diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4c7c63..62a34a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Dependencies:
 - scdoc (optional)
 
 ```
-$ meson build
+$ meson setup build
 $ ninja -C build
 # ninja -C build install
 ```
@@ -30,14 +30,3 @@ To use wmenu with Sway, you can add the following to your configuration file:
 set $menu wmenu-run
 bindsym $mod+d exec $menu
 ```
-
-## Contributing
-
-Send patches and questions to [~adnano/wmenu-devel](https://lists.sr.ht/~adnano/wmenu-devel).
-
-Subscribe to release announcements on [~adnano/wmenu-announce](https://lists.sr.ht/~adnano/wmenu-announce).
-
-## Credits
-
-This project started as a fork of [dmenu-wl](https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland).
-However, most of the code was rewritten from scratch.
diff --git a/docs/wmenu.1.scd b/docs/wmenu.1.scd
index 1ee623a..4519e8b 100644
--- a/docs/wmenu.1.scd
+++ b/docs/wmenu.1.scd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wmenu - dynamic menu for Wayland
 
 # SYNOPSIS
 
-*wmenu* [-biv] \
+*wmenu* [-biPv] \
   [-f _font_] \
   [-l _lines_] \
   [-o _output_] \
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ $PATH and runs the result.
 *-i*
 	wmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
 
+*-P*
+	wmenu will not directly display the keyboard input, but instead replace it
+	with asterisks.
+
 *-v*
 	prints version information to stdout, then exits.
 
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index 3e8f9be..207d71c 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "wayland.h"
 
 // Creates and returns a new menu.
-struct menu *menu_create() {
+struct menu *menu_create(menu_callback callback) {
 	struct menu *menu = calloc(1, sizeof(struct menu));
 	menu->strncmp = strncmp;
 	menu->font = "monospace 10";
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ struct menu *menu_create() {
 	menu->promptfg = 0xeeeeeeff;
 	menu->selectionbg = 0x005577ff;
 	menu->selectionfg = 0xeeeeeeff;
+	menu->callback = callback;
+	menu->test_surface = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, 1, 1);
+	menu->test_cairo = cairo_create(menu->test_surface);
 	return menu;
 }
 
@@ -44,24 +48,20 @@ static void free_pages(struct menu *menu) {
 	}
 }
 
-static void free_item(struct item *item) {
-	free(item->text);
-	free(item);
-}
-
 static void free_items(struct menu *menu) {
-	struct item *next = menu->items;
-	while (next) {
-		struct item *item = next;
-		next = item->next;
-		free_item(item);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < menu->item_count; i++) {
+		struct item *item = &menu->items[i];
+		free(item->text);
 	}
+	free(menu->items);
 }
 
 // Destroys the menu, freeing memory associated with it.
 void menu_destroy(struct menu *menu) {
 	free_pages(menu);
 	free_items(menu);
+	cairo_destroy(menu->test_cairo);
+	cairo_surface_destroy(menu->test_surface);
 	free(menu);
 }
 
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ static bool parse_color(const char *color, uint32_t *result) {
 // Parse menu options from command line arguments.
 void menu_getopts(struct menu *menu, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	const char *usage =
-		"Usage: wmenu [-biPvx] [-f font] [-l lines] [-o output] [-p prompt]\n"
+		"Usage: wmenu [-biPv] [-f font] [-l lines] [-o output] [-p prompt]\n"
 		"\t[-N color] [-n color] [-M color] [-m color] [-S color] [-s color]\n";
 
 	int opt;
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "bhivf:l:o:p:N:n:M:m:S:s:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "bhiPvf:l:o:p:N:n:M:m:S:s:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'b':
 			menu->bottom = true;
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ void menu_getopts(struct menu *menu, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		case 'i':
 			menu->strncmp = strncasecmp;
 			break;
+		case 'P':
+			menu->passwd = true;
+			break;
 		case 'v':
 			puts("wmenu " VERSION);
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
@@ -163,34 +166,44 @@ void menu_getopts(struct menu *menu, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 }
 
 // Add an item to the menu.
