diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index ac6571a..245b952 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ static char *dldir          = ".surf/dl";
 static time_t sessiontime   = 3600;
 
 #define SETPROP(p)       { .v = (char *[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", \
-	"xprop -id $1 -f $0 8s -set $0 \"`echo -n | dmenu || exit 0`\"", \
+	"prop=\"`dmenu < /dev/null`\" &&" \
+		"xprop -id $1 -f $0 8s -set $0 \"$prop\"", \
 	p, winid, NULL } }
 #define MODKEY GDK_CONTROL_MASK
 static Key keys[] = {