diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index d1e1dbe..70ef5e7 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -3495,6 +3495,9 @@ setup(void)
 	signal(SIGTERM, sigterm);
 	#endif // RESTARTSIG_PATCH
 
+	/* the one line of bloat that would have saved a lot of time for a lot of people */
+	putenv("_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1");
+
 	/* init screen */
 	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
 	sw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);