diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3a622267..3b689dc3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
           graphical = mkNixOsGraphical {
             inherit pkgs;
             background = "pan-wire-3.png";
+            use-display-manager = false;
           };
           networking = mkNixOsNetworking { inherit pkgs; };
 
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@
           graphical = mkNixOsGraphical {
             inherit pkgs;
             background = "pan-wire-3.png";
+            use-display-manager = true;
           };
           coral =
             let
diff --git a/nixos/graphical.nix b/nixos/graphical.nix
index 60e8da90..32a68851 100644
--- a/nixos/graphical.nix
+++ b/nixos/graphical.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 {
   pkgs,
   background-image ? "pan-wire-3.png",
+  use-display-manager,
   ...
 }:
+let start-plasma-shortcut = pkgs.writeScriptBin "desktop" ''
+  ${pkgs.plasma-workspace}/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed ${pkgs.plasma-workspace}/bin/startplasma-wayland
+'';
+in
 {
-  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
-
   services.xserver = {
     enable = true;
-    displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;
+
+    displayManager.lightdm.enable = use-display-manager;
 
     xkb = {
       layout = "fox";
@@ -22,11 +26,11 @@
     };
   };
 
-  hardware.opengl.enable = true;
-
   services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
   services.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasma";
 
+  hardware.opengl.enable = true;
+
   console.useXkbConfig = true;
 
   sound.enable = false; # let pipewire handle sound
@@ -51,5 +55,6 @@
 
     firefox
     glxinfo
+    start-plasma-shortcut
   ];
 }