diff --git a/home/services/polybar/default.nix b/home/services/polybar/default.nix
index 4c2d8d4..79b9368 100644
--- a/home/services/polybar/default.nix
+++ b/home/services/polybar/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 {
   config,
   pkgs,
+  lib,
   ...
 }: {
   services.polybar = {
     enable = true;
     extraConfig = builtins.readFile ./config.ini;
     script = ''
-      polybar -q -r -c /home/synchronous/.config/polybar/config.ini mybar & disown
+      polybar -q -r -c /home/synchronous/.config/polybar/config.ini mybar > /tmp/polybar & disown
     '';
   };
+
+  home.activation.polybarStartup = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["linkGeneration"] ''
+    polybar -q -r -c /home/synchronous/.config/polybar/config.ini mybar > /tmp/polybar & disown
+  '';
 }