diff --git a/autostart b/autostart
index 8958527..cb6ac1f 100755
--- a/autostart
+++ b/autostart
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ store_pid() {
 }
 
 OLD_PIDS=$(cat $PIDS_FILE)
+kill $(echo $OLD_PIDS)
 rm $PIDS_FILE
 
-kill $OLD_PIDS
-
 hc emit_hook reload
 
 ~/.config/herbstluftwm/bindings.sh
diff --git a/settings.sh b/settings.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ebaf9f0..0000000
--- a/settings.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-#font="-*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
-font="DejaVu Sans Mono for Powerline:pixelsize=11"
-
-# default
-fgcolor="#eee8d5"
-bgcolor="#002b36"
-
-active="#b58900"
-activeOnMontior="2aa198"
-notempty="#fdf6e3"
-notused="#657b83"
-urgent="#dc322f"