diff --git a/wire_g b/wire_g
index 0a8fcff..4192ca9 100755
--- a/wire_g
+++ b/wire_g
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ if selection=$(yad --no-klick --list --center \
                 wg_stop
                 nmcli connection up $selection &> ${wg_wdir}.tmp.txt
                 connect
-                pid=$(ps aux | grep yad | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
+                export pid=$(ps aux | grep yad | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
                 bg %$pid
         else
                 nmcli connection up $selection &> ${wg_wdir}.tmp.txt
                 connect
-                pid=$(ps aux | grep yad | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
+                export pid=$(ps aux | grep yad | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
                 bg %$pid 
         fi
 fi