diff --git a/.local/bin/launch_polybar b/.local/bin/launch_polybar
index 16ad3396..76c2dd1c 100755
--- a/.local/bin/launch_polybar
+++ b/.local/bin/launch_polybar
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Terminate already running bar instances
 killall -q polybar
 
+# Wait until the processes have been shut down
+while pgrep -x polybar >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
+
 if type "xrandr"; then
   for m in $(xrandr --query | grep " connected" | cut -d" " -f1); do
     MONITOR=$m polybar --reload main &