diff --git a/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWindow.scala b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWindow.scala
index 86893c6d..21f34ad3 100644
--- a/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWindow.scala
+++ b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWindow.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import doodle.core.Point
 import doodle.java2d.Picture
 import doodle.java2d.effect.Size.FixedSize
 
+import java.awt.Dimension
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener
 import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ final class Java2dWindow(
   getContentPane().add(panel)
   frame.size match {
     case FixedSize(width, height) =>
-      setSize(width.toInt, height.toInt)
+      setMinimumSize(Dimension(width.toInt, height.toInt))
     case _ => ()
   }
   pack()
diff --git a/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/examples/EmptyFrame.scala b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/examples/EmptyFrame.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d987f3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/examples/EmptyFrame.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Creative Scala
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package doodle.java2d.examples
+
+import cats.effect.*
+import doodle.core.*
+import doodle.java2d.*
+import doodle.java2d.effect.Frame
+import doodle.syntax.all.*
+
+// This just renders an empty frame, so we can check it renders correctly.
+//
+// See issue #179
+object EmptyFrame extends IOApp {
+  def run(args: List[String]): IO[ExitCode] = {
+    val frame = Frame.default
+      .withSize(width = 300, height = 300)
+      .withBackground(Color.midnightBlue)
+    frame
+      .canvas()
+      .use { canvas =>
+        canvas.closed >> IO.pure(ExitCode.Success)
+      }
+  }
+}