diff --git a/config/dwm/config.def.h b/config/dwm/config.def.h
index 9efa7744..9eb6161b 100644
--- a/config/dwm/config.def.h
+++ b/config/dwm/config.def.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 };
 
 /* key definitions */
-#define MODKEY Mod1Mask
+#define MODKEY Mod4Mask
 #define TAGKEYS(KEY,TAG) \
 	{ MODKEY,                       KEY,      view,           {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
 	{ MODKEY|ControlMask,           KEY,      toggleview,     {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
-static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
+static const char *roficmd[] = { "rofi", "-show-icons", "-show", "drun", NULL};
+static const char *termcmd[]  = { "kitty", NULL };
 
 static const Key keys[] = {
 	/* modifier                     key        function        argument */
-	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = dmenucmd } },
+	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = roficmd } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_Return, spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_b,      togglebar,      {0} },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_j,      focusstack,     {.i = +1 } },
diff --git a/modules/desktop/dwm/default.nix b/modules/desktop/dwm/default.nix
index 7c9c421d..7d780d8a 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/dwm/default.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/dwm/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    # this needs to be enabled for gtk apps
+    programs.dconf.enable = true;
+    # enable dwm
     services.xserver = {
       enable = true;
       windowManager = {