diff --git a/_STALE_PATCHES/cursortheme.md b/_STALE_PATCHES/cursortheme.md
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--- a/_STALE_PATCHES/cursortheme.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-### Description
-Adds ability to change cursor's theme and size.
-
-### Download
-- [v0.4](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/main...dm1tz:04-cursortheme.patch)
-- [2021-12-04](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/compare/main...egorguslyan:cursortheme.patch)
-
-### Authors
-- [egorguslyan](https://github.com/egorguslyan)
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diff --git a/cursortheme/cursortheme.patch b/cursortheme/cursortheme.patch
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index 0000000..18c6237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cursortheme/cursortheme.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 05a532202ec5aa989f790939d6006af79f80e938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: wochap <gean.marroquin@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 07:52:05 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] apply Zakharchenko cursortheme patch, sync with v0.5
+
+source: https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/wiki/cursortheme
+---
+ config.def.h | 2 ++
+ dwl.c        | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index db0babc..aeb5174 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ static const float focuscolor[]            = COLOR(0x005577ff);
+ static const float urgentcolor[]           = COLOR(0xff0000ff);
+ /* To conform the xdg-protocol, set the alpha to zero to restore the old behavior */
+ static const float fullscreen_