diff --git a/bin/omarchy-install-vscode b/bin/omarchy-install-vscode
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4a081c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-install-vscode
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Installing VSCode..."
+omarchy-pkg-add visual-studio-code-bin
+
+mkdir -p ~/.vscode
+
+cat > ~/.vscode/argv.json << 'EOF'
+// This configuration file allows you to pass permanent command line arguments to VS Code.
+// Only a subset of arguments is currently supported to reduce the likelihood of breaking
+// the installation.
+//
+// PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT
+//
+// NOTE: Changing this file requires a restart of VS Code.
+{
+  "password-store":"gnome-libsecret"
+}
+EOF
+
+setsid gtk-launch code
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu b/bin/omarchy-menu
index 0dd68ec1..542af9ec 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ show_install_service_menu() {
 
 show_install_editor_menu() {
   case $(menu "Install" "  VSCode\n  Cursor\n  Zed\n  Sublime Text\n  Helix\n  Emacs") in
-  *VSCode*) install_and_launch "VSCode" "visual-studio-code-bin" "code" ;;
+  *VSCode*) present_terminal omarchy-install-vscode ;;
   *Cursor*) install_and_launch "Cursor" "cursor-bin" "cursor" ;;
   *Zed*) install_and_launch "Zed" "zed" "dev.zed.Zed" ;;
   *Sublime*) aur_install_and_launch "Sublime Text" "sublime-text-4" "sublime_text" ;;