diff --git a/musicbg b/musicbg
index ea5aca3..1db4e04 100755
--- a/musicbg
+++ b/musicbg
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-pkill -9 xwinwrap
 
-cacheFile="${HOME}/.cache/mpvbg.pid"
+# for some reason this still kills all xwinwrap processes
+proc=`pgrep xwinwrap | head -1`
+kill -9 $proc
 
 # pick out the music video we want to play in the background
 base="$HOME/Videos/Music/"
@@ -13,5 +14,3 @@ mpv="mpv --wid WID --no-config --keepaspect=no --loop \
     --x11-name=mpvbg"
 
 xwinwrap -g 1920x1080 -ni -fdt -sh rectangle -un -b -nf -ov -- $mpv "$base/$pape" & > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-echo $! > ${HOME}/.cache/mpvmusic.pid
-