diff --git a/etc/skel/set_once.sh b/etc/skel/set_once.sh
index c8e65ee5..540156ea 100644
--- a/etc/skel/set_once.sh
+++ b/etc/skel/set_once.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 dbus-launch dconf load / < ~/xed.dconf
+sed -i 's|\(exec --no-startup-id ~/set_once.sh\)|# \1|' ~/.config/i3/config
 rm ~/xed.dconf ~/set_once.sh