diff --git a/.config/mpv/mpv.conf b/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
index 2c31edc..79bc3c9 100644
--- a/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
+++ b/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ cache=no
 cache-pause=no
 demuxer-readahead-secs=1
 
+# Enable HW decoding. This should be safe on any system as failure falls back to SWDec
+hwdec=auto
+
 # Audio filter to try to normalize audio levels. Especially important for
 # Twitch where there's no defacto normal level to target
 af="dynaudnorm=g=5:f=250:r=0.9:p=0.5"