diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix
index 6d9697914cbd..f2be253e3fac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/holochain-launcher/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # without this the DevTools will just display an unparsed HTML file (see https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/issues/5711#issuecomment-1336409601)
     gappsWrapperArgs+=(
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${shared-mime-info}/share"
+      --set WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE 1
     )
   '';