diff --git a/rc/rules.lua b/rc/rules.lua
index d3df1d9..56352ae 100644
--- a/rc/rules.lua
+++ b/rc/rules.lua
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ awful.rules.rules = {
      properties = { floating = true }}, -- Flash with Firefox
    { rule = { instance = "exe", class="Exe", instance="exe" },
      properties = { floating = true }}, -- Flash with Chromium
-   -- Other stuff
+   -- Pidgin
    { rule = { class = "Pidgin" },
      properties = { tag = config.tags.im }},
+   { rule = { class = "Pidgin" },
+     except = { role = "buddy_list" }, -- buddy_list is the master
+     properties = { }, callback = awful.client.setslave },
+   -- Other stuff
    { rule = { class = "URxvt" },
      properties = { }, callback = awful.client.setslave },
 }
diff --git a/rc/tags.lua b/rc/tags.lua
index f808739..0965d89 100644
--- a/rc/tags.lua
+++ b/rc/tags.lua
@@ -72,5 +72,6 @@ for i = 1, #tags do
    end
 end
 
-awful.tag.setproperty(config.tags.emacs, "mwfact", 0.6) -- emacs
-awful.tag.setproperty(config.tags.www, "mwfact", 0.7) -- www
+awful.tag.setproperty(config.tags.emacs, "mwfact", 0.6)
+awful.tag.setproperty(config.tags.www, "mwfact", 0.7)
+awful.tag.setproperty(config.tags.im, "mwfact", 0.2)