diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 15a0033..57dd3bc 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char scratchpadname[] = "scratchpad";
-static const char *scratchpadcmd[] = { "alacritty", "-t", scratchpadname, "-e", "tmux",
+static const char *scratchpadcmd[] = { "st", "-t", scratchpadname, "-e", "tmux",
   NULL };
 
 static char *statuscmds[] = { "notify-send Mouse$BUTTON" };