diff --git a/config/home-manager/programs/hypr/idle.nix b/config/home-manager/programs/hypr/idle.nix
index a71e70f..12e7ddb 100644
--- a/config/home-manager/programs/hypr/idle.nix
+++ b/config/home-manager/programs/hypr/idle.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   inputs,
   pkgs,
+  lib,
+  config,
   ...
 }: {
   services.hypridle = {
@@ -33,4 +35,21 @@
       ];
     };
   };
+  # needed when using uwsm as the session manager
+  systemd.user.services."hypridle" = lib.mkForce {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Hyprland's Idle Daemon";
+      After = "graphical-session.target";
+      X-Restart-Triggers = ["${config.xdg.configFile."hypr/hypridle.conf".source}"];
+    };
+    Service = {
+      Type = "exec";
+      ExecStart = lib.getExe pkgs.hypridle;
+      Restart = "on-failure";
+      Slice = "background-graphical.slice";
+    };
+    Install = {
+      WantedBy = ["graphical-session.target"];
+    };
+  };
 }