diff --git a/shared/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/config b/shared/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a6f305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[screencast]
+chooser_type=simple
+chooser_cmd=slurp -f %o -or
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf b/shared/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a38bc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[preferred]
+default=wlr;gtk
+org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast=wlr
+org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Screenshot=wlr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/.zshrc b/shared/.zshrc
index 441bb13..2080b63 100644
--- a/shared/.zshrc
+++ b/shared/.zshrc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ eval `keychain --eval --quiet github`
 eval "$(direnv hook zsh)"
 
 #aliases
+alias -- 'e'='emacsclient -nw -a "" -c "$@"'
 alias -- 'c'='clear'
 alias -- 'cat'='bat --paging=never --style=plain'
 alias -- 'cp'='cp -riv'
@@ -52,3 +53,5 @@ alias -- 'gccc'='g++ -O2 -DNDEBUG -pedantic-errors -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -W
 #named directory hashes
 hash -d dots="$HOME/.dotfiles"
 hash -d src="$HOME/src"
+
+export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway