diff --git a/src/panel.c b/src/panel.c
index 6e7051c..410a4bd 100644
--- a/src/panel.c
+++ b/src/panel.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ void init_panel()
 
 		if (panel_config.monitor < 0)
 			p->monitor = i;
+		if ( p->area.bg == 0 )
+			p->area.bg = &g_array_index(backgrounds, Background, 0);
 		p->area.parent = p;
 		p->area.panel = p;
 		p->area.on_screen = 1;
diff --git a/src/tint.c b/src/tint.c
index 8316bdd..4f5c673 100644
--- a/src/tint.c
+++ b/src/tint.c
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ void init (int argc, char *argv[])
 	// Set signal handler
 	signal_pending = 0;
 	struct sigaction sa = { .sa_handler = signal_handler };
+	struct sigaction sa_chld = { .sa_handler = SIG_DFL, .sa_flags = SA_NOCLDWAIT };
 	sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, 0);
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, 0);
 	sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, 0);
 	sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, 0);
-//	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);		// don't have to wait() after fork()
+	sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa_chld, 0);
 
 	// BSD does not support pselect(), therefore we have to use select and hope that we do not
 	// end up in a race condition there (see 'man select()' on a linux machine for more information)