diff --git a/config b/config
index 18fa1f7..1720020 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ for_window [title="fzf"] floating enable
 for_window [class="Plexamp" window_type="normal"] exec sh -c "sleep 1"; mark s; floating enable; resize set width 1200; resize set height 700; move scratchpad
 for_window [class="Ferdi" window_type="normal"] exec sh -c "sleep 1"; mark x; floating enable; resize set width 1200; resize set height 700; move scratchpad
 for_window [class="Signal" window_type="normal"] exec sh -c "sleep 1"; mark c; floating enable; resize set width 1200; resize set height 700; move scratchpad
+# matlab workaround
+no_focus [class="MATLAB R2021a" instance="sun-awt-X11-XDialogPeer"]
 
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 # Status Bar: