diff --git a/bin/polybar-launch.sh b/bin/polybar-launch.sh
index 37a0d57..7522180 100755
--- a/bin/polybar-launch.sh
+++ b/bin/polybar-launch.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
+# kills any polybar currently on
+killall -q polybar
+# wait for termination
+while pgrep -x polybar >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
 # loads polybar one every monitor
 if type "xrandr"; then
     for monitor in $(xrandr --query | grep " connected" | cut -d" " -f1); do
diff --git a/gui/i3/config b/gui/i3/config
index 9339813..5c1e348 100644
--- a/gui/i3/config
+++ b/gui/i3/config
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ font pango:monospace 8
 
 default_border none
 
-gaps inner 5
+gaps inner 10
 smart_gaps on
 
 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ bindsym $mod+q exec ~/.local/bin/i3lock-blur
 bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
 
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
-bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run
+bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run -b
 # A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:
 # bindcode $mod+40 exec "rofi -modi drun,run -show drun"
 # There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a