diff --git a/modules/desktop/default.nix b/modules/desktop/default.nix
index 6046083..b71a483 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/default.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/default.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     ./locale.nix
     ./printing.nix
     ./themeing.nix
+    ./polkit-fix.nix
   ];
   services.flatpak.enable = true;
-  security.polkit.enable = true;
   services.illum.enable = true;
   services.upower.enable = true;
 
diff --git a/modules/desktop/home/browser.nix b/modules/desktop/home/browser.nix
index 2a3f5cb..3c990e7 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/home/browser.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/home/browser.nix
@@ -345,6 +345,21 @@
         "browser.download.always_ask_before_handling_new_types" = true;
         "privacy.resistFingerprinting" = true;
         "privacy.resistFingerprinting.pbmode" = true;
+        "privacy.resistFingerprinting.exemptedDomains" =
+          let
+            domains = [
+              "bahn.expert"
+              "traewelling.de"
+              "katzen.cafe"
+              "catgirl.cloud"
+              "nekover.se"
+              "zug.network"
+              "girlcock.club"
+              "hamburg.ccc.de"
+              "codeberg.org"
+            ];
+          in
+          domains ++ (map (domain: "*." + domain) domains);
         "privacy.window.maxInnerWidth" = 1600;
         "privacy.window.maxInnerHeight" = 900;
         "privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager" = true;
diff --git a/modules/desktop/home/niri/workspaces.nix b/modules/desktop/home/niri/workspaces.nix
index 7469e6f..54c1f8d 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/home/niri/workspaces.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/home/niri/workspaces.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       window-rules = [
         {
           matches = [
-            { app-id = "^signal|Element|org\.gnome\.Evolution$|discord"; }
+            { app-id = "^(signal|Element|org\.gnome\.Evolution|discord|steam)$"; }
           ];
           open-on-workspace = social;
         }
diff --git a/modules/desktop/locale.nix b/modules/desktop/locale.nix
index 10cafb8..b24593c 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/locale.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/locale.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
 {
   time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    # LC_LANGUAGE = "en_DE:en_US:en_GB:de_DE";
+
+    # ISO 8601 (hopefully)
+    LC_TIME = "en_DK.UTF-8";
+
+    # why is this even a thing
+    LC_COLLATE = "C.UTF-8";
+
     LC_ADDRESS = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_IDENTIFICATION = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_MEASUREMENT = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_MONETARY = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_NAME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
-    LC_NUMERIC = "de_DE.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "C.UTF-8";
     LC_PAPER = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_TELEPHONE = "de_DE.UTF-8";
-    LC_TIME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/desktop/polkit-fix.nix b/modules/desktop/polkit-fix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44c2b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/desktop/polkit-fix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  # idk why but without this, polkit does't work
+  # letting sand think was a fucking mistake
+  security.polkit.enable = true;
+  systemd.user.services.niri-flake-polkit.enable = false;
+
+  # stolen from https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Polkit on 2025-09-22T17
+  systemd.user.services.polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 = {
+    description = "polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1";
+    wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    wants = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    after = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "simple";
+      ExecStart = "${pkgs.polkit_gnome}/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1";
+      Restart = "on-failure";
+      RestartSec = 1;
+      TimeoutStopSec = 10;
+    };
+  };
+}