diff --git a/envmanager/config.h b/envmanager/config.h
index af66b86d..a3fabfd7 100644
--- a/envmanager/config.h
+++ b/envmanager/config.h
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ QMap<QString, QMap<QString, QVariant>> getKwinrcSettings(KSharedConfig::Ptr m_mo
              {
                  {"blurEnabled", false}, // disable blur for performance reasons, we could reconsider in the future for more powerful devices
                  {"convergentwindowsEnabled", true}, // enable our convergent window plugin
-                 {"mobiletaskswitcherEnabled", true} // ensure the mobile task switcher plugin is enabled
+                 {"mobiletaskswitcherEnabled", true}, // ensure the mobile task switcher plugin is enabled
+                 {"screenedgeEnabled", false} // disable the blue highlighting of screen edge effects. TODO would be nice if we could only deactivate it on
+                                              // touchscreen gestures and not mouse as well
              }},
             {"Wayland",
              {
@@ -65,5 +67,5 @@ QMap<QString, QMap<QString, QVariant>> getKwinrcSettings(KSharedConfig::Ptr m_mo
 
 // Have a separate list here because we need to trigger DBus calls to load/unload each effect/script.
 // Make sure that the effect/script is added to the kwinrc "Plugins" section above!
-const QList<QString> KWIN_EFFECTS = {"blur", "mobiletaskswitcher"};
+const QList<QString> KWIN_EFFECTS = {"blur", "mobiletaskswitcher", "screenedge"};
 const QList<QString> KWIN_SCRIPTS = {"convergentwindows"};