diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 81a0517..0d64c1f 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static const enum libinput_config_tap_button_map button_map = LIBINPUT_CONFIG_TA
 	{ MODKEY|WLR_MODIFIER_CTRL|WLR_MODIFIER_SHIFT,SKEY,toggletag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }
 
 /* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
-#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
+#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", "-l", cmd, NULL } }
 
 /* commands */
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "foot", NULL };