diff --git a/docs/tiling-wm-experience.md b/docs/tiling-wm-experience.md
index 399a5d3b..54369a71 100644
--- a/docs/tiling-wm-experience.md
+++ b/docs/tiling-wm-experience.md
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ Required behavior:
 - Scrolling layouts are not acceptable.
 - All ordinary splits are vertical.
 - Adding windows dynamically redistributes all tiled windows evenly.
+- Newly tiled windows are inserted near the currently focused tile, not
+  appended to the far end of the workspace.
 - Removing windows dynamically redistributes all tiled windows evenly.
 - Ordinary use should not require manually managing a split tree.
 - Tabbed/fullscreen-style monocle layout is available.
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/hypr/hyprland.lua b/dotfiles/config/hypr/hyprland.lua
index 99154bdd..f80b58c6 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/hypr/hyprland.lua
+++ b/dotfiles/config/hypr/hyprland.lua
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ local function apply_nstack_config()
         layout = {
           orientation = "left",
           new_on_top = false,
+          new_near_focused = true,
           new_is_master = false,
           no_gaps_when_only = true,
           special_scale_factor = 0.8,
diff --git a/nixos/flake.lock b/nixos/flake.lock
index c33567fb..d060534f 100644
--- a/nixos/flake.lock
+++ b/nixos/flake.lock
@@ -740,16 +740,16 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1777498784,
-        "narHash": "sha256-u/FCBctT/CqPYc9uZyI+bhDKQSBCV8L/z8u6IEC2iiU=",
+        "lastModified": 1778094893,
+        "narHash": "sha256-8kN2xim0z20GV7BT2xt/WCWER08fLTEaRvQGLn/uH2E=",
         "owner": "colonelpanic8",
         "repo": "hyprNStack",
-        "rev": "e2b07d6a7b472a0dd5bef00a1c0c186ccd2f46c6",
+        "rev": "7d723e850b2a60e08f10d49e11c4e9f9697317a8",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "colonelpanic8",
-        "ref": "hyprland-lua-integration",
+        "ref": "codex/new-near-focused-window",
         "repo": "hyprNStack",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/nixos/flake.nix b/nixos/flake.nix
index 9981694c..95e367c1 100644
--- a/nixos/flake.nix
+++ b/nixos/flake.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     };
 
     hyprNStack = {
-      url = "github:colonelpanic8/hyprNStack?ref=hyprland-lua-integration";
+      url = "github:colonelpanic8/hyprNStack?ref=codex/new-near-focused-window";
       inputs = {
         hyprland.follows = "hyprland";
         nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";