diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cc0e16..dddaecc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ Below is a list of all .Xresources values you can define.
 - speedwm.layout.monocle.clientcount:    0 
 - speedwm.layout.monocle.count:          0 
 - speedwm.layout.monocle.format:         [%d/%d]
+- speedwm.layout.custom.cmd:             printf '' | spmenu -i -l 10 -p 'Enter S expression:'
 - speedwm.mfact:                         0.50 
 - speedwm.mfact.lowest:                  0.05 
 - speedwm.mouse.clicktofocus:            0 
diff --git a/docs/example.Xresources b/docs/example.Xresources
index 4062665..d57a56a 100644
--- a/docs/example.Xresources
+++ b/docs/example.Xresources
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ speedwm.layout.monocle.clientcount:    0 ! Enable client count in the monocle la
 speedwm.layout.monocle.count:          0 ! Enable focused client and number of total clients in the monocle layout (0/1)
 speedwm.layout.monocle.format:         [%d/%d]
 
+!! Custom layout
+speedwm.layout.custom.cmd:             printf '' | spmenu -i -l 10 -p 'Enter S expression:'
+
 !! mfact options
 speedwm.mfact:                         0.50 ! Default mfact (0-1)
 speedwm.mfact.lowest:                  0.05 ! Lowest possible mfact (0-1)
diff --git a/layouts.c b/layouts.c
index e4efb87..97f0df7 100644
--- a/layouts.c
+++ b/layouts.c
@@ -1436,7 +1436,8 @@ struct string_token_t* tokenize_string(char *str)
 }
 
 /* Parse s-expression to node_t structure */
-node_t* parse_sexp(string_token_t **token)
+node_t*
+parse_sexp(string_token_t **token)
 {
    node_t *head = NULL;
    node_t branch, *p = &branch;
@@ -1630,42 +1631,22 @@ node_t* parse_sexp(string_token_t **token)
    *token = t;
    return head;
 }
-void set_s_layout(const Arg *arg)
+
+void
+set_s_layout(const Arg *arg)
 {
-   FILE *pp, *hf;
+   char *cf;
+   //char *cmd = "printf 'CUCK' | spmenu -i -l 10 -p 'sxp>'";
+   FILE *pp = popen(custom_cmd, "r");
 
-   char pathbuf[1024];
-   char *home = getenv("HOME");
-   int sortout = 0;
-   int histout = 0;
-   if (home != NULL) {
-      snprintf(pathbuf, 1023, "%s/" CUSTOM_HISTORY, home);
-      pathbuf[1023] = '\0';
-
-      // make sure the history file exists
-      hf = fopen(CUSTOM_HISTORY, "a"); fclose(hf);
-
-      sortout = system("sort " CUSTOM_HISTORY " | uniq > " CUSTOM_HISTORY "~");
-      histout = system("mv " CUSTOM_HISTORY "~ " CUSTOM_HISTORY);
-
-      pp = popen("dmenu -i -l 10 -p 'Enter expression:' <" CUSTOM_HISTORY, "r");
-   } else {
-      pp = popen("dmenu -i -l 10 -p 'Enter expression:'", "r");
-   }
-
-   if (sortout || !sortout || histout || !histout)
-    if (!pp) return;
-
-   char buf[1024 + 1];
-   buf[1024] = '\0';
-   if (!fgets(buf, 1024, pp)) return;
-   fclose(pp);
+   if (!pp) return;
+   char buf[1024] = "";
+   //buf[1024+1] = '\0';
+   cf = fgets(buf, 1024, pp);
    if (buf[0] == '\0') return;
+   //fclose(pp);
 
-   // Write to history file
-   hf = fopen(CUSTOM_HISTORY, "a");
-   fprintf(hf, "%s", buf);
-   fclose(hf);
+   if (!cf) return;
 
    if (s_layout_scheme != NULL) {
       free_node(s_layout_scheme);
@@ -1675,6 +1656,7 @@ void set_s_layout(const Arg *arg)
    struct string_token_t *token_root = tokenize_string(buf),
                          *token = token_root;
 
+   if (!token_root) return;
    s_layout_scheme = parse_sexp(&token);
 
    setlayout(arg);
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index ceec5d0..c207ed4 100755
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int deckcount						  = 0; /* Display deck count in the deck layout */
 static char deckformat[]                      = "[%d]"; /* Format of the deck count. deckcount must be set to 1 for this to be used. */
 
 /* Custom layout */
-#define CUSTOM_HISTORY                      ".custom_history"
+static char *custom_cmd                       = "printf '' | spmenu -i -l 10 -p 'Enter S expression:'"; /* Command to run when setting S expression */
 
 /* Resetting */
 static int resetlayout                        = 0; /* Reset layout when there is only one client visible */
diff --git a/speedwm.1 b/speedwm.1
index c1262ee..d7c4a71 100644
--- a/speedwm.1
+++ b/speedwm.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.19.2
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.0.1
 .\"
 .\" Define V font for inline verbatim, using C font in formats
 .\" that render this, and otherwise B font.
@@ -811,71 +811,71 @@ speedwm.col.windowbordersel: #eeeeee
 .IP \[bu] 2
 speedwm.col.windowborderurg: #f0e68c
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag1.empty: \[uF8A5]
+speedwm.text.tag1.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag2.empty: \[uF8A8]
+speedwm.text.tag2.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag3.empty: \[uF8AB]
+speedwm.text.tag3.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag4.empty: \[uF8AE]
+speedwm.text.tag4.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag5.empty: \[uF8B1]
+speedwm.text.tag5.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag6.empty: \[uF8B4]
+speedwm.text.tag6.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag7.empty: \[uF8B7]
+speedwm.text.tag7.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag8.empty: \[uF8BA]
+speedwm.text.tag8.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag9.empty: \[uF8BD]
+speedwm.text.tag9.empty: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag1.used: \[uF8A3]
+speedwm.text.tag1.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag2.used: \[uF8A6]
+speedwm.text.tag2.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag3.used: \[uF8A9]
+speedwm.text.tag3.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag4.used: \[uF8AC]
+speedwm.text.tag4.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag5.used: \[uF8AF]
+speedwm.text.tag5.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag6.used: \[uF8B2]
+speedwm.text.tag6.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag7.used: \[uF8B5]
+speedwm.text.tag7.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag8.used: \[uF8B8]
+speedwm.text.tag8.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.tag9.used: \[uF8BB]
+speedwm.text.tag9.used: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout1: \[uF330]
+speedwm.text.layout1: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout2: \[uF331]
+speedwm.text.layout2: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout3: \[uF332]
+speedwm.text.layout3: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout4: \[uF333]
+speedwm.text.layout4: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout5: \[uF334]
+speedwm.text.layout5: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout6: \[uF335]
+speedwm.text.layout6: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout7: \[uF336]
+speedwm.text.layout7: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout8: \[uF337]
+speedwm.text.layout8: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout9: \[uF338]
+speedwm.text.layout9: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout10: \[uF339]
+speedwm.text.layout10: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout11: \[uF33A]
+speedwm.text.layout11: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout12: \[uF33B]
+speedwm.text.layout12: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout13: \[uF33C]
+speedwm.text.layout13: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout14: \[uF33D]
+speedwm.text.layout14: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
-speedwm.text.layout15: \[uF33E]
+speedwm.text.layout15: 
 .IP \[bu] 2
 speedwm.color.hiddentitle: 1
 .IP \[bu] 2
@@ -919,6 +919,9 @@ speedwm.layout.monocle.count: 0
 .IP \[bu] 2
 speedwm.layout.monocle.format: [%d/%d]
 .IP \[bu] 2
+speedwm.layout.custom.cmd: printf \[cq]\[cq] | spmenu -i -l 10 -p `Enter
+S expression:'
+.IP \[bu] 2
 speedwm.mfact: 0.50
 .IP \[bu] 2
 speedwm.mfact.lowest: 0.05
@@ -1675,7 +1678,7 @@ Mihir Lad
 .IP \[bu] 2
 MLquest8
 .IP \[bu] 2
-Ond\[u0159]ej Grover
+Ondřej Grover
 .IP \[bu] 2
 ornx
 .IP \[bu] 2
@@ -1691,7 +1694,7 @@ Ryan Roden-Corrent
 .IP \[bu] 2
 sipi
 .IP \[bu] 2
-S\[:o]nke Lambert
+Sönke Lambert
 .IP \[bu] 2
 speedie
 .IP \[bu] 2
@@ -1703,6 +1706,6 @@ suckless.org
 .IP \[bu] 2
 Timmy Keller
 .IP \[bu] 2
-Viliam Kov\['a]\[u010D]
+Viliam Kováč
 .PP
 See Codeberg contributions for more information.
diff --git a/speedwm.c b/speedwm.c
index 1095b34..dac77c3 100644
--- a/speedwm.c
+++ b/speedwm.c
@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ static xcb_connection_t *xcon;
 #include "toggle/query.h"
 #endif
 #include "options.h" /* Include options */
+#include "layouts.c" /* Enable patched layouts */
 
 /* Shell command */
 #define cmd( cmd ) {.v = (const char*[]){ shell, "-c", cmd, NULL } },
@@ -6798,6 +6799,3 @@ togglewin(const Arg *arg)
     focus(c);
     arrange(selmon);
 }
-
-/* Layout code */
-#include "layouts.c" /* Enable patched layouts */
diff --git a/xresources.h b/xresources.h
index e4e2919..07763ce 100644
--- a/xresources.h
+++ b/xresources.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ ResourcePref resources[]                                            = {
 	   { "layout.monocle.count",         INTEGER, &monoclecount },
 	   { "layout.deck.format",           STRING,  &deckformat },
 	   { "layout.deck.count",		     INTEGER, &deckcount },
+       { "layout.custom.cmd",            STRING,  &custom_cmd },
        #if USEWINICON
        { "icon.size",					 INTEGER, &iconsize },
        { "icon.spacing",				 INTEGER, &iconspacing },