diff --git a/templates/.config/niri/config.kdl.j2 b/templates/.config/niri/config.kdl.j2
index 5ed6cfd..8eabb74 100644
--- a/templates/.config/niri/config.kdl.j2
+++ b/templates/.config/niri/config.kdl.j2
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ window-rule {
 window-rule {
     match app-id="steam" title=r#"notificationtoasts_.*"#
     open-floating true
+    open-focused false
     default-floating-position x=0 y=0 relative-to="bottom-right"
     focus-ring {
         off