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 $ awatcher -vvv --no-server
 ```
 
+### Autostart
+
+Using `~/.config/autostart` is preferable, which is used by "Autostart" in KDE settings or Gnome Tweaks.
+Systemd may require to sleep for a few seconds (`ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 5`) in order to wait for the environment.
+
 ## Build
 
 ### Prerequisites