diff --git a/.Xresources b/.Xresources
index 83fae7a..1a1fe6b 100644
--- a/.Xresources
+++ b/.Xresources
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 *.color13: #FF92D0
 *.color14: #9AEDFE
 *.color15: #E6E6E6
-*.font = "Hack:size=10:antialias=true:autohint=true"
+*.font: "Hack:size=10:antialias=true:autohint=true"
 *.termName: xterm-256color
 *.shell: /usr/bin/zsh
 *.tabspaces: 4
diff --git a/.config/dmenu/dmenu_run_with_aliases b/.config/dmenu/dmenu_run_with_aliases
index 310b8a2..ebfcdcc 100755
--- a/.config/dmenu/dmenu_run_with_aliases
+++ b/.config/dmenu/dmenu_run_with_aliases
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ if [[ -f $HOME/.zsh_alias ]]; then
     source $HOME/.zsh_alias
 fi
 
-command_to_run=$({ alias | awk '{split($0,alias,"="); print alias[1];}' ; dmenu_path ; } | sort | dmenu -i -fn Hack -nb "#282a36" -nf "#f8f8f2" -sb "#44475a" -sf "#f8f8f2" "$@")
+fallback_font="Hack:size=10:antialias=true:autohint=true"
+font=""
+if [ -x $(command -v xgetres) ]; then
+    font=$(xgetres font || echo $fallback_font);
+else
+    font=$fallback_font;
+fi
+
+command_to_run=$({ alias | awk '{split($0,alias,"="); print alias[1];}' ; dmenu_path ; } | sort | dmenu -i -fn $font -nb "#282a36" -nf "#f8f8f2" -sb "#44475a" -sf "#f8f8f2" "$@")
 
 eval ${command_to_run} &