diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index b4f593d..9b1b87e 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define SETTINGS_CURSES_TIMEOUT 100		/* read: inopts(3NCURSES), blocking time between user inputs */
 #define SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR "^"	/* if a command in any cmd inside this fle contains this string, it will be replaced with the hovered/selected file name
 						 * as of right now, this character cannot be escaped; i.e ``command\^ --arg`` will parse into ``command\path_of_hovered_file --arg``*/
+#define SETTINGS_COMMAND_FORK '@'		/* commands starting with this character will be forked into a new non blokcing detached process */
 
 /* {{{ */
 #ifndef CONFIG_GUARD
@@ -21,21 +22,21 @@ static const mimetype mimetype_default_cmd[] = {
 	* file --mime-type -b ./image.gif
 	* gives us "image/gif", thusly if we want to open gif in mpv rather than feh,
 	* we need to define "gif" before "image" */
-	{ "text",	"$EDITOR"						},
-	{ "avif",	"nohup mpv ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
-	{ "gif",	"nohup mpv --loop-file=\"inf\" ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"	},
-	{ "image",	"feh ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
-	{ "video",	"nohup mpv ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
-	{ "audio",	"mpv"							},
-	{ "pdf",	"zathura"						},
+	{ "text",	"$EDITOR"			},
+	{ "avif",	"@ mpv"				},
+	{ "gif",	"@ mpv --loop-file=\"inf\""	},
+	{ "image",	"@ feh"				},
+	{ "video",	"@ mpv"				},
+	{ "audio",	"mpv"				},
+	{ "pdf",	"@ zathura"			},
 };
 static const extension file_extension_default_cmd[] = {
 	/* extension	shell command
 	 * similar to mimetype_default_cmd, however it searches for exact string matches
 	 * and is checked before mimetype_default_cmd */
 	{ ".exe",	"wine"},
-	{ ".cbz",	"mcomix ^ &"},
-	{ ".cbr",	"mcomix ^ &"},
+	{ ".cbz",	"@ mcomix"},
+	{ ".cbr",	"@ mcomix"},
 	{ ".json",	"$EDITOR"},
 	{ ".csv",	"$EDITOR"},
 	{ ".blend",	"blender-bin-5.0.0"}, /* version number in bin in main repo? yea idc */
diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index b499253..97b7ccb 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -226,8 +226,18 @@ void move_right(){
 		if (extension <= mid_dir.current_file->file_name + strlen(mid_dir.current_file->file_name)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < file_extension_default_count; i++) {
 				if (strcmp(extension, file_extension_default_cmd[i].file_extension) == 0) {
-					cmd = parse_cmd(file_extension_default_cmd[i].command, mid_dir.current_file);
-					if (system(cmd)) {
+					if (file_extension_default_cmd[i].command[0] == SETTINGS_COMMAND_FORK) {
+						cmd = parse_cmd(file_extension_default_cmd[i].command + 1, mid_dir.current_file);
+						pid_t pid = fork();
+						if (pid == 0 && setsid()) {
+							system(cmd);
+							status = STATUS_QUIT_PROGRAM;
+							exit(1);
+						}
+					} else {
+						cmd = parse_cmd(file_extension_default_cmd[i].command, mid_dir.current_file);
+						if (system(cmd)) {
+						}
 					}
 					status |= STATUS_MOVE_RIGHT_MATCH;
 					update();
@@ -238,9 +248,20 @@ void move_right(){
 		if (!(status & STATUS_MOVE_RIGHT_MATCH)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < mimetype_default_count; i++) {
 				if (strstr(mime, mimetype_default_cmd[i].mimetype)) {
-					cmd = parse_cmd(mimetype_default_cmd[i].command, mid_dir.current_file);
-					if (system(cmd)) {
+					if (mimetype_default_cmd[i].command[0] == SETTINGS_COMMAND_FORK) {
+						cmd = parse_cmd(mimetype_default_cmd[i].command + 1, mid_dir.current_file);
+						pid_t pid = fork();
+						if (pid == 0 && setsid()) {
+							system(cmd);
+							status = STATUS_QUIT_PROGRAM;
+							exit(1);
+						}
+					} else {
+						cmd = parse_cmd(mimetype_default_cmd[i].command, mid_dir.current_file);
+						if (system(cmd)) {
+						}
 					}
+					status |= STATUS_MOVE_RIGHT_MATCH;
 					update();
 					break;
 				}