diff --git a/bin/mailsync b/bin/mailsync
index 97cd224..2f32c14 100755
--- a/bin/mailsync
+++ b/bin/mailsync
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ case "$(uname)" in
 			*systemd*|*openrc*) export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u)/bus ;;
 		esac
 		# remember if a display server is running since `ps` doesn't always contain a display
-		pgrepoutput="$(pgrep -a X\(org\|wayland\))"
+		pgrepoutput="$(pgrep -ax X\(\|org\|wayland\))"
 		displays="$(echo "$pgrepoutput" | grep -wo "[0-9]*:[0-9]\+" | sort -u)"
 		notify() { [ -n "$pgrepoutput" ] && for x in ${displays:-0:}; do
 				export DISPLAY=$x