-void menu_add_item(struct menu *menu, char *text, bool sort) {
-	struct item *new = calloc(1, sizeof(struct item));
-	if (!new) {
-		return;
+void menu_add_item(struct menu *menu, char *text) {
+	if ((menu->item_count & (menu->item_count - 1)) == 0) {
+		size_t alloc_size = menu->item_count ? 2 * menu->item_count : 1;
+		void *new_array = realloc(menu->items, sizeof(struct item) * alloc_size);
+		if (!new_array) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "could not realloc %zu bytes", sizeof(struct item) * alloc_size);
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+		menu->items = new_array;
 	}
+
+	struct item *new = &menu->items[menu->item_count];
 	new->text = text;
 
-	if (sort) {
-		for (struct item **item = &menu->items; *item; item = &(*item)->next) {
-			int result = strcmp(new->text, (*item)->text);
-			if (result == 0) {
-				free_item(new);
-				return;
-			}
-			if (result < 0) {
-				new->next = *item;
-				*item = new;
-				return;
-			}
+	menu->item_count++;
+}
+
+static int compare_items(const void *a, const void *b) {
+	const struct item *item_a = a;
+	const struct item *item_b = b;
+	return strcmp(item_a->text, item_b->text);
+}
+
+void menu_sort_and_deduplicate(struct menu *menu) {
+	size_t j = 1;
+	size_t i;
+
+	qsort(menu->items, menu->item_count, sizeof(*menu->items), compare_items);
+
+	for (i = 1; i < menu->item_count; i++) {
+		if (strcmp(menu->items[i].text, menu->items[j - 1].text) == 0) {
+			free(menu->items[i].text);
+		} else {
+			menu->items[j] = menu->items[i];
+			j++;
 		}
 	}
-
-	if (menu->lastitem) {
-		menu->lastitem->next = new;
-	} else {
-		menu->items = new;
-	}
-	menu->lastitem = new;
+	menu->item_count = j;
 }
 
 static void append_page(struct page *page, struct page **first, struct page **last) {
@@ -287,6 +300,7 @@ static void match_items(struct menu *menu) {
 	char buf[sizeof menu->input], *tok;
 	char **tokv = NULL;
 	int i, tokc = 0;
+	size_t k;
 	size_t tok_len;
 	menu->matches = NULL;
 	menu->matches_end = NULL;
@@ -310,8 +324,8 @@ static void match_items(struct menu *menu) {
 	}
 	tok_len = tokc ? strlen(tokv[0]) : 0;
 
-	struct item *item;
-	for (item = menu->items; item; item = item->next) {
+	for (k = 0; k < menu->item_count; k++) {
+		struct item *item = &menu->items[k];
 		for (i = 0; i < tokc; i++) {
 			if (!fstrstr(menu, item->text, tokv[i])) {
 				/* token does not match */
@@ -362,9 +376,13 @@ static void match_items(struct menu *menu) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Marks the menu as needing to be rendered again.
+void menu_invalidate(struct menu *menu) {
+	menu->rendered = false;
+}
+
 // Render menu items.
