diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 3a93bd8..0f5933a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -1051,13 +1051,9 @@ async fn launch_game(app: AppHandle, state: State<'_, GameState>, instance_id: S
                     let mut c = tokio::process::Command::new(proton_exe);
                     let compat_data = instance_dir.join("proton_prefix");
                     fs::create_dir_all(&compat_data).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-                    if std::env::var("STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH").is_err() {
-                        c.env("STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH", "");
-                    }
+                    c.env("STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH", "");
                     c.env("STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH", compat_data.to_str().unwrap());
-                    if std::env::var("SteamAppId").is_err() {
-                        c.env("SteamAppId", "480");
-                    }
+                    c.env("SteamAppId", "480");
                     c.arg("run");
                     c
                 } else {
@@ -1065,10 +1061,7 @@ async fn launch_game(app: AppHandle, state: State<'_, GameState>, instance_id: S
                 };
 
                 #[cfg(unix)]
-                {
-                    cmd.process_group(0);
-                    cmd.env_remove("LD_PRELOAD");
-                }
+                cmd.process_group(0);
 
                 cmd.arg(&game_exe)
                    .current_dir(&instance_dir);
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index a00ae0a..868cbaa 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -10,15 +10,9 @@ fn main() {
         use std::thread;
         let stage = env::var("EMERALD_LAUNCH_STAGE").unwrap_or_else(|_| "0".to_string());
         if stage == "0" {
-            let mut cmd = Command::new(env::current_exe().unwrap());
-            cmd.env("EMERALD_LAUNCH_STAGE", "1");
-            
-            let wayland_libs = ["/usr/lib/libwayland-client.so.0", "/usr/lib64/libwayland-client.so.0"];
-            if let Some(path) = wayland_libs.iter().find(|p| std::path::Path::new(p).exists()) {
-                cmd.env("LD_PRELOAD", path);
-            }
-
-            let mut child = cmd
+            let mut child = Command::new(env::current_exe().unwrap())
+                .env("EMERALD_LAUNCH_STAGE", "1")
+                .env("LD_PRELOAD", "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libwayland-client.so.0") //neo: hacky way to fix appimage on systems like gentoo
                 .stdout(Stdio::piped())
                 .stderr(Stdio::piped())
                 .spawn()
@@ -75,17 +69,14 @@ fn main() {
                 if found_error {
                     println!("Emerald: Automatic recovery triggered for graphics crash/invisible launch.");
                 }
-                let mut retry_cmd = Command::new(env::current_exe().unwrap());
-                retry_cmd.env("EMERALD_LAUNCH_STAGE", "2")
-                    .env("GDK_BACKEND", "x11")
-                    .env("WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER", "1")
-                    .env("WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE", "1");
                 
-                if let Some(path) = wayland_libs.iter().find(|p| std::path::Path::new(p).exists()) {
-                    retry_cmd.env("LD_PRELOAD", path);
-                }
-
-                let mut retry_child = retry_cmd.spawn().expect("failed to spawn fallback child process");
+                let mut retry_child = Command::new(env::current_exe().unwrap())
+                    .env("EMERALD_LAUNCH_STAGE", "2")
+                    .env("WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER", "1")
+                    .env("WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE", "1")
+                    .env("LD_PRELOAD", "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libwayland-client.so.0") //neo: hacky way to fix appimage on systems like gentoo
+                    .spawn()
+                    .expect("failed to spawn fallback child process");
 
                 let retry_status = retry_child.wait().expect("failed to wait on fallback child process");
                 exit(retry_status.code().unwrap_or(1));