diff --git a/bin/bar b/bin/bar
index fca99d9..b208c84 100755
--- a/bin/bar
+++ b/bin/bar
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -x
 
+killall polybar
+
 if type "xrandr"; then
     for m in $(xrandr --query | grep " connected" |grep "primary" | cut -d" " -f1); do
         MONITOR=$m polybar --reload dwm &