diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index c2b05e5..ca03da5 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbordercolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 static const char scratchpadname[] = "scratchpad";
 static const char *scratchpadcmd[] = { "st", "-t", scratchpadname, "-g", "120x34", NULL };