diff --git a/rc/xinitrc b/rc/xinitrc
index 00eda4a5..4cd13124 100644
--- a/rc/xinitrc
+++ b/rc/xinitrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-export XCURSOR_DISCOVER=1
-[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge -I$HOME ~/.Xresources
-exec mate-session
+# Using dbus-launch seems to be necessary here to get dbus up, otherwise
+# there are errors about it missing and pasystray & nm-applet cannot be
+# interacted with.
+exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session i3