diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index 88a2530b348..6d9e8d7ea95 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ void CCompositor::initServer(std::string socketName, int socketFd) {
     }
 
     setenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY", m_szWLDisplaySocket.c_str(), 1);
-    setenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE", "wayland", 1);
     if (!getenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP")) {
         setenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP", "Hyprland", 1);
         m_bDesktopEnvSet = true;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 464ed978a4f..397d74632a0 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     setenv("HYPRLAND_CMD", cmd.c_str(), 1);
     setenv("XDG_BACKEND", "wayland", 1);
+    setenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE", "wayland", 1);
     setenv("_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING", "1", 1);
     setenv("MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND", "1", 1);