diff --git a/sway/wallpaper.pl b/sway/wallpaper.pl
index a342327..0ae776d 100755
--- a/sway/wallpaper.pl
+++ b/sway/wallpaper.pl
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ sub do_log
         my $die = shift || 0;
         my $min = $self->{verbose} || 5;
 
+        # Journald is borked. Just don't bother logging
+        return 0;
         if ($self->{daemon}) {
                 use Log::Journald qw(send);
                 send(