diff --git a/i3/.config/i3/config b/i3/.config/i3/config
index 18c5a41..5dbaca2 100644
--- a/i3/.config/i3/config
+++ b/i3/.config/i3/config
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ exec --no-startup-id dunst
 exec --no-startup-id picom -b
 
 # clean up and start polybar
-exec_always --no-startup-id killall polybar
+exec_always --no-startup-id pkill polybar
 exec_always --no-startup-id bash ~/.config/polybar/launch_polybar.sh
 
 # xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the
diff --git a/polybar/.config/polybar/launch_polybar.sh b/polybar/.config/polybar/launch_polybar.sh
index 5e1cbbf..5822a51 100755
--- a/polybar/.config/polybar/launch_polybar.sh
+++ b/polybar/.config/polybar/launch_polybar.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if type "xrandr"; then
-  for m in $(xrandr --query | grep " connected" | cut -d" " -f1); do
+  for m in $(xrandr --query | grep " connected " | cut -d" " -f1); do
     MONITOR=$m polybar --reload toph &
   done
 else
   polybar --reload toph &
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi