diff --git a/.local/bin/scripts/startdwm b/.local/bin/scripts/startdwm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c9c66e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/scripts/startdwm
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Start dwm in a loop for restarting without killing X.
+
+while true; do
+  # Log stderror to a file
+  dwm 2> ~/.cache/dwm.log
+  # No error logging
+  #dwm >/dev/null 2>&1
+done
diff --git a/.xinitrc b/.xinitrc
index b5fe748..3379d38 100644
--- a/.xinitrc
+++ b/.xinitrc
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ mpd &
 dunst &
 syncthing -no-browser &
 telegram-desktop &
-exec dwm
+exec ~/.local/bin/scripts/startdwm