diff --git a/.xinitrc b/.xinitrc
index 95c268a..908adf6 100644
--- a/.xinitrc
+++ b/.xinitrc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mpc idleloop player | { while read; do notify-send "`mpc current`"; done } &
 while true; do
     xsetroot -name `/home/slash/.rootname.scm`
     sleep 1m
-done
+done &
 #_ Start notifier
 /usr/bin/dunst \
     -fn "-misc-tamsyn-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" \