diff --git a/fish/conf.d/aliases.fish b/fish/conf.d/aliases.fish
index b147d35..89c2565 100644
--- a/fish/conf.d/aliases.fish
+++ b/fish/conf.d/aliases.fish
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ alias venv="if ! test -d ./.venv/; python3 -m venv .venv; end; source ./.venv/bi
 alias py-dep="pip install -r requirements.txt"
 
 alias sway="sway --unsupported-gpu"
+if [ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]
+    sway
+end
 
 # run code in wayland natively
 # TODO: just add it to the args file instead