diff --git a/widgets/supermenu/applications-tab.lua b/widgets/supermenu/applications-tab.lua
index ae027bf..0c44844 100644
--- a/widgets/supermenu/applications-tab.lua
+++ b/widgets/supermenu/applications-tab.lua
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ return function(args)
                 {
                     layout = wibox.layout.grid,
                     forced_num_cols = args.columns,
+                    forced_num_rows = args.rows,
                     homogenous = true,
                     expand = true,
                     vertical_expand = true,