diff --git a/config/ghostty/config b/config/ghostty/config
index 4360f279..d53f5c32 100644
--- a/config/ghostty/config
+++ b/config/ghostty/config
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ keybind = super+control+shift+alt+arrow_right=resize_split:right,100
 
 # Slowdown mouse scrolling
 mouse-scroll-multiplier = 0.95
+
+# Fix general slowness on hyprland (https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/3224)
+async-backend = epoll