diff --git a/awesome/init.fnl b/awesome/init.fnl
index 94d5c54..35cef36 100644
--- a/awesome/init.fnl
+++ b/awesome/init.fnl
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@
 (local alt "Mod1")
 
 ;; Set hostname so that we can utilize specific features on different machines
-(global laptop false)
-(global laptop (awful.spawn.easy_async "hostname" (fn [ stdout stderr reason exit_code ]
+(var laptop false)
+(awful.spawn.easy_async "hostname" (fn [ stdout stderr reason exit_code ]
                                        (if (= "chris-linuxlaptop\n" stdout)
-                                           true
-                                           false))))
+                                           (set laptop true))))
 (if laptop (naughty.notify {:text "laptop detected"}) (naughty.notify {:text "laptop not detected"}))
 
 ;; Table of layouts to cover with awful.layout.inc, order matters.