diff --git a/hosts/goopnet-interface/apple-macbook-air-9-1.nix b/hosts/goopnet-interface/apple-macbook-air-9-1.nix
index 23e6046..a4d6b71 100644
--- a/hosts/goopnet-interface/apple-macbook-air-9-1.nix
+++ b/hosts/goopnet-interface/apple-macbook-air-9-1.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
     # enable the i915 sandybridge framebuffer compression (475mw savings)
     "i915.i915_enable_fbc=1"
     "i915.fastboot=1"
-    "enable_gvt=1"
+    "i915.enable_gvt=1"
+    # makes waking up from suspend much more bareable
+    "mem_sleep_default=s2idle"
   ];
 }
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