diff --git a/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml b/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml
index d38bfdcf4..3f9d93767 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Brightness.qml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Singleton {
 
         function syncBrightness() {
             const rounded = Math.round(monitor.brightness * monitor.rawMaxBrightness);
-            setProc.command = isDdc ? ["ddcutil", "-b", busNum, "setvcp", "10", rounded] : ["brightnessctl", "s", rounded, "--quiet"];
+            setProc.command = isDdc ? ["ddcutil", "-b", busNum, "setvcp", "10", rounded] : ["brightnessctl", "--class", "backlight", "s", rounded, "--quiet"];
             setProc.startDetached();
         }