diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index a26779f..21a50d5 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
 static const char *dmenucmd[]    = { "dmenu_run", NULL };
-static const char *termcmd[]     = { "st", NULL };
+static const char *termcmd[]     = { "alacritty", NULL };
 static const char *ftermcmd[]    = { "st", "-n", "floating", NULL };
 
 static const char *webcmd[]        =  { "firefox", NULL };