAGE_PADDING_PX`
+    local img_size_y=`expr "${strarr[1]}" - $IMAGE_PADDING_PX`
+    local img_size="${img_size_x}x${img_size_y}"
+    echo "$img_size"
+}
+
 resize_image() {
     local tmp_file=$(mktemp)
 
-    log "Resizing $img_fn to $res and saving image to $tmp_file"
-    convert -adaptive-resize $res $img_fn $tmp_file
+    log "Resizing $img_fn to $2 and saving image to $tmp_file"
+    convert -adaptive-resize $2 $img_fn $tmp_file
 
     if ! [[ -e "$tmp_file" ]]; then
         error "Could not find resized image"
@@ -291,7 +304,8 @@ prepare_image() {
     local text=$(xkcd_get_img_tooltip $img_nr)
     img_tooltip=$(xkcd_format_tooltip $text)
 
-    local tmp_file_r=$(resize_image $img_fn $res)
+    local img_target_size=$(target_image_size $res)
+    local tmp_file_r=$(resize_image $img_fn $img_target_size)
     local tmp_file_c=$(center_image $tmp_file_r $res)
     local tmp_file_t1=$(image_add_text "${tmp_file_c}" "${img_nr}" "Northeast" "green" "${FONT_PATH}" "+50+50" "50")
     local tmp_file_t2=$(image_add_text "${tmp_file_t1}" "${img_tooltip}" "Southwest" "red" "${FONT_PATH}" "+0+0" "30" " -undercolor '#00000080' ")