diff --git a/hosts/FredOS-Macbook.nix b/hosts/FredOS-Macbook.nix
index 75c0332..3136e5b 100644
--- a/hosts/FredOS-Macbook.nix
+++ b/hosts/FredOS-Macbook.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@
     home-manager.users.fred = { ... }: {
       wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.monitor =
         [ ",preferred,auto,auto" ];
+
+      systemd.user.services.kbd-backlight-init = {
+        Unit = {
+          Description = "Set keyboard backlight to 10% on login";
+          After = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+          PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+        };
+        Service = {
+          Type = "oneshot";
+          ExecStart = "${pkgs.brightnessctl}/bin/brightnessctl -d smc::kbd_backlight set 10%";
+        };
+        Install.WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      };
     };
   };
 }