diff --git a/helpers/DATA/compton/trisquel-compton-switcher b/helpers/DATA/compton/trisquel-compton-switcher
index 541774a69042da398791e209eac98ac482334e0b..107f9e69798b510036084b5a676af4737d9e9d54 100644
--- a/helpers/DATA/compton/trisquel-compton-switcher
+++ b/helpers/DATA/compton/trisquel-compton-switcher
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #Check if compton is currently running.
-case "$(pidof compton | wc -w)" in
+case "$(pgrep -u $USER compton | wc -w)" in
     
     0)  COMPTON_RUNNING=false
 	;;