diff --git a/xinitrc.txt b/xinitrc.txt
index 76339142..549043ad 100644
--- a/xinitrc.txt
+++ b/xinitrc.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ picom --config /home/brian/.config/picom/picom.conf & # --experimental-backends
 dunst &
 xbanish &
 xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr &
-espanso start &
+espanso start --unmanaged &
 # pulseaudio --start &
 
 # enables AppArmor's aa-notify by default (supposed to be a runit script...)