diff --git a/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix b/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix
index fb5b3c1..610b5e0 100644
--- a/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix
+++ b/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix
@@ -12,15 +12,19 @@ let
     export PATH=${with pkgs; lib.makeBinPath [
       pulseaudio findutils gnugrep
     ]}:$PATH
+
+    export MUTEFILE=$HOME/.qtilemute
     case $1 in
       mute)
-        pactl list short sinks | grep RUNNING | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs -L1 -I {} pactl set-sink-mute {} toggle
+        newstate=$(( $(cat $MUTEFILE || echo 0 ) ^ 1 ))
+        echo -n $newstate > $MUTEFILE
+        pactl list short sinks | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs -L1 -I {} pactl set-sink-mute {} $newstate
         ;;
       lower)
-        pactl list short sinks | grep RUNNING | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs -L1 -I {} pactl set-sink-volume {} -10%
+        pactl list short sinks | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs -L1 -I {} pactl set-sink-volume {} -10%
       ;;
       raise)
-        pactl list short sinks | grep RUNNING | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs -L1 -I {} pactl set-sink-volume {} +10%
+        pactl list short sinks | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs -L1 -I {} pactl set-sink-volume {} +10%
         ;;
       *)
         echo Unknown command: $1