diff --git a/config/X11/xinitrc b/config/X11/xinitrc
index e2d35dc..e676d0f 100644
--- a/config/X11/xinitrc
+++ b/config/X11/xinitrc
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ logrotate \
     ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/logrotate/logrotate.conf \
     &
 
-exec dwm
+exec startdwm
diff --git a/scripts/startdwm b/scripts/startdwm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74cb3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/startdwm
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+logfile="${LOG_HOME}/dwm.log"
+
+while true; do
+    # Log stderror to a file
+    dwm 2> "$logfile"
+done