diff --git a/frontend/app/app.tsx b/frontend/app/app.tsx
index 9625e860..8a9b8785 100644
--- a/frontend/app/app.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/app.tsx
@@ -459,8 +459,20 @@ const AppKeyHandlers = () => {
 };
 
 const AppInner = () => {
+    const [prefersReducedMotion, setPrefersReducedMotion] = React.useState(false);
+    const prefersReducedMotionSetting = jotai.useAtomValue(atoms.reducedMotionPreferenceAtom);
     const client = jotai.useAtomValue(atoms.client);
     const windowData = jotai.useAtomValue(atoms.waveWindow);
+    const isFullScreen = jotai.useAtomValue(atoms.isFullScreen);
+
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+        const reducedMotionQuery = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)");
+        setPrefersReducedMotion(!reducedMotionQuery || reducedMotionQuery.matches);
+        reducedMotionQuery.addEventListener("change", () => {
+            setPrefersReducedMotion(reducedMotionQuery.matches);
+        });
+    }, []);
+
     if (client == null || windowData == null) {
         return (
             <div className="mainapp">
@@ -470,12 +482,18 @@ const AppInner = () => {
         );
     }
 
-    const isFullScreen = jotai.useAtomValue(atoms.isFullScreen);
     return (
-        <div className={clsx("mainapp", PLATFORM, { fullscreen: isFullScreen })} onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}>
+        <div
+            className={clsx("mainapp", PLATFORM, {
+                fullscreen: isFullScreen,
+                "prefers-reduced-motion": prefersReducedMotion || prefersReducedMotionSetting,
+            })}
+            onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
+        >
             <AppBackground />
             <AppKeyHandlers />
             <AppSettingsUpdater />
+            -m
             <DndProvider backend={HTML5Backend}>
                 <Workspace />
             </DndProvider>
diff --git a/frontend/app/element/magnify.less b/frontend/app/element/magnify.less
index 48a402f3..e288333c 100644
--- a/frontend/app/element/magnify.less
+++ b/frontend/app/element/magnify.less
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-@media (prefers-reduced-motion) {
+.prefers-reduced-motion {
     .magnify-icon svg {
         #arrow1,
         #arrow2 {
diff --git a/frontend/app/store/global.ts b/frontend/app/store/global.ts
index e0e83b5c..a221951e 100644
--- a/frontend/app/store/global.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/store/global.ts
@@ -101,16 +101,17 @@ function initGlobalAtoms(initOpts: GlobalInitOptions) {
         return windowData.activetabid;
     });
     const controlShiftDelayAtom = jotai.atom(false);
-    const updateStatusAtom = jotai.atom<UpdaterStatus>("up-to-date") as jotai.PrimitiveAtom<UpdaterStatus>;
+    const updaterStatusAtom = jotai.atom<UpdaterStatus>("up-to-date") as jotai.PrimitiveAtom<UpdaterStatus>;
     try {
-        globalStore.set(updateStatusAtom, getApi().getUpdaterStatus());
+        globalStore.set(updaterStatusAtom, getApi().getUpdaterStatus());
         getApi().onUpdaterStatusChange((status) => {
             console.log("updater status change", status);
-            globalStore.set(updateStatusAtom, status);
+            globalStore.set(updaterStatusAtom, status);
         });
     } catch (_) {
         // do nothing
     }
+    const reducedMotionPreferenceAtom = jotai.atom((get) => get(settingsConfigAtom).window.reducedmotion);
     atoms = {
         // initialized in wave.ts (will not be null inside of application)
         windowId: windowIdAtom,
@@ -119,12 +120,13 @@ function initGlobalAtoms(initOpts: GlobalInitOptions) {
         client: clientAtom,
         waveWindow: windowDataAtom,
         workspace: workspaceAtom,
-        settingsConfigAtom: settingsConfigAtom,
-        tabAtom: tabAtom,
+        settingsConfigAtom,
+        tabAtom,
         activeTabId: activeTabIdAtom,
         isFullScreen: isFullScreenAtom,
-        controlShiftDelayAtom: controlShiftDelayAtom,
-        updaterStatusAtom: updateStatusAtom,
+        controlShiftDelayAtom,
+        updaterStatusAtom,
+        reducedMotionPreferenceAtom,
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/layout/lib/tilelayout.less b/frontend/layout/lib/tilelayout.less
index 81f70570..2ce0ae7e 100644
--- a/frontend/layout/lib/tilelayout.less
+++ b/frontend/layout/lib/tilelayout.less
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-@media (prefers-reduced-motion) {
+.prefers-reduced-motion {
     .tile-layout {
         &.animate {
             .tile-node,
diff --git a/frontend/types/custom.d.ts b/frontend/types/custom.d.ts
index 15bd45a8..2ad52d2d 100644
--- a/frontend/types/custom.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/custom.d.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ declare global {
         activeTabId: jotai.Atom<string>; // derrived from windowDataAtom
         isFullScreen: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<boolean>;
         controlShiftDelayAtom: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<boolean>;
+        reducedMotionPreferenceAtom: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
         updaterStatusAtom: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<UpdaterStatus>;
     };
 
diff --git a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
index f57030be..14ea6c7e 100644
--- a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ declare global {
         blur: boolean;
         opacity: number;
         bgcolor: string;
+        reducedmotion: boolean;
     };
 
     // wstore.Workspace
diff --git a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
index 22beca70..e059715e 100644
--- a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ type TermThemesConfigType map[string]TermThemeType
 
 // note we pointers so we preserve nulls
 type WindowSettingsType struct {
-	Transparent *bool    `json:"transparent"`
-	Blur        *bool    `json:"blur"`
-	Opacity     *float64 `json:"opacity"`
-	BgColor     *string  `json:"bgcolor"`
+	Transparent   *bool    `json:"transparent"`
+	Blur          *bool    `json:"blur"`
+	Opacity       *float64 `json:"opacity"`
+	BgColor       *string  `json:"bgcolor"`
+	ReducedMotion *bool    `json:"reducedmotion"`
 }
 
 type TelemetrySettingsType struct {