diff --git a/nix/home-manager/configuration/graphical-fullblown.nix b/nix/home-manager/configuration/graphical-fullblown.nix
index af5b000..d7c24f6 100644
--- a/nix/home-manager/configuration/graphical-fullblown.nix
+++ b/nix/home-manager/configuration/graphical-fullblown.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ in {
   home.sessionVariables.PATH = pkgs.lib.concatStringsSep ":" ["$HOME/.local/bin" "$PATH"];
 
   nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = [
+    "electron-24.8.6"
   ];
 
   home.packages =
diff --git a/nix/home-manager/profiles/sway-desktop.nix b/nix/home-manager/profiles/sway-desktop.nix
index 895d7de..e6b9529 100644
--- a/nix/home-manager/profiles/sway-desktop.nix
+++ b/nix/home-manager/profiles/sway-desktop.nix
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ in {
       };
 
       window.border = 4;
+
+      # this maps to focus_on_window_activation
+      focus.newWindow = "urgent";
     };
   };