diff --git a/config/aarch64/desktop.toml b/config/aarch64/desktop.toml
index e95fbfec8..436ed82d7 100644
--- a/config/aarch64/desktop.toml
+++ b/config/aarch64/desktop.toml
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@ shared-mime-info = {}
 path = "/usr/lib/init.d/20_orbital"
 data = """
 audiod
+export VT 3
 orbital orblogin launcher
+unset VT
 """
diff --git a/config/desktop-minimal.toml b/config/desktop-minimal.toml
index 9ad61e730..d265071cb 100644
--- a/config/desktop-minimal.toml
+++ b/config/desktop-minimal.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ orbutils-orblogin = {}
 [[files]]
 path = "/usr/lib/init.d/20_orbital"
 data = """
+export VT 3
 orbital orblogin launcher
+unset VT
 """
 
 # Override console config to not switch to VT 2
diff --git a/config/desktop.toml b/config/desktop.toml
index 01ecfe670..7d6d07653 100644
--- a/config/desktop.toml
+++ b/config/desktop.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ shared-mime-info = {}
 path = "/usr/lib/init.d/20_orbital"
 data = """
 audiod
+export VT 3
 orbital orblogin launcher
+unset VT
 """
 
 # Override console config to not switch to VT 2
diff --git a/config/x86_64/desktop-contain.toml b/config/x86_64/desktop-contain.toml
index 97d6765cc..f838f3520 100644
--- a/config/x86_64/desktop-contain.toml
+++ b/config/x86_64/desktop-contain.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ include = ["../desktop.toml"]
 path = "/usr/lib/init.d/20_orbital"
 data = """
 audiod
+export VT 3
 orbital contain_orblogin launcher
+unset VT
 """
 
 # Override console init to use contain