diff --git a/conf/conkyrc b/conf/conkyrc
index dbddc20..497ca94 100644
--- a/conf/conkyrc
+++ b/conf/conkyrc
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # ~/.conkyrc
 #
 double_buffer yes
-background no
+# Use -d option instead
+#background yes
 
 use_xft yes
 xftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10
diff --git a/conf/conkyrc.2 b/conf/conkyrc_log
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/conkyrc.2
rename to conf/conkyrc_log
diff --git a/xprograms b/xprograms
index 4686637..c8bfb76 100755
--- a/xprograms
+++ b/xprograms
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ _gsoundap(){
 }
 
 _conky(){
-    (sleep 1s && conky -c ~/conkyrc   >~/.var/log/conky.log 2>&1) &
+    (sleep 1s && \
+        conky -config="$HOME/conkyrc" --daemonize >~/.var/log/conky.log 2>&1)
     #conky -c ~/.dotfiles/conkyrc.2 >~/.var/log/conky.2.log 2>&1 &
 }