diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml
index f2f4f0a7e..b0c7f303e 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml
@@ -148,14 +148,12 @@ Singleton {
             const brightnessValue = Math.max(monitor.multipliedBrightness, 0);
             if (isDdc) {
                 const rawValueRounded = Math.max(Math.floor(brightnessValue * monitor.rawMaxBrightness), 1);
-                setProc.command = ["ddcutil", "-b", busNum, "setvcp", "10", rawValueRounded];
-                setProc.startDetached();
+                setProc.exec(["ddcutil", "-b", busNum, "setvcp", "10", rawValueRounded]);
             } else {
                 const valuePercentNumber = Math.floor(brightnessValue * 100);
                 let valuePercent = `${valuePercentNumber}%`;
                 if (valuePercentNumber == 0) valuePercent = "1"; // Prevent fully black
-                setProc.command = ["brightnessctl", "--class", "backlight", "s", valuePercent, "--quiet"];
-                setProc.startDetached();
+                setProc.exec(["brightnessctl", "--class", "backlight", "s", valuePercent, "--quiet"])
             }
         }