diff --git a/config/xinitrc b/config/xinitrc
index fd057e7..8e7e840 100644
--- a/config/xinitrc
+++ b/config/xinitrc
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 # My workflow includes launching the window manager with *Xinit*[fn:3], without the use of a display manager, controlling *everything* within Emacs.
 
 
+compton &
+xss-lock -- slock &
 exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session emacs -mm --debug-init
diff --git a/modules/desktop.org b/modules/desktop.org
index ff5f6ee..3f95aab 100644
--- a/modules/desktop.org
+++ b/modules/desktop.org
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ I use Emacs as a Desktop Environment with the *EXWM*[fn:1] package. It allows Em
 :header-args: :tangle ../config/xinitrc :comments org
 :END:
 
-My workflow includes launching the window manager with *Xinit*[fn:3], without the use of a display manager, controlling *everything* within Emacs.
+My workflow includes launching the window manager with *Xinit*[fn:3], without the use of a display manager, controlling *everything* within Emacs. In addition, compton is used as a display compositor, and slock for a screen lock.
 
 #+begin_src conf
+compton &
+xss-lock -- slock &
 exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session emacs -mm --debug-init
 #+end_src