diff --git a/dmenubar/config.def.h b/dmenubar/config.def.h
index 7dcc375..b38faac 100644
--- a/dmenubar/config.def.h
+++ b/dmenubar/config.def.h
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
 /* Default settings; some can be overriden by command line. */
 
+/* if this is true, dmenubar will exit 0 when it receives EOF from
+ * standard input. otherwise it'll just keep reading until you pkill
+ * it. */
+#define BREAK_ON_EOF 0
+
 static int topbar = 1; /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom */
+
 /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
 static const char *fonts[] = {
 	"monospace:size=10"
 };
-static const int text_s = 1024; /* chars to be allocated for the text displayed in the bar */
+
+/* chars to be allocated for the text displayed in the bar */
+static const int text_s = 1024;
+
 static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
 	/* fg, bg */
-	[Scheme] = { "#eeeeee", "#005577" },
+	[Scheme] = { "#eeeeee", "#005577" }
 };
diff --git a/dmenubar/dmenubar.c b/dmenubar/dmenubar.c
index ee1cd35..d9c0673 100644
--- a/dmenubar/dmenubar.c
+++ b/dmenubar/dmenubar.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "drw.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
+#define BREAK_ON_EOF 0
+
 /* macros */
 #define INTERSECT(x,y,w,h,r)  (MAX(0, MIN((x)+(w),(r).x_org+(r).width)  - MAX((x),(r).x_org)) \
                              * MAX(0, MIN((y)+(h),(r).y_org+(r).height) - MAX((y),(r).y_org)))
@@ -64,7 +66,6 @@ cleanup(void)
 {
 	size_t i;
 
-	XUngrabKey(dpy, AnyKey, AnyModifier, root);
 	for (i = 0; i < SchemeLast; i++)
 		free(scheme[i]);
 	drw_free(drw);
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ setup(void)
 	XIM xim;
 	Window w, dw, *dws;
 	XWindowAttributes wa;
-	XClassHint ch = {"dmenu", "dmenu"};
+	XClassHint ch = {"dmenubar", "dmenubar"};
 #ifdef XINERAMA
 	XineramaScreenInfo *info;
 	Window pw;
@@ -192,8 +193,8 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
-	      "             [-bc color] [-fc color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
+	fputs("usage: dmenubar [-bv] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	      "                [-cb color] [-cf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -203,13 +204,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	XWindowAttributes wa;
 	int i;
 	char text[text_s];
-	for(i = 0; i < text_s; ++i)
+	for(i = 0; i < text_s; ++i) /* initialize text[] */
 		text[i] = '\0';
 
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
 		/* these options take no arguments */
 		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-v")) {      /* prints version information */
-			puts("dmenu-"VERSION);
+			puts("dmenuBAR-"VERSION);
 			exit(0);
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-b")) /* appears at the bottom of the screen */
 			topbar = 0;
@@ -220,9 +221,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			mon = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-fn"))  /* font or font set */
 			fonts[0] = argv[++i];
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-bc"))  /* bg color */
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-cb"))  /* bg color */
 			colors[Scheme][ColBg] = argv[++i];
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-fc"))  /* fg color */
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-cf"))  /* fg color */
 			colors[Scheme][ColFg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-w"))   /* embedding window id */
 			embed = argv[++i];
@@ -253,17 +254,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	setup();
 
-	/* might seem elementary but i made this mistake:
-	 * you can't just let it exit 0 when you hit EOF because then
-	 * stuff like `printf "hello\n" | dmenubar` won't have time to
-	 * be shown. */
-	for(;;){	
-		fgets(text, text_s, stdin);
+	do {
 		/* fgets adds a newline which will be printable in some fonts */
-		if(strlen(text) > 0)
+		if (strlen(text) > 0)
 			text[strlen(text)-1] = '\0';
 		drawmenu(text);
-	}
+	} while (fgets(text, text_s, stdin) != NULL || !BREAK_ON_EOF);
 
-	return 1; /* unreachable */
+	cleanup();
+	return 0;
 }