diff --git a/bin/mabox-labwc-menu b/bin/mabox-labwc-menu
index 9c4b846..f2ab186 100755
--- a/bin/mabox-labwc-menu
+++ b/bin/mabox-labwc-menu
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cat ${CFG_DIR}/MENU_TOP.txt > ${CFG_DIR}/menu.xml
 if [ "${1}" == "-p" ];then
 
 echo "<separator />" >> ${CFG_DIR}/menu.xml
-echo "<menu id=\"applications\" label=\"Applications\" execute=\"labwc-menu-generator -p\" />" >> ${CFG_DIR}/menu.xml
+echo "<menu id=\"applications\" label=\"Applications\" execute=\"mabox-labwc-menu-pipe\" />" >> ${CFG_DIR}/menu.xml
 
 else
 echo "<separator label=\"Applications\"/>" >> ${CFG_DIR}/menu.xml
diff --git a/bin/mabox-labwc-menu-pipe b/bin/mabox-labwc-menu-pipe
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8c46a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/mabox-labwc-menu-pipe
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# for use in labwc main menu
+CFG_DIR=${LABWC_CONFIG_DIR:=~/.config/labwc}
+
+labwc-menu-generator -p -i ${CFG_DIR}/MENU_IGNORE.txt -t foot