diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 4792570..1110acc 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ static char *scriptfile     = ".surf/script.js";
 static char *cookiefile     = ".surf/cookies.txt";
 static char *dldir          = ".surf/dl/";
 static time_t sessiontime   = 0;
-#define NOBACKGROUND 1
+#define NOBACKGROUND 0
 
 #define SETPROP(p)       { .v = (char *[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", \
 	"prop=\"`xprop -id $1 $0 | cut -d '\"' -f 2 | dmenu`\" &&" \
diff --git a/surf.c b/surf.c
index 2247551..c46e559 100644
--- a/surf.c
+++ b/surf.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ newclient(void) {
 	g_free(uri);
 	setatom(c, findprop, "");
 	setatom(c, uriprop, "");
-	if(!NOBACKGROUND)
+	if(NOBACKGROUND)
 		webkit_web_view_set_transparent(c->view, TRUE);
 
 	c->download = NULL;