 void menu_render_items(struct menu *menu) {
-	render_menu(menu);
 	calc_widths(menu);
 	match_items(menu);
 	render_menu(menu);
@@ -485,13 +503,13 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 			// Delete right
 			menu->input[menu->cursor] = '\0';
 			match_items(menu);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 		case XKB_KEY_u:
 			// Delete left
 			insert(menu, NULL, 0 - menu->cursor);
 			match_items(menu);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 		case XKB_KEY_w:
 			// Delete word
@@ -502,7 +520,7 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 				insert(menu, NULL, nextrune(menu, -1) - menu->cursor);
 			}
 			match_items(menu);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 		case XKB_KEY_Y:
 			// Paste clipboard
@@ -510,17 +528,17 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 				return;
 			}
 			match_items(menu);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 		case XKB_KEY_Left:
 		case XKB_KEY_KP_Left:
 			movewordedge(menu, -1);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 		case XKB_KEY_Right:
 		case XKB_KEY_KP_Right:
 			movewordedge(menu, +1);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 
 		case XKB_KEY_Return:
@@ -534,11 +552,11 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 		switch (sym) {
 		case XKB_KEY_b:
 			movewordedge(menu, -1);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 		case XKB_KEY_f:
 			movewordedge(menu, +1);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 			return;
 		case XKB_KEY_g:
 			sym = XKB_KEY_Home;
@@ -568,18 +586,10 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 	case XKB_KEY_Return:
 	case XKB_KEY_KP_Enter:
 		if (shift) {
-			puts(menu->input);
-			fflush(stdout);
-			menu->exit = true;
-		} else if (menu->callback) {
-			menu->callback(menu);
+			menu->callback(menu, menu->input, true);
 		} else {
 			char *text = menu->sel ? menu->sel->text : menu->input;
-			puts(text);
-			fflush(stdout);
-			if (!ctrl) {
-				menu->exit = true;
-			}
+			menu->callback(menu, text, !ctrl);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Left:
@@ -588,10 +598,10 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 	case XKB_KEY_KP_Up:
 		if (menu->sel && menu->sel->prev_match) {
 			menu->sel = menu->sel->prev_match;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		} else if (menu->cursor > 0) {
 			menu->cursor = nextrune(menu, -1);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Right:
@@ -600,51 +610,51 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 	case XKB_KEY_KP_Down:
 		if (menu->cursor < len) {
 			menu->cursor = nextrune(menu, +1);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		} else if (menu->sel && menu->sel->next_match) {
 			menu->sel = menu->sel->next_match;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Prior:
 	case XKB_KEY_KP_Prior:
 		if (menu->sel && menu->sel->page->prev) {
 			menu->sel = menu->sel->page->prev->first;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Next:
 	case XKB_KEY_KP_Next:
 		if (menu->sel && menu->sel->page->next) {
 			menu->sel = menu->sel->page->next->first;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Home:
 	case XKB_KEY_KP_Home:
 		if (menu->sel == menu->matches) {
 			menu->cursor = 0;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		} else {
 			menu->sel = menu->matches;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_End:
 	case XKB_KEY_KP_End:
 		if (menu->cursor < len) {
 			menu->cursor = len;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		} else {
 			menu->sel = menu->matches_end;
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_BackSpace:
 		if (menu->cursor > 0) {
 			insert(menu, NULL, nextrune(menu, -1) - menu->cursor);
 			match_items(menu);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Delete:
@@ -655,7 +665,7 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 		menu->cursor = nextrune(menu, +1);
 		insert(menu, NULL, nextrune(menu, -1) - menu->cursor);
 		match_items(menu);
-		render_menu(menu);
+		menu_invalidate(menu);
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Tab:
 		if (!menu->sel) {
@@ -665,7 +675,7 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 		memcpy(menu->input, menu->sel->text, menu->cursor);
 		menu->input[menu->cursor] = '\0';
 		match_items(menu);
-		render_menu(menu);
+		menu_invalidate(menu);
 		break;
 	case XKB_KEY_Escape:
 		menu->exit = true;
@@ -675,7 +685,7 @@ void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
 		if (xkb_keysym_to_utf8(sym, buf, 8)) {
 			insert(menu, buf, strnlen(buf, 8));
 			match_items(menu);
-			render_menu(menu);
+			menu_invalidate(menu);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/menu.h b/menu.h
index 0a6b22c..fdd9ad2 100644
--- a/menu.h
+++ b/menu.h
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 #ifndef WMENU_MENU_H
 #define WMENU_MENU_H
 
+#include <cairo/cairo.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h>
 #include <wayland-client.h>
 
+struct menu;
+typedef void (*menu_callback)(struct menu *menu, char *text, bool exit);
+
 // A menu item.
