diff --git a/.config/polybar/config b/.config/polybar/config
index f83f951b..10605d33 100644
--- a/.config/polybar/config
+++ b/.config/polybar/config
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ type = internal/cpu
 ; Seconds to sleep between updates
 interval = 0.5
 format = <label>
-; %percentage% (default) - total cpu load averaged over all cores
 format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.gray}
-label = %{A1:$TERMINAL -e htop:}CPU: %percentage%%{A}
+label = %{A1:$TERMINAL -e htop >/dev/null 2>&1 &:}CPU: %percentage%%{A}
 
 [module/date]
 type = internal/date
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ date = "%Y %b %d (%a)"
 time = "%I:%M%p"
 
 format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.gray}
-label = %{A1:google-chrome-stable https\://calendar.google.com:}%date% %time%%{A}
+label = %{A1:google-chrome-stable https\://calendar.google.com >/dev/null 2>&1 &:}%date% %time%%{A}
 
 [module/email]
 type = custom/script
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ screenchange-reload = true
 type = internal/alsa
 
 format-volume = <label-volume> <bar-volume>
+label-volume = %{A3:$TERMINAL -e alsamixer >/dev/null 2>&1 &:}%percentage% %{A}
 label-volume-foreground = ${colors.foreground}
 
 format-muted-foreground = ${colors.gray}