diff --git a/dotfiles/bash/.bashrc b/dotfiles/bash/.bashrc
index 32fc4ed..a665e6b 100644
--- a/dotfiles/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/dotfiles/bash/.bashrc
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ HISTSIZE=10000
 HISTFILESIZE=10000
 PATH="$HOME/.bin:$PATH"
 
+#enable wayland
+QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland-egl
+GDK_BACKEND=wayland
+
 function q1 {
     echo 'Important and Urgent'
     if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/.bin/code b/dotfiles/bin/.bin/code
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..9fb7ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/.bin/code
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+disable_wayland
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/.bin/disable_wayland b/dotfiles/bin/.bin/disable_wayland
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..642a6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/.bin/disable_wayland
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# links to this script disable GDK_BACKEND
+# to workaround wayland incompatibilities
+
+unset GDK_BACKEND
+
+# name of the link that was called
+called_script=$(basename "$0")
+
+real_bin=$(which --skip-tilde "$called_script")
+"${real_bin}" "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/.bin/riot-desktop b/dotfiles/bin/.bin/riot-desktop
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..9fb7ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/.bin/riot-desktop
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+disable_wayland
\ No newline at end of file