diff --git a/simple/init.lua b/simple/init.lua
index a31a4ca..f6debfe 100644
--- a/simple/init.lua
+++ b/simple/init.lua
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ local launcher = awful.widget.button({
     image = beautiful.awesome_icon,
 })
 launcher:buttons(gears.table.join(launcher:buttons(),
-    awful.button({}, 1, nil, showAppLauncher)))
+    awful.button({}, 1, nil, function() showAppLauncher(false) end)))
 
 shutdown_icon = awesome.load_image(awful.util.getdir("config") .. "/assets/icons/power.svg")
 restart_icon = awesome.load_image(awful.util.getdir("config") .. "/assets/icons/refresh-cw.svg")