diff --git a/qt/package/lin/anki.desktop b/qt/package/lin/anki.desktop
index 925fba78a..252f7985b 100644
--- a/qt/package/lin/anki.desktop
+++ b/qt/package/lin/anki.desktop
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Version=1.0
 MimeType=application/x-apkg;application/x-anki;application/x-ankiaddon;
+#should be removed eventually as it was upstreamed as to be an XDG specification called SingleMainWindow
 X-GNOME-SingleWindow=true
+SingleMainWindow=true