diff --git a/modules/home/niri/config.kdl b/modules/home/niri/config.kdl
index fa0920f..4823fe8 100644
--- a/modules/home/niri/config.kdl
+++ b/modules/home/niri/config.kdl
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ window-rule {
     clip-to-geometry true
 }
 
+hotkey-overlay {
+    skip-at-startup
+}
+
 binds {
     Mod+Shift+Backslash { show-hotkey-overlay; }