diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index b87ec96..575659b 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
-static char dmenucmdstr[256];
+static char dmenucmdstr[256] = "--dmenu=\"";
 static const char *j4_dmenu_desktopcmd[] = {"j4-dmenu-desktop", dmenucmdstr, NULL};
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 static const char *firefoxcmd[] = {"firefox", NULL};
@@ -122,9 +122,10 @@ static Button buttons[] = {
 	{ ClkTagBar,            MODKEY,         Button1,        tag,            {0} },
 	{ ClkTagBar,            MODKEY,         Button3,        toggletag,      {0} },
 };
-
 void config_start() {
 	for (unsigned i = 0; dmenucmd[i] != NULL; ++i) {
 		strcat(dmenucmdstr, dmenucmd[i]);
+		strcat(dmenucmdstr, "\" \"");
 	}
+	dmenucmdstr[strlen(dmenucmdstr) - 2] = '\0';
 }