diff --git a/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go b/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go
index 3f6c13db..f1c33f04 100644
--- a/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go
+++ b/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ type Settings struct {
 	cmd      string   `help:"The terminal command to be run, withouth the arguments. Ie: ping, whoami, curl."`
 	tail     bool     `help:"Automatically scroll to the end of the command output."`
 	maxLines int      `help:"Maximum number of lines kept in the buffer."`
+
+	// The dimensions of the module
+	width  int
+	height int
 }
 
 // NewSettingsFromYAML loads the cmdrunner portion of the WTF config
@@ -33,5 +37,7 @@ func NewSettingsFromYAML(name string, moduleConfig *config.Config, globalConfig
 		maxLines: moduleConfig.UInt("maxLines", 256),
 	}
 
+	settings.width, settings.height = utils.CalculateDimensions(moduleConfig, globalConfig)
+
 	return &settings
 }
diff --git a/modules/cmdrunner/widget.go b/modules/cmdrunner/widget.go
index ddcfd36d..6e8ffecb 100644
--- a/modules/cmdrunner/widget.go
+++ b/modules/cmdrunner/widget.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmdrunner
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) execute() {
 	// Setup the command to run
 	cmd := exec.Command(widget.settings.cmd, widget.settings.args...)
 	cmd.Stdout = widget
+	cmd.Env = widget.environment()
 
 	// Run the command and wait for it to exit in another Go-routine
 	go func() {
@@ -134,3 +136,13 @@ func (widget *Widget) drainLines(n int) {
 		widget.buffer.ReadBytes('\n')
 	}
 }
+
+func (widget *Widget) environment() []string {
+	envs := os.Environ()
+	envs = append(
+		envs,
+		fmt.Sprintf("WTF_WIDGET_WIDTH=%d", widget.settings.width),
+		fmt.Sprintf("WTF_WIDGET_HEIGHT=%d", widget.settings.height),
+	)
+	return envs
+}
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index d01b79f8..d5bf07a9 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/olebedev/config"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -144,3 +146,53 @@ func ParseJson(obj interface{}, text io.Reader) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// CalculateDimensions reads the module dimensions from the module and global config. The border is already substracted.
+func CalculateDimensions(moduleConfig, globalConfig *config.Config) (int, int) {
+	// Read the source data from the config
+	left := moduleConfig.UInt("position.left", 0)
+	top := moduleConfig.UInt("position.top", 0)
+	width := moduleConfig.UInt("position.width", 0)
+	height := moduleConfig.UInt("position.height", 0)
+
+	cols := ToInts(globalConfig.UList("wtf.grid.columns"))
+	rows := ToInts(globalConfig.UList("wtf.grid.rows"))
+
+	// Make sure the values are in bounds
+	left = clamp(left, 0, len(cols)-1)
+	top = clamp(top, 0, len(rows)-1)
+	width = clamp(width, 0, len(cols)-left)
+	height = clamp(height, 0, len(rows)-top)
+
+	// Start with the border subtracted and add all the spanned rows and cols
+	w, h := -2, -2
+	for _, x := range cols[left : left+width] {
+		w += x
+	}
+	for _, y := range rows[top : top+height] {
+		h += y
+	}
+
+	// The usable space may be empty
+	w = max(w, 0)
+	h = max(h, 0)
+
+	return w, h
+}
+
+func max(a, b int) int {
+	if a > b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func clamp(x, a, b int) int {
+	if a > x {
+		return a
+	}
+	if b < x {
+		return b
+	}
+	return x
+}