diff --git a/launch_polybar.sh b/launch_polybar.sh
index 7447395..99255df 100644
--- a/launch_polybar.sh
+++ b/launch_polybar.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-# Terminate already running bar instances
-killall -q polybar
-# If all your bars have ipc enabled, you can also use 
-# polybar-msg cmd quit
-
-# Launch Polybar, using default config location ~/.config/polybar/config
-polybar example 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/polybar.log & disown
+ps -C polybar >/dev/null && : || polybar --quiet --reload & disown