diff -r af9499282ed5 tabbed.c
--- a/tabbed.c	Sat Jun 18 14:37:43 2011 +0100
+++ b/tabbed.c	Thu Sep 08 16:50:09 2011 +0200
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@
 	/* main event loop */
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 	drawbar();
+	spawn(NULL);
 	while(running) {
 		XNextEvent(dpy, &ev);
 		if(handler[ev.type])