diff --git a/aliases/fork_by_default b/aliases/fork_by_default
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..66bb39b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aliases/fork_by_default
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+local forkprogs=(
+    geeqie
+    feh
+)
+
+for i in $forkprogs; do
+    alias $i="fork $i"
+done
diff --git a/aliases/functions b/aliases/functions
index 47226b6..6ef2833 100644
--- a/aliases/functions
+++ b/aliases/functions
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ alias v="xdg-open"
 
 alias vmemcache="vmtouch -l -m 12G -v"
 
+
 fork() {
-	( $* &>/dev/null & )
+	"$@" &>/dev/null &|
 }
 
 alias en="dict.cc.py de en"