diff --git a/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c b/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c
index 6608a0e..bfa20f9 100644
--- a/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c
+++ b/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 #include "luak/kiwmi_server.h"
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 #include <lauxlib.h>
 #include <wayland-server.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_cursor.h>
@@ -18,6 +22,26 @@
 #include "luak/kiwmi_view.h"
 #include "server.h"
 
+static int
+l_kiwmi_server_focused_view(lua_State *L)
+{
+    struct kiwmi_server *server =
+        *(struct kiwmi_server **)luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "kiwmi_server");
+
+    if (!server->desktop.focused_view) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    lua_pushcfunction(L, luaK_kiwmi_view_new);
+    lua_pushlightuserdata(L, server->desktop.focused_view);
+    if (lua_pcall(L, 1, 1, 0)) {
+        wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "%s", lua_tostring(L, -1));
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 static int
 l_kiwmi_server_quit(lua_State *L)
 {
@@ -29,6 +53,28 @@ l_kiwmi_server_quit(lua_State *L)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+l_kiwmi_server_spawn(lua_State *L)
+{
+    luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "kiwmi_server");
+    luaL_checktype(L, 2, LUA_TSTRING);
+
+    const char *command = lua_tostring(L, 2);
+
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+
+    if (pid < 0) {
+        return luaL_error(L, "Failed to run command (fork)");
+    }
+
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", command, NULL);
+        _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 l_kiwmi_server_view_under_cursor(lua_State *L)
 {
@@ -64,8 +110,10 @@ l_kiwmi_server_view_under_cursor(lua_State *L)
 }
 
 static const luaL_Reg kiwmi_server_methods[] = {
+    {"focused_view", l_kiwmi_server_focused_view},
     {"on", luaK_callback_register_dispatch},
     {"quit", l_kiwmi_server_quit},
+    {"spawn", l_kiwmi_server_spawn},
     {"view_under_cursor", l_kiwmi_server_view_under_cursor},
     {NULL, NULL},
 };
diff --git a/kiwmi/main.c b/kiwmi/main.c
index b57fd0c..3a23f32 100644
--- a/kiwmi/main.c
+++ b/kiwmi/main.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     fprintf(stderr, "Using kiwmi v" KIWMI_VERSION "\n");
 
+    signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN); // prevent zombies from kiwmi:spawn()
+
     if (!getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")) {
         wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);