diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cc25572b..b006a32c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ fn start(os_input: OsInputOutput) {
 
     let full_screen_ws = os_input.get_terminal_size_using_fd(0);
     os_input.into_raw_mode(0);
-    ::std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(2000));
     let mut screen = Screen::new(&full_screen_ws, Box::new(os_input.clone()));
     let send_screen_instructions = screen.sender.clone();
 
diff --git a/src/os_input_output.rs b/src/os_input_output.rs
index 29f1ed01..b6ae5c0a 100644
--- a/src/os_input_output.rs
+++ b/src/os_input_output.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use nix::pty::{forkpty, Winsize};
 use std::os::unix::io::RawFd;
 use std::process::Command;
 
+use std::env;
+
 fn into_raw_mode(pid: RawFd) {
     let mut tio = tcgetattr(pid).expect("could not get terminal attribute");
     cfmakeraw(&mut tio);
@@ -63,12 +65,9 @@ fn spawn_terminal (ws: &Winsize) -> (RawFd, RawFd) {
                         child
                     },
                     ForkResult::Child => {
-                        // TODO: why does $SHELL not work?
-                        // Command::new("$SHELL").spawn().expect("failed to spawn");
-                        // set_terminal_size_using_fd(0, ws.ws_col, ws.ws_row);
-                        Command::new("/usr/bin/fish").spawn().expect("failed to spawn");
-                        ::std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(300000));
-                        panic!("I am secondary, why?!");
+                        Command::new(env::var("SHELL").unwrap()).spawn().expect("failed to spawn");
+                        ::std::thread::park();
+                        todo!();
                     },
                 };
                 (pid_primary, pid_secondary.as_raw())