diff --git a/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc b/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
index cd7668e..4ed76fa 100755
--- a/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
+++ b/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
@@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ super + c
 	rofi -show calc -modi calc -no-show-match -no-sort -calc-command "echo -n '{result}' | xclip"
 # start emacs
 super + e
-	emacs
+	emacsclient -c -a emacs