diff --git a/weather b/weather
index a1735de..6dc56e2 100755
--- a/weather
+++ b/weather
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ display_forecast() {
         curl -fsSL "https://wttr.in/${LAT},${LON}?F" -o /tmp/weather
     fi
 
-    setsid -f st -e less -Srf /tmp/weather
+    # wil be sent to scratchpad in i3
+    st -n weather -e less -Srf /tmp/weather &
+    i3-msg "[instance=weather scratchpad show" >/dev/null
 
     exit 0
 }