diff --git a/src/event.c b/src/event.c
index cb31a18..ba487c0 100644
--- a/src/event.c
+++ b/src/event.c
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ unmapnotify(XUnmapEvent *ev)
 void
 getevent(XEvent ev)
 {
+     int st;
+
      switch (ev.type)
      {
       case ButtonPress:       buttonpress(&ev.xbutton);           break;
@@ -382,5 +384,7 @@ getevent(XEvent ev)
       case UnmapNotify:       unmapnotify(&ev.xunmap);            break;
      }
 
+     wait(&st);
+
      return;
 }
diff --git a/src/wmfs.c b/src/wmfs.c
index 3f21f65..952346d 100644
--- a/src/wmfs.c
+++ b/src/wmfs.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ mainloop(void)
 {
      fd_set fd;
      char sbuf[sizeof infobar->statustext], *p;
-     int len, r, offset = 0, st;
+     int len, r, offset = 0;
      Bool readstdin = True;
      XEvent ev;
 
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ mainloop(void)
                     readstdin = False;
                }
                infobar_draw();
-               wait(&st);
           }
           while(XPending(dpy))
           {