diff --git a/home/global/common/gnome/programs/ghostty.nix b/home/global/common/gnome/programs/ghostty.nix
index 0e7e66a..c4cfe34 100644
--- a/home/global/common/gnome/programs/ghostty.nix
+++ b/home/global/common/gnome/programs/ghostty.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       font-family = "monospace";
       font-size = "11";
       background-opacity = "0.85";
+      # async-backend = "epoll";
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index d45c98f..1e27638 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ let
         hash = "sha256-AvSsyfKP57Uhb3qMrf6PpNHKbXhD9IvFT1kcz5J7khM=";
       };
     });
+
+    ghostty = prev.ghostty.overrideAttrs (_: {
+      preBuild = ''
+        shopt -s globstar
+        sed -i 's/^const xev = @import("xev");$/const xev = @import("xev").Epoll;/' **/*.zig
+        shopt -u globstar
+      '';
+    });
   };
 
   stable-packages = final: _prev: {