1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
index 0116c70..12cd8ee 100644
--- a/slock.c
+++ b/slock.c
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         /* main event loop */
         while(running && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
-                if(len == 0 && DPMSCapable(dpy)) 
+                if(len == 0 && DPMSCapable(dpy)) {
+                        DPMSEnabled(dpy);
                         DPMSForceLevel(dpy, DPMSModeOff);
+                }
                 if(ev.type == KeyPress) {
                         buf[0] = 0;
                         num = XLookupString(&ev.xkey, buf, sizeof buf, &ksym, 0);