diff --git a/chrootInstall.sh b/chrootInstall.sh
index e4edabe..14ed337 100755
--- a/chrootInstall.sh
+++ b/chrootInstall.sh
@@ -116,9 +116,11 @@ if [ "$formfactor" -lt 4 ]; then
     pacman -S xorg pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack pipewire-alsa libpulse plasma-desktop lightdm-openrc lightdm-gtk-greeter kscreen kdeplasma-addons spectacle gwenview plasma-nm plasma-pa breeze-gtk kde-gtk-config kio-extras khotkeys kwalletmanager pcmanfm-qt yakuake ark kate micro bluedevil bluez-openrc --needed --noconfirm
     rc-update add lightdm
     curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/programs/xcaffeine/xcaffeine.py -o /usr/bin/xcaffeine.py
-    chmod 755 /usr/bin/xcaffeine.py
     mkdir -p /home/"$username"/.config/autostart/
     curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/programs/xcaffeine/xcaffeine.desktop -o /home/"$username"/.config/autostart/xcaffeine.desktop
+    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/pipewire-start.sh -o /usr/bin/pipewire-start.sh
+    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/pipewire.desktop -o /home/"$username"/.config/autostart/pipewire.desktop
+    chmod 755 /usr/bin/xcaffeine.py /usr/bin/pipewire-start.sh
 fi
 
 # setting home directory permissions
diff --git a/config-files/pipewire-start.sh b/config-files/pipewire-start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6368923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-files/pipewire-start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+/usr/bin/pipewire &
+/usr/bin/pipewire-pulse &
+/usr/bin/pipewire-media-session
diff --git a/config-files/pipewire.desktop b/config-files/pipewire.desktop
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..507c14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-files/pipewire.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+    Exec=/usr/bin/pipewire-start.sh
+    Icon=
+    Name=pipewire-starter
+    Path=
+    Terminal=False
+    Type=Application