diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 744422e..09d7296 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ Here some of the things you may be interested in:
    `ps`, it looks at the list of the connected clients with
    `xwininfo`. Seems reliable.
  - I use a light transparency effect to tell if a window has the focus
-   or not. It needs a composite manager. I have chosen `unagi` for
-   this (packaged in Debian).
+   or not. It needs a composite manager.
  - I use a Python script `bin/build-wallpaper` to build the wallpaper
    to be displayed. There is a random selection and it works with
    multihead setup. It seems that classic tools are now able to change
diff --git a/rc/start.lua b/rc/start.lua
index d1bc89e..db432d2 100644
--- a/rc/start.lua
+++ b/rc/start.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if xrandr[config.hostname] then
 end
 
 -- Spawn a composoting manager
-awful.util.spawn("unagi", false)
+awful.util.spawn("xcompmgr", false)
 
 -- Start idempotent commands
 local execute = {