diff --git a/i3/autostart b/i3/autostart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9695158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3/autostart
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exec_always polybar example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/i3/config.d/bar b/i3/config.d/bar
index c692860..692140d 100644
--- a/i3/config.d/bar
+++ b/i3/config.d/bar
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
 # finds out, if available)
-bar {
-        status_command polybar example
-}
-