diff --git a/nix/nixos-modules/improvedDefaults/default.nix b/nix/nixos-modules/improvedDefaults/default.nix
index 0830c5e..8d7505e 100644
--- a/nix/nixos-modules/improvedDefaults/default.nix
+++ b/nix/nixos-modules/improvedDefaults/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ in
     ./command-not-found.nix
     ./firefox.nix
     ./networking.nix
+    ./power-profiles-daemon.nix
     ./powertop-tlp.nix
     ./sshAuthorize.nix
     ./wayland.nix
diff --git a/nix/nixos-modules/improvedDefaults/power-profiles-daemon.nix b/nix/nixos-modules/improvedDefaults/power-profiles-daemon.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eaa43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/nixos-modules/improvedDefaults/power-profiles-daemon.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.x-banananetwork.improvedDefaults;
+  tlpEn = config.services.tlp.enable;
+in
+{
+  # power-profiles-daemon gets enabled by most display managers
+  # so this suppresses this if another daemon is enabled
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { services.power-profiles-daemon.enable = lib.mkIf tlpEn false; };
+}