diff --git a/src/layouts/ntall.sh b/src/layouts/ntall.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source "$ROOT/utils/common.sh";
+source "$ROOT/utils/layout.sh";
+source "$ROOT/utils/config.sh";
+
+master_size=$TALL_RATIO;
+
+node_filter="!hidden";
+
+execute_layout() {
+  while [[ ! "$#" == 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      --master-size) master_size="$2"; shift; ;;
+      *) echo "$x" ;;
+    esac;
+    shift;
+  done;
+
+  # ensure the count of the master child is 1, or make it so
+  local nodes=$(bspc query -N '@/1' -n .descendant_of.window.$node_filter);
+  local win_count=$(echo "$nodes" | wc -l);
+  
+  if [ $win_count -ne 1 ]; then
+    local new_node=$(bspc query -N '@/1' -n last.descendant_of.window.$node_filter | head -n 1);
+
+    if [ -z "$new_node" ]; then
+      new_node=$(bspc query -N '@/2' -n last.descendant_of.window.$node_filter | head -n 1);
+    fi
+
+    local root=$(echo -e "$nodes" | head -n 1);
+
+    # move everything into 2 that is not our new_node
+    for wid in $(bspc query -N '@/1' -n .descendant_of.window.$node_filter | grep -v $root); do
+      bspc node "$wid" -n '@/2';
+    done
+
+    bspc node "$root" -n '@/1';
+  fi
+  
+  # -------------------------------------------
+  # TODO: this loop is making everything slower
+  # ensure the count of the first stack child is 1, or make it so
+  local nodes=$(bspc query -N '@/2' -n .descendant_of.window.$node_filter);
+  local win_count=$(echo "$nodes" | wc -l);
+
+  if [ $win_count -ne 1 ]; then
+    local new_node=$(bspc query -N '@/2' -n last.descendant_of.window.$node_filter | head -n 1);
+
+    if [ -z "$new_node" ]; then
+      new_node=$(bspc query -N '@/2/2' -n last.descendant_of.window.$node_filter | head -n 1);
+    fi
+
+    local root=$(echo -e "$nodes" | head -n 1);
+
+    # move everything into 2/2 that is not our new_node
+    for wid in $(bspc query -N '@/2' -n .descendant_of.window.$node_filter | grep -v $root); do
+      bspc node "$wid" -n '@/2/2';
+    done
+
+    bspc node "$root" -n '@/2';
+  fi
+  # -------------------------------------------
+
+  rotate '@/' vertical 90;
+  rotate '@/2' horizontal 90;
+
+  local stack_node=$(bspc query -N '@/2' -n);
+  for parent in $(bspc query -N '@/2' -n .descendant_of.!window.$node_filter | grep -v $stack_node); do
+    rotate $parent horizontal 90;
+  done
+  
+  local mon_width=$(jget width "$(bspc query -T -m)");
+  local want=$(echo "$master_size * $mon_width" | bc | sed 's/\..*//');
+  local have=$(jget width "$(bspc query -T -n '@/1')");
+  bspc node '@/1' --resize right $((want - have)) 0;
+
+  auto_balance '@/2/2';
+}
+
+cmd=$1; shift;
+case "$cmd" in
+  run) execute_layout "$@" ;;
+  *) ;;
+esac;
+
+