diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js
index 3c33b61b..d2b71d8c 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import App          from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/app.js';
 import Applications from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/applications.js';
 
 import { Label, Box, Icon, Button, Scrollable, Entry } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
-import { exec } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
+import { execAsync } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 
 import Separator   from '../misc/separator.js';
 import PopupWindow from '../misc/popup.js';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const AppItem = (app, window) => {
         className: 'app',
         connections: [['clicked', () => {
             App.closeWindow(window);
-            exec(`hyprctl dispatch exec ${app.executable}`);
+            execAsync(['hyprctl', 'dispatch', 'exec', app.executable.split(' ')[0]]);
             // TODO: focus on new client. Is this only needed after launch?
             ++app.frequency;
         }]],