diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 6409ece..ff260ee 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_black, "-nf", col_amber, "-sb", col_amber, "-sf", col_black, NULL };
-static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
+static const char *termcmd[]  = { "xfce4-terminal", NULL };
 static const char *lockcmd[]   = { "slock", NULL };
 static const char *upvol[]    = { "pactl", "set-sink-volume", "@DEFAULT_SINK@", "+5%", NULL };
 static const char *downvol[]  = { "pactl", "set-sink-volume", "@DEFAULT_SINK@", "-5%", NULL };