diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index 9f82afa..24626db 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct notification_lock {
         struct notification *n;
         gint64 timeout;
 };
+static gpointer context_menu_thread(gpointer data);
 
 static int regex_init(void)
 {
@@ -271,6 +272,20 @@ char *invoke_dmenu(const char *dmenu_input)
  * select urls/actions/etc
  */
 void context_menu(void)
+{
+        GError *err = NULL;
+        g_thread_unref(g_thread_try_new("dmenu",
+                                        context_menu_thread,
+                                        NULL,
+                                        &err));
+
+        if (err) {
+                LOG_C("Cannot start thread to call dmenu: %s", err->message);
+                g_error_free(err);
+        }
+}
+
+static gpointer context_menu_thread(gpointer data)
 {
         char *dmenu_input = NULL;
         char *dmenu_output;
@@ -325,5 +340,7 @@ void context_menu(void)
                 notification_unref(n);
         }
         g_list_free(locked_notifications);
+
+        return NULL;
 }
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