 struct item {
 	char *text;
 	int width;
-	struct item *next;       // traverses all items
 	struct item *prev_match; // previous matching item
 	struct item *next_match; // next matching item
 	struct page *page;       // the page holding this item
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@ struct menu {
 	bool bottom;
 	// The function used to match menu items
 	int (*strncmp)(const char *, const char *, size_t);
+	// Whether the input is a password
+	bool passwd;
 	// The font used to display the menu
 	char *font;
 	// The number of lines to list items vertically
@@ -47,6 +52,10 @@ struct menu {
 
 	struct wl_context *context;
 
+	// 1x1 surface used estimate text sizes with pango
+	cairo_surface_t *test_surface;
+	cairo_t *test_cairo;
+
 	int width;
 	int height;
 	int line_height;
@@ -55,26 +64,29 @@ struct menu {
 	int promptw;
 	int left_arrow;
 	int right_arrow;
+	bool rendered;
 
 	char input[BUFSIZ];
 	size_t cursor;
 
-	struct item *items;       // list of all items
-	struct item *lastitem;    // last item in the list
+	struct item *items;       // array of all items
+	size_t item_count;
 	struct item *matches;     // list of matching items
 	struct item *matches_end; // last matching item
 	struct item *sel;         // selected item
 	struct page *pages;       // list of pages
 
-	void (*callback)(struct menu *menu);
+	menu_callback callback;
 	bool exit;
 	bool failure;
 };
 
-struct menu *menu_create();
+struct menu *menu_create(menu_callback callback);
 void menu_destroy(struct menu *menu);
 void menu_getopts(struct menu *menu, int argc, char *argv[]);
-void menu_add_item(struct menu *menu, char *text, bool sort);
+void menu_add_item(struct menu *menu, char *text);
+void menu_sort_and_deduplicate(struct menu *menu);
+void menu_invalidate(struct menu *menu);
 void menu_render_items(struct menu *menu);
 void menu_paste(struct menu *menu, const char *text, ssize_t len);
 void menu_keypress(struct menu *menu, enum wl_keyboard_key_state key_state,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d2643fc..3a5cb18 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
 	'wmenu',
 	'c',
-	version: '0.1.8',
+	version: '0.2.0',
 	license: 'MIT',
 	default_options: [
 		'c_std=c11',
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index e33898d..e86d93b 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@
 // Calculate text widths.
 void calc_widths(struct menu *menu) {
 	struct wl_context *context = menu->context;
-	struct pool_buffer *current = context_get_current_buffer(context);
-	cairo_t *cairo = current->cairo;
+	int scale = context_get_scale(context);
+	cairo_surface_set_device_scale(menu->test_surface, scale, scale);
+	cairo_set_antialias(menu->test_cairo, CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_BEST);
+	cairo_font_options_t *fo = cairo_font_options_create();
+	cairo_set_font_options(menu->test_cairo, fo);
+	cairo_font_options_destroy(fo);
+	cairo_t *cairo = menu->test_cairo;
 
 	// Calculate prompt width
 	if (menu->prompt) {
@@ -28,7 +33,8 @@ void calc_widths(struct menu *menu) {
 	menu->right_arrow = text_width(cairo, menu->font, ">") + 2 * menu->padding;
 
 	// Calculate item widths and input area width
-	for (struct item *item = menu->items; item; item = item->next) {
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < menu->item_count; i++) {
+		struct item *item = &menu->items[i];
 		item->width = text_width(cairo, menu->font, item->text);
 		if (item->width > menu->inputw) {
 			menu->inputw = item->width;
@@ -79,8 +85,22 @@ static void render_prompt(struct menu *menu, cairo_t *cairo) {
 
 // Renders the input text.
 static void render_input(struct menu *menu, cairo_t *cairo) {
-	render_text(menu, cairo, menu->input, menu->promptw, 0, 0,
-		0, menu->normalfg, menu->padding, menu->padding);
+	char *censort = NULL;
+
+	if (menu->passwd) {
+		censort = calloc(1, sizeof(menu->input));
+		if (!censort) {
+			return;
+		}
+		memset(censort, '*', strlen(menu->input));
+	}
+
+	render_text(menu, cairo, menu->passwd ? censort : menu->input,
+		menu->promptw, 0, 0, 0, menu->normalfg, menu->padding, menu->padding);
+
+	if (censort) {
+		free(censort);
+	}
 }
 
 // Renders a cursor for the input field.
@@ -169,33 +189,18 @@ static void render_to_cairo(struct menu *menu, cairo_t *cairo) {
 void render_menu(struct menu *menu) {
 	struct wl_context *context = menu->context;
 
-	cairo_surface_t *recorder = cairo_recording_surface_create(
-			CAIRO_CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA, NULL);
-	cairo_t *cairo = cairo_create(recorder);
-	cairo_set_antialias(cairo, CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_BEST);
-	cairo_font_options_t *fo = cairo_font_options_create();
-	cairo_set_font_options(cairo, fo);
-	cairo_font_options_destroy(fo);
-	cairo_save(cairo);
-	cairo_set_operator(cairo, CAIRO_OPERATOR_CLEAR);
-	cairo_paint(cairo);
-	cairo_restore(cairo);
-
-	render_to_cairo(menu, cairo);
-
 	int scale = context_get_scale(context);
 	struct pool_buffer *buffer = context_get_next_buffer(context, scale);
 	if (!buffer) {
-		goto cleanup;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	cairo_t *shm = buffer->cairo;
-	cairo_save(shm);
-	cairo_set_operator(shm, CAIRO_OPERATOR_CLEAR);
-	cairo_paint(shm);
-	cairo_restore(shm);
-	cairo_set_source_surface(shm, recorder, 0, 0);
-	cairo_paint(shm);
+	cairo_set_antialias(shm, CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_BEST);
+	cairo_font_options_t *fo = cairo_font_options_create();
+	cairo_set_font_options(shm, fo);
+	cairo_font_options_destroy(fo);
+	render_to_cairo(menu, shm);
 
 	struct wl_surface *surface = context_get_surface(context);
 	wl_surface_set_buffer_scale(surface, scale);
@@ -203,7 +208,5 @@ void render_menu(struct menu *menu) {
 	wl_surface_damage(surface, 0, 0, menu->width, menu->height);
 	wl_surface_commit(surface);
 
-cleanup:
-	cairo_destroy(cairo);
-	cairo_surface_destroy(recorder);
+	menu->rendered = true;
 }
diff --git a/wayland.c b/wayland.c
index d31ca20..823ced1 100644
--- a/wayland.c
+++ b/wayland.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "menu.h"
 #include "pool-buffer.h"
+#include "render.h"
 #include "wayland.h"
 #include "xdg-activation-v1-client-protocol.h"
 #include "wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-client-protocol.h"
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static void noop() {
 static void surface_enter(void *data, struct wl_surface *surface, struct wl_output *wl_output) {
 	struct wl_context *context = data;
 	context->output = wl_output_get_user_data(wl_output);
+	menu_invalidate(context->menu);
 }
 
 static const struct wl_surface_listener surface_listener = {
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ int menu_run(struct menu *menu) {
 		context->layer_shell,
 		context->surface,
 		context->output ? context->output->output : NULL,
-		ZWLR_LAYER_SHELL_V1_LAYER_TOP,
+		ZWLR_LAYER_SHELL_V1_LAYER_OVERLAY,
 		"menu"
 	);
 	assert(layer_surface != NULL);
@@ -492,13 +493,17 @@ int menu_run(struct menu *menu) {
 		if (fds[1].revents & POLLIN) {
 			keyboard_repeat(context->keyboard);
 		}
+
+		// Render the menu if necessary
+		if (!menu->rendered) {
+			render_menu(menu);
+		}
 	}
 
-	bool failure = menu->failure;
 	context_destroy(context);
 	menu->context = NULL;
 
-	if (failure) {
+	if (menu->failure) {
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/wmenu-run.c b/wmenu-run.c
index 228edc4..1b7b8c1 100644
--- a/wmenu-run.c
+++ b/wmenu-run.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
 #include <dirent.h>
-#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -20,56 +20,56 @@ static void read_items(struct menu *menu) {
 			if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') {
 				continue;
 			}
-			menu_add_item(menu, strdup(ent->d_name), true);
+			menu_add_item(menu, strdup(ent->d_name));
 		}
 		closedir(dir);
 	}
+	menu_sort_and_deduplicate(menu);
 	free(path);
 }
 
-struct executable {
+struct command {
 	struct menu *menu;
-	char *name;
+	char *text;
+	bool exit;
 };
 
 static void activation_token_done(void *data, struct xdg_activation_token_v1 *activation_token,
 	const char *token) {
-	struct executable *exe = data;
+	struct command *cmd = data;
 	xdg_activation_token_v1_destroy(activation_token);
-	menu_destroy(exe->menu);
 
-	setenv("XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN", token, true);
-	execlp(exe->name, exe->name, NULL);
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "Failed to execute selection: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-	free(exe->name);
-	free(exe);
-	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	int pid = fork();
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		setenv("XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN", token, true);
+		char *argv[] = {"/bin/sh", "-c", cmd->text, NULL};
+		execvp(argv[0], (char**)argv);
+	} else {
+		if (cmd->exit) {
+			cmd->menu->exit = true;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static const struct xdg_activation_token_v1_listener activation_token_listener = {
 	.done = activation_token_done,
 };
 
-static void exec(struct menu *menu) {
-	if (!menu->sel) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	struct executable *exe = calloc(1, sizeof(struct executable));
-	exe->menu = menu;
-	exe->name = strdup(menu->sel->text);
+static void exec_item(struct menu *menu, char *text, bool exit) {
+	struct command *cmd = calloc(1, sizeof(struct command));
+	cmd->menu = menu;
+	cmd->text = strdup(text);
+	cmd->exit = exit;
 
 	struct xdg_activation_v1 *activation = context_get_xdg_activation(menu->context);
 	struct xdg_activation_token_v1 *activation_token = xdg_activation_v1_get_activation_token(activation);
 	xdg_activation_token_v1_set_surface(activation_token, context_get_surface(menu->context));
-	xdg_activation_token_v1_add_listener(activation_token, &activation_token_listener, exe);
+	xdg_activation_token_v1_add_listener(activation_token, &activation_token_listener, cmd);
 	xdg_activation_token_v1_commit(activation_token);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	struct menu *menu = menu_create();
-	menu->callback = exec;
+	struct menu *menu = menu_create(exec_item);
 	menu_getopts(menu, argc, argv);
 	read_items(menu);
 	int status = menu_run(menu);
diff --git a/wmenu.c b/wmenu.c
index e7d37d9..38e78b9 100644
--- a/wmenu.c
+++ b/wmenu.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -12,12 +13,20 @@ static void read_items(struct menu *menu) {
 		if (p) {
 			*p = '\0';
 		}
-		menu_add_item(menu, strdup(buf), false);
+		menu_add_item(menu, strdup(buf));
+	}
+}
+
+static void print_item(struct menu *menu, char *text, bool exit) {
+	puts(text);
+	fflush(stdout);
+	if (exit) {
+		menu->exit = true;
 	}
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	struct menu *menu = menu_create();
+	struct menu *menu = menu_create(print_item);
 	menu_getopts(menu, argc, argv);
 	read_items(menu);
 	int status = menu_run(menu);