diff --git a/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs b/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs
index 898245aa..27a744ad 100644
--- a/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs
+++ b/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops
 import XMonad.Hooks.InsertPosition
 import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
 import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers
-import XMonad.Hooks.OnPropertyChange
 import XMonad.Hooks.RefocusLast
 import XMonad.Hooks.StatusBar
 import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders
@@ -25,12 +24,12 @@ import XMonad.Util.NamedScratchpad
 import XMonad.Util.SpawnOnce
 import XMonad.Layout.Magnifier
 
-import Data.Char.Greek
-import Data.Semigroup
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
 import System.Posix
 import Graphics.X11.ExtraTypes.XF86
 
+import Data.Char.Greek
+
 main :: IO ()
 main =
   xmonad
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ main =
   -- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/java#Gray_window,_applications_not_resizing_with_WM,_menus_immediately_closing
   . javaHack
   . withSB xmobarConfig . docks
-  . setEwmhActivateHook myActivateHook
   . ewmhFullscreen . ewmh
   $ def
       { modMask            = superMask
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ main =
       , startupHook        = myStartupHook
       , layoutHook         = myLayout
       , manageHook         = myManageHook
-      , handleEventHook    = myEventHandleHook
       }
 
     -- Only remove mappings that needs pass through
@@ -69,88 +66,31 @@ myLayout =
    in avoidStruts . smartBorders $
         mag tallr ||| Full
 
-isSioyek :: Query Bool
-isSioyek = className =? "sioyek"
-
-isDiscord :: Query Bool
-isDiscord =
-  let electronDiscord = className =? "discord"
-      firefoxDiscord = isFirefox <&&> title ~? "Discord"
-  in  electronDiscord <||> firefoxDiscord
-
-isEvolution :: Query Bool
-isEvolution = className ~? "gnome.Evolution"
-
-isFirefox :: Query Bool
-isFirefox = className =? "firefox"
-
-isSpotify :: Query Bool
-isSpotify = isFirefox <&&> title ~? "Spotify"
-
-isFirefoxPip :: Query Bool
-isFirefoxPip = isFirefox <&&> title =? "Picture-in-Picture"
-
-isFeh :: Query Bool
-isFeh = className =? "feh"
-
-isNautilus :: Query Bool
-isNautilus = className ~? "Nautilus"
-
-isNautilusPreviewer :: Query Bool
-isNautilusPreviewer = className ~? "NautilusPreviewer"
-
-isMinder :: Query Bool
-isMinder = className =? "Minder" <&&> (not <$> title ~? "Pick a Color")
-
-isKitty :: Query Bool
-isKitty = className =? "kitty"
-
-myActivateHook :: ManageHook
-myActivateHook =
-  -- Ignore activate request
-  composeOne
-    [ isDiscord   -?> mempty
-    , isEvolution -?> mempty
-    , isSioyek    -?> mempty
-    , isFeh       -?> mempty
-    , return True -?> doFocus
-    ]
+isOneOf :: Eq a => Query a -> [a] -> Query Bool
+isOneOf q = fmap or . traverse (q =?)
 
 myManageHook :: ManageHook
 myManageHook =
   composeAll
-    [ isNautilusPreviewer      --> customFloating centeredFloat
-    , isFeh                    --> customFloating buttomRightFloat
-    , isMinder                 --> customFloating centeredFloat
-    , isFirefoxPip             --> doFloat
-    , isDiscord                --> (doF $ W.shift chatWS)
-    , isEvolution              --> (doF $ W.shift chatWS)
+    [ className ~? "NautilusPreviewer"  --> customFloating centeredFloat
+    , className =? "feh"                --> customFloating buttomRightFloat
+    , className =? "Minder"
+          <&&> not <$> title ~? "Pick a Color" -- ignore the color picker
+        --> customFloating centeredFloat
+    , className =? "firefox"
+          <&&> title =? "Picture-in-Picture"
+        --> doFloat
+    , namedScratchpadManageHook myScratchpads
     ]
   <> composeOne
-    [ isFirefox                -?> insertPosition Master Newer
-    , isKitty                  -?> insertPosition Below Newer
-    , isNautilus <||> isSioyek -?> insertPosition End Older
+    [ className =? "firefox" -?> insertPosition Master Newer
+    , className =? "kitty"   -?> insertPosition Below Newer
+    , className `isOneOf`
+          [ "sioyek"
+          , "Nautilus"
+          ]
+        -?> insertPosition End Older
     ]
-  <> namedScratchpadManageHook myScratchpads
-
-myEventHandleHook :: Event -> X All
-myEventHandleHook =
-  -- TODO: is there a way to always open certain sites in new windows in firefox?
-  onTitleChange $ composeAll
-    [ isSpotify --> doShiftAndViewIfMoved multimediaWS
-    , isDiscord --> doShiftAndViewIfMoved chatWS
-    ]
-
--- If the title changes in the background, we don't want to greedy view that workspace.
--- Imagine Spotify playing in the background, a track change would focus that workspace.
--- We prevent this by checking if the window is already there.
-doShiftAndViewIfMoved :: WorkspaceId -> Query (Endo WindowSet)
-doShiftAndViewIfMoved n = doF . shiftAndViewIfMoved n =<< ask
-
-shiftAndViewIfMoved :: WorkspaceId -> Window -> WindowSet -> WindowSet
-shiftAndViewIfMoved n w s = case W.findTag w s of
-  Just from | n `W.tagMember` s && n /= from -> W.greedyView n $ W.shiftWin n w s
-  _ -> s
 
 myStartupHook :: X ()
 myStartupHook = do
@@ -283,15 +223,9 @@ superMask, altMask :: KeyMask
 superMask = mod4Mask
 altMask = mod1Mask
 
-myWorkspaces :: [WorkspaceId]
+myWorkspaces :: [String]
 myWorkspaces = map (:[]) $ take 8 greekLower
 
-multimediaWS :: WorkspaceId
-multimediaWS = myWorkspaces !! 6
-
-chatWS :: WorkspaceId
-chatWS = myWorkspaces !! 3
-
 centeredFloat, smallFloat, fullFloat, buttomRightFloat :: W.RationalRect
 centeredFloat    = W.RationalRect (1/9) (1/9) (7/9) (7/9)
 smallFloat       = W.RationalRect (3/5) (3/5) (2/7) (2/7)
diff --git a/nix/disko/vanadium/btrfs.nix b/nix/disko/vanadium/btrfs.nix
index 11ae7b66..84b9efb0 100644
--- a/nix/disko/vanadium/btrfs.nix
+++ b/nix/disko/vanadium/btrfs.nix
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@
                 };
 
                 "/home" = {
-                  mountOptions = [
-                    "compress=zstd"
-                    "noatime"
-                  ];
+                  mountOptions = [ "noatime" ];
                   mountpoint = "/home";
                 };
 
diff --git a/nix/homeModules/common/firefox.nix b/nix/homeModules/common/firefox.nix
index 556a528d..157c0a94 100644
--- a/nix/homeModules/common/firefox.nix
+++ b/nix/homeModules/common/firefox.nix
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ in
         "browser.ctrlTab.sortByRecentlyUsed" = false;
         "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" = 1.1;
 
-        # open links in new window
-        # this works a lot better with xmonad where I have a bunch of windows
-        "browser.link.open_newwindow" = 2;
-
         # Sponsored crap
         # Yes
         "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSearch" = true;