1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/surf.c b/surf.c
index 39c2b5f..8a1f3d7 100644
--- a/surf.c
+++ b/surf.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,17 @@ newwindow(Client *c, const Arg *a, int noembed)
 void
 spawn(Client *c, const Arg *a)
 {
-	g_spawn_async(NULL, (const gchar* const *)a->v, NULL, G_SPAWN_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	if (fork() == 0) {
+		if (dpy)
+			close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
+		close(pipein[0]);
+		close(pipeout[1]);
+		setsid();
+		execvp(((char **)a->v)[0], (char **)a->v);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: execvp %s", argv0, ((char **)a->v)[0]);
+		perror(" failed");
+		exit(1);
+	}
 }
 
 void