diff --git a/dmenu-power-menu b/dmenu-power-menu
index ed67ada..877c8d1 100755
--- a/dmenu-power-menu
+++ b/dmenu-power-menu
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ load_config () {
 
 menu () {
     case "$(printf "shutdown\\nreboot" | $DMENU -p "Choose your poison")" in
-        "shutdown") poweroff ;;
-        "reboot") reboot ;;
+        "shutdown") loginctl poweroff ;;
+        "reboot") loginctl reboot ;;
     esac
 }