diff --git a/nixos/graphical.nix b/nixos/graphical.nix
index 719251c0..7bb72a2e 100644
--- a/nixos/graphical.nix
+++ b/nixos/graphical.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,34 @@
   ...
 }:
 let start-plasma-shortcut = pkgs.writeScriptBin "desktop" ''
-  ${pkgs.plasma-workspace}/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed ${pkgs.plasma-workspace}/bin/startplasma-wayland
-'';
+      ${pkgs.plasma-workspace}/libexec/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed ${pkgs.plasma-workspace}/bin/startplasma-wayland
+    '';
+    # kicad is broken in 2411
+    # TODO: update to 2411
+    pkgs_2405 = import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/e8c38b73aeb218e27163376a2d617e61a2ad9b59.tar.gz") {};
+
+    kicad-patch = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "kicad-patch";
+      version = pkgs_2405.kicad-small.version;
+      src = pkgs_2405.kicad-small;
+
+      buildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+      buildPhase = ''
+        mkdir $out
+        cp -r $src/* $out
+        chmod -R u+w $out
+        # don't want the individual kicad things to show up as applications
+        mv $out/share/applications $out/share/applications.0
+        mkdir $out/share/applications
+        cp $out/share/applications.0/org.kicad.kicad.desktop $out/share/applications/
+
+        # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/338062#issuecomment-2430847477
+        for prog in $out/bin/* ; do
+          wrapProgram $prog \
+            --set GDK_BACKEND x11
+        done
+      '';
+    };
 in
 {
   services.xserver = {
@@ -62,8 +88,8 @@ in
     start-plasma-shortcut
     remmina
     libreoffice
-    kicad-small
-  ]) ++ (with pkgs-unstable; [
+    kicad-patch
+  ]) ++ (with pkgs_2405; [
     firefox
   ]);
 }