diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 1110acc..4792570 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ static char *scriptfile     = ".surf/script.js";
 static char *cookiefile     = ".surf/cookies.txt";
 static char *dldir          = ".surf/dl/";
 static time_t sessiontime   = 0;
-#define NOBACKGROUND 0
+#define NOBACKGROUND 1
 
 #define SETPROP(p)       { .v = (char *[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", \
 	"prop=\"`xprop -id $1 $0 | cut -d '\"' -f 2 | dmenu`\" &&" \