diff --git a/Xresources b/Xresources
index 39ee79d..a9d7e41 100644
--- a/Xresources
+++ b/Xresources
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-!! Xft
-Xft.antialias: true
-Xft.hinting: true
-Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
-Xft.rgba: rgb
-
 !! Colors, stolen from http://xcolors.net/dl/derp
 *color0:   #111111
 *color8:   #666666
diff --git a/xsession b/xsession
index 75c712a..88d97e7 100644
--- a/xsession
+++ b/xsession
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ case "$(hostname)" in
         ;;
 esac
 
+xsettingsd -c ~/.config/awesome/xsettingsd &
 xss-lock start &
 inputplug -0 -c ~/.config/awesome/bin/input-event 2> /dev/null
 rfkill block all 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/xsettingsd b/xsettingsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89eb5f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xsettingsd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Xft/Antialias 1
+Xft/Hinting 1
+Xft/HintStyle "hintslight"
+Xft/RGBA "rgb"