diff --git a/hosts/perseus/overlays.nix b/hosts/perseus/overlays.nix
index 74bf5a4..88bd03a 100644
--- a/hosts/perseus/overlays.nix
+++ b/hosts/perseus/overlays.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 [
   (final: prev: {
-    dwl = (
-      prev.dwl.override {
+    dwl =
+      (prev.dwl.override {
         configH = ./config_files/dwl/config.h;
         enableXWayland = true;
-      }
-    );
+      }).overrideAttrs
+        (oldAttrs: {
+          patches = oldAttrs.patches or [ ] ++ [
+            ../../patches/dwl/refresh_rate.patch
+          ];
+        });
   })
 
   (final: prev: {
diff --git a/patches/dwl/refresh_rate.patch b/patches/dwl/refresh_rate.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d2ee95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dwl/refresh_rate.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- dwl-bak/dwl.c	2026-04-09 15:53:00.841862418 +0200
++++ dwl/dwl.c	2026-04-09 16:02:39.604999328 +0200
+@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@
+ 	size_t i;
+ 	struct wlr_output_state state;
+ 	Monitor *m;
++	struct wlr_output_mode *mode = NULL;
+ 
+ 	if (!wlr_output_init_render(wlr_output, alloc, drw))
+ 		return;
+@@ -1077,7 +1078,19 @@
+ 	 * monitor supports only a specific set of modes. We just pick the
+ 	 * monitor's preferred mode; a more sophisticated compositor would let
+ 	 * the user configure it. */
+-	wlr_output_state_set_mode(&state, wlr_output_preferred_mode(wlr_output));
++	if (refresh_rate || s_width || s_height) {
++		wl_list_for_each(mode, &wlr_output->modes, link) {
++			if ((refresh_rate == 0 || mode->refresh == refresh_rate) && (s_width == 0 || mode->width == s_width) && (s_height == 0 || mode->height == s_height)) {
++				break;
++			}
++		}
++	}
++	if (mode == NULL) {
++		printf("Was not able find output mode with (width, height, refresh rate): (%d, %d, %d)\n", s_width, s_height, refresh_rate);
++		mode = wlr_output_preferred_mode(wlr_output);
++	}
++
++	wlr_output_state_set_mode(&state, mode);
+ 
+ 	/* Set up event listeners */
+ 	LISTEN(&wlr_output->events.frame, &m->frame, rendermon);