diff --git a/AppController.m b/AppController.m
index 573b778..903d500 100755
--- a/AppController.m
+++ b/AppController.m
@@ -1089,7 +1089,9 @@
 - (void)hitMainHotKey:(SGHotKey *)hotKey
 {
 	if ( ! isBezelDisplayed ) {
-		[NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];
+		//Do NOT activate the app so focus stays on app the user is interacting with
+		//https://github.com/TermiT/Flycut/issues/45
+		//[NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];
 		if ( [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"stickyBezel"] ) {
 			isBezelPinned = YES;
 		}
diff --git a/UI/BezelWindow.h b/UI/BezelWindow.h
index c295351..946a1f0 100755
--- a/UI/BezelWindow.h
+++ b/UI/BezelWindow.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #import "RoundRecTextField.h"
 
 
-@interface BezelWindow : NSWindow {
+@interface BezelWindow : NSPanel {
 	// "n of n" text in bezel
 	NSString			*charString; // Slightly misleading, as this can be longer than one character
 	NSString			*title;
diff --git a/UI/BezelWindow.m b/UI/BezelWindow.m
index 6eff3e5..676bf3c 100755
--- a/UI/BezelWindow.m
+++ b/UI/BezelWindow.m
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ static const float lineHeight = 16;
   				backing:(NSBackingStoreType)bufferingType
 					defer:(BOOL)flag
 			   showSource:(BOOL)showSource {
-    
+
 	self = [super initWithContentRect:contentRect
-							styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask
+							styleMask:NSNonactivatingPanelMask | NSBorderlessWindowMask
 							backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
 							defer:NO];
 	if ( self )
 	{
+		//set this window to be on top of all other windows
+		[self setLevel:NSScreenSaverWindowLevel];
+
 		[self setOpaque:NO];
 		[self setAlphaValue:1.0];
 		[self setOpaque:NO];