diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c826e11..14da3b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /wallpapers
 /screenshots
 /xsettingsd.local
+/xsettingsd.dpi
diff --git a/bin/xsettingsd-setup b/bin/xsettingsd-setup
index 611d770..c845762 100755
--- a/bin/xsettingsd-setup
+++ b/bin/xsettingsd-setup
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # Build xsettingsd.local
 cp  ~/.config/awesome/xsettingsd ~/.config/awesome/xsettingsd.local
-dpi=$(xdpyinfo | awk  '$1 ~ /resolution:/ { print $2 }' | sed 's/x.*//')
+dpi=$(cat ~/.config/awesome/xsettingsd.dpi 2> /dev/null)
+dpi=${dpi:-96}
 echo Xft/DPI $(( $dpi * 1024 )) >> ~/.config/awesome/xsettingsd.local
 
 # Signal xsettingsd