diff --git a/hm/desktop.nix b/hm/desktop.nix
index 0c70590..e5796c2 100644
--- a/hm/desktop.nix
+++ b/hm/desktop.nix
@@ -528,12 +528,17 @@ in
         config = {
           audio-display = false;
           save-position-on-quit = true;
-          osc = false; # # Required by thumbnail script
+          osc = false; # Required by thumbnail script
+          # Hardware acceleration (from https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Accelerated_Video_Playback#MPV)
+          hwdec = "auto-safe";
+          vo = "gpu";
+          profile = "gpu-hq";
         };
         scripts = with pkgs.mpvScripts; [ thumbnail ];
         scriptOpts = {
           mpv_thumbnail_script = {
             cache_directory = "/tmp/mpv_thumbs_${config.home.username}";
+            mpv_hwdec = "auto-safe";
           };
         };
       };