diff --git a/dwm.config.h b/dwm.config.h
index 7651bfb..66f1238 100644
--- a/dwm.config.h
+++ b/dwm.config.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 #define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
 
 /* commands */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", font, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", "Inconsolata-9", "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "termite", NULL };
 /*functions for volume control*/
 static const char *upvol[] = { "amixer", "sset", "Master", "5%+", NULL};