diff --git a/musicbg b/musicbg
index 1db4e04..5992ca4 100755
--- a/musicbg
+++ b/musicbg
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # for some reason this still kills all xwinwrap processes
-proc=`pgrep xwinwrap | head -1`
-kill -9 $proc
+kill -9 `pgrep xwinwrap | head -1`
 
 # pick out the music video we want to play in the background
 base="$HOME/Videos/Music/"