diff --git a/config/awesome/autostart.sh b/config/awesome/autostart.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d85dda0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/awesome/autostart.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+## run (only once) processes which spawn with the same name
+function run {
+    if (command -v $1 && ! pgrep $1); then
+        $@&
+    fi
+}
+
+run keepassxc 
diff --git a/config/awesome/rc.lua b/config/awesome/rc.lua
index 1c018526..17be0217 100644
--- a/config/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -584,9 +584,5 @@ client.connect_signal("unfocus", function(c) c.border_color = beautiful.border_n
 -- Gaps for dopamine
 beautiful.useless_gap = 10
 
--- making better autostart
-local startupApps = {
-  'keepassxc',
-}
-
-awful.spawn.single_instance(startupApps)
+-- autostart
+awful.util.spawn_with_shell("~/.config/awesome/autostart.sh")