g_free(self->wm_command);
     g_free(self->title);
     g_free(self->icon_title);
+    g_free(self->original_title);
     g_free(self->name);
     g_free(self->class);
     g_free(self->role);
     gchar *visible = NULL;
 
     g_free(self->title);
+    g_free(self->original_title);
 
     /* try netwm */
     if (!PROP_GETS(self->window, net_wm_name, utf8, &data)) {
                 data = g_strdup("Unnamed Window");
         }
     }
+    self->original_title = g_strdup(data);
 
     if (self->client_machine) {
         visible = g_strdup_printf("%s (%s)", data, self->client_machine);
 
 static void client_prompt_kill(ObClient *self)
 {
-    ObPromptAnswer answers[] = {
-        { _("No"), OB_KILL_RESULT_NO },
-        { _("Yes"), OB_KILL_RESULT_YES }
-    };
-    gchar *m;
-
     /* check if we're already prompting */
-    if (self->kill_prompt) return;
+    if (!self->kill_prompt) {
+        ObPromptAnswer answers[] = {
+            { _("No"), OB_KILL_RESULT_NO },
+            { _("Yes"), OB_KILL_RESULT_YES }
+        };
+        gchar *m;
 
-    m = g_strdup_printf
-        (_("The window \"%s\" does not seem to be responding.  Do you want to force it to exit?"), self->title);
+        m = g_strdup_printf
+            (_("The window \"%s\" does not seem to be responding.  Do you want to force it to exit?"), self->original_title);
 
-    self->kill_prompt = prompt_new(m, answers,
-                                   sizeof(answers)/sizeof(answers[0]),
-                                   OB_KILL_RESULT_NO, /* default = no */
-                                   OB_KILL_RESULT_NO, /* cancel = no */
-                                   client_kill_requested, self);
-    prompt_show(self->kill_prompt, self);
+        self->kill_prompt = prompt_new(m, answers,
+                                       sizeof(answers)/sizeof(answers[0]),
+                                       OB_KILL_RESULT_NO, /* default = no */
+                                       OB_KILL_RESULT_NO, /* cancel = no */
+                                       client_kill_requested, self);
+        g_free(m);
+    }
 
-    g_free(m);
+    prompt_show(self->kill_prompt, self);
 }
 
 void client_kill(ObClient *self)
 
 #include "client.h"
 #include "prop.h"
 #include "modkeys.h"
+#include "event.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 
 static GList *prompt_list = NULL;
     XSizeHints hints;
     gint i;
 
-    if (self->mapped) return;
+    if (self->mapped) {
+        /* activate the prompt */
+        PROP_MSG(self->super.window, net_active_window,
+                 1, /* from an application.. */
+                 event_curtime,
+                 0,
+                 0);
+        return;
+    }
 
     /* set the focused button (if not found then the first button is used) */
     self->focus = &self->button[0];
     ObPromptElement *but;
 
     if (e->type != ButtonPress && e->type != ButtonRelease &&
-        e->type != MotionNotify) return;
+        e->type != MotionNotify) return FALSE;
 
     /* find the button */
     but = NULL;