diff --git a/src/fenrir-package/screenDriver/linux.py b/src/fenrir-package/screenDriver/linux.py
index 550ba2f9..83ff4728 100644
--- a/src/fenrir-package/screenDriver/linux.py
+++ b/src/fenrir-package/screenDriver/linux.py
@@ -39,11 +39,33 @@ class driver():
             print(e)
             return xlist
         for i in x:
-            if not "grep" in i:
+            if not "grep" in i and \
+              if not "ps" in i:                
                 if (i[:3].lower() == 'tty'):
                     xlist.append(i[3])
-        return xlist        
-                       
+        return xlist
+
+def getCurrApplication(self):
+    apps = []
+    appList = []
+    try:
+        apps = subprocess.Popen('ps a -o comm,tty,stat', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().decode()[:-1].split('\n')
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+        return appList
+    currScreen = str(self.getCurrScreen())
+    for i in apps:
+        i = i.split()
+        i[0] = i[0].lower()
+        i[1] = i[1].lower()
+        if '+' in i[2]:
+            if not "grep" == i[0] and \
+              not "sh" == i[0] and \
+              not "ps" == i[0]:
+                if "tty"+currScreen in i[1]:
+                    appList.append(i[0])
+    return appList
+    
     def update(self, environment, trigger='updateScreen'):
         newTTY = ''
         newContentBytes = b''