diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 6a6f7be..215d6af 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ static Layout layouts[] = {
         { MODKEY|ShiftMask,             KEY,      tag,            TAG }, \
         { MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY,      toggletag,      TAG },
 
+/* helper for spawning shell commands */
+#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
+
 static Key keys[] = {
 	/* modifier                     key        function        argument */
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = (char *[]){"dmenu_run", "-fn", FONT, "-nb", NORMBGCOLOR, "-nf", NORMFGCOLOR, "-sb", SELBGCOLOR, "-sf", SELFGCOLOR, NULL}} },
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 7a6c591..04ae223 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 #define LENGTH(x)       (sizeof x / sizeof x[0])
 #define MAXTAGLEN       16
 #define MOUSEMASK       (BUTTONMASK|PointerMotionMask)
-#define SHCMD(cmd)      { .v = (char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
 #define TAGMASK         ((int)((1LL << LENGTH(tags)) - 1))
 #define TEXTW(x)        (textnw(x, strlen(x)) + dc.font.height)