diff --git a/example/init b/example/init
index 269a38e..b95a180 100755
--- a/example/init
+++ b/example/init
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ riverctl csd-filter-add app-id "gedit"
 # Set the default layout generator to be rivertile and start it.
 # River will send the process group of the init executable SIGTERM on exit.
 riverctl default-layout rivertile
-rivertile -view-padding 6 -outer-padding 6
+rivertile -view-padding 6 -outer-padding 6 &