diff --git a/dot_local/bin/executable_startup.tmpl b/dot_local/bin/executable_startup.tmpl
index cce16d5db6ce9d555a7dd3bab4539a5ead48c047..0cd9fa0f549158c3870cf9c3ce9d7caea93d4e2d 100644
--- a/dot_local/bin/executable_startup.tmpl
+++ b/dot_local/bin/executable_startup.tmpl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ else
 	i3-msg exec "redshift"
 	i3-msg exec "/usr/lib/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent"
 	i3-msg exec "dunst"
+	i3-msg exec "mpDris2"
 	i3-msg exec "playerctl pause"
 	i3-msg exec "setxkbmap -option compose:ralt"
 	i3-msg exec "xset r rate 250 50"