diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp b/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
index 7757d0b47e..a56d0640fc 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
@@ -1138,10 +1138,21 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         std::filesystem::path base = configurationFilePath.parent_path();
         FileSys.registerPathToken("${BASE}", base);
 
+        // For now, we just initialize glfw since we can't execute anything meaningfully
+        // after SGCT initializes glfw. There is a bit of startup delay because of this,
+        // but it shouldn't be too bad
+        glfwInit();
+        GLFWmonitor* m = glfwGetPrimaryMonitor();
+        const GLFWvidmode* mode = glfwGetVideoMode(m);
+        glm::ivec2 size = glm::ivec2(mode->width, mode->height);
+        glfwTerminate();
+
+
         // Loading configuration from disk
         LDEBUG("Loading configuration from disk");
         *global::configuration = configuration::loadConfigurationFromFile(
             configurationFilePath.string(),
+            size,
             commandlineArguments.configurationOverride
         );
 
diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/configuration.h b/include/openspace/engine/configuration.h
index 5f541306ec..9831caf949 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/configuration.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/configuration.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct Configuration {
 std::filesystem::path findConfiguration(const std::string& filename = "openspace.cfg");
 
 Configuration loadConfigurationFromFile(const std::filesystem::path& filename,
-    const std::string& overrideScript);
+    const glm::ivec2& primaryMonitorResolution, const std::string& overrideScript);
 
 } // namespace openspace::configuration
 
diff --git a/scripts/configuration_helper.lua b/scripts/configuration_helper.lua
index 0b55af825a..ba9514b9fc 100644
--- a/scripts/configuration_helper.lua
+++ b/scripts/configuration_helper.lua
@@ -357,21 +357,6 @@ end
 
 
 
-function normalizeArg(arg)
-  arg = arg or {}
-
-  check("number", arg, 1)
-  check("number", arg, 2)
-
-  if type(arg[1]) == "number" and type(arg[2]) == "number" then
-    arg["size"] = { arg[1], arg[2] }
-    arg[1] = nil
-    arg[2] = nil
-  end
-end
-
-
-
 function sgct.makeConfig(config)
   local configFile = os.tmpname() .. ".json"
   local file = io.open(configFile, "w+")
@@ -383,7 +368,21 @@ end
 
 
 function sgct.config.single(arg)
-  normalizeArg(arg)
+  arg = arg or {}
+
+  if type(arg[1]) == "number" and type(arg[2]) == "number" then
+    arg["size"] = { arg[1], arg[2] }
+    arg[1] = nil
+    arg[2] = nil
+  else
+    -- No numbers specified, therefore we want to use the screen resolution of the primary
+    -- monitor to derive the resolution
+    -- ScreenResolution is a variable that got injected into the openspace.cfg by the
+    -- OpenSpace code prior to loading this file
+
+    local scale_factor = 2.0/3.0;
+    arg["size"] = { ScreenResolution.x * scale_factor, ScreenResolution.y * scale_factor }
+  end
 
   check("table", arg, "size", "number")
   check("table", arg, "fov", "number")
@@ -429,7 +428,24 @@ end
 
 
 function sgct.config.fisheye(arg)
-  normalizeArg(arg)
+  arg = arg or {}
+
+  check("number", arg, 1)
+  check("number", arg, 2)
+
+  if type(arg[1]) == "number" and type(arg[2]) == "number" then
+    arg["size"] = { arg[1], arg[2] }
+    arg[1] = nil
+    arg[2] = nil
+  else
+    -- No numbers specified, therefore we want to use the screen resolution of the primary
+    -- monitor to derive the resolution
+    -- ScreenResolution is a variable that got injected into the openspace.cfg by the
+    -- OpenSpace code prior to loading this file
+
+    local scale_factor = 2.0/3.0;
+    arg["size"] = { ScreenResolution.x * scale_factor, ScreenResolution.y * scale_factor }    
+  end
 
   check("number", arg, "fov")
   check("number", arg, "tilt")
diff --git a/src/engine/configuration.cpp b/src/engine/configuration.cpp
index 99b65f9a77..a1acf617cc 100644
--- a/src/engine/configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/configuration.cpp
@@ -452,12 +452,20 @@ std::filesystem::path findConfiguration(const std::string& filename) {
 }
 
 Configuration loadConfigurationFromFile(const std::filesystem::path& filename,
+                                        const glm::ivec2& primaryMonitorResolution,
                                         const std::string& overrideScript)
 {
     ghoul_assert(std::filesystem::is_regular_file(filename), "File must exist");
 
     Configuration result;
 
+    // Injecting the resolution of the primary screen into the Lua state
+    std::string script = fmt::format(
+        "ScreenResolution = {{ x = {}, y = {} }}",
+        primaryMonitorResolution.x, primaryMonitorResolution.y
+    );
+    ghoul::lua::runScript(result.state, script);
+
     // If there is an initial config helper file, load it into the state
     if (std::filesystem::is_regular_file(absPath(InitialConfigHelper))) {
         ghoul::lua::runScriptFile(result.state, absPath(InitialConfigHelper).string());
diff --git a/tests/main.cpp b/tests/main.cpp
index 5265b65dca..8b07953769 100644
--- a/tests/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/main.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     *global::configuration = configuration::loadConfigurationFromFile(
         configFile.string(),
+        glm::ivec2(0),
         ""
     );
     global::openSpaceEngine->registerPathTokens();
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.cpp b/tests/test_configuration.cpp
index c69d9fbd91..9736c0e75b 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.cpp
@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ FontSize = {
     Configuration loadConfiguration(const std::string& tag, const std::string& content) {
         std::string filename = fmt::format("test_configuration_{}.cfg", tag);
         std::filesystem::path path = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path();
-        std::string configFile = (path / filename).string();
-        writeConfig(configFile, content);
+        std::string file = (path / filename).string();
+        writeConfig(file, content);
         try {
-            Configuration conf = loadConfigurationFromFile(configFile, content);
-            std::filesystem::remove(configFile);
+            Configuration conf = loadConfigurationFromFile(file, glm::ivec2(0), content);
+            std::filesystem::remove(file);
             return conf;
         }
         catch (...) {
-            std::filesystem::remove(configFile);
+            std::filesystem::remove(file);
             throw;
         }
     }