diff --git a/.changes/positioner-current-monitor-panic.md b/.changes/positioner-current-monitor-panic.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f3a3c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/positioner-current-monitor-panic.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+positioner: patch
+positioner-js: patch
+---
+
+Replaced a panic in `calculate_position` with an error return when the window has no associated monitor (e.g. during display sleep or monitor reconfiguration).
diff --git a/plugins/positioner/src/ext.rs b/plugins/positioner/src/ext.rs
index 7c9be8c2..f9d6a80d 100644
--- a/plugins/positioner/src/ext.rs
+++ b/plugins/positioner/src/ext.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ fn calculate_position<R: Runtime>(
 ) -> Result<PhysicalPosition<i32>> {
     use Position::*;
 
-    let screen = window.current_monitor()?.unwrap();
+    let screen = window.current_monitor()?.ok_or_else(|| {
+        tauri::Error::Io(std::io::Error::other("No monitor found for the window"))
+    })?;
     // Only use the screen_position for the Tray independent positioning,
     // because a tray event may not be called on the currently active monitor.
     let screen_position = screen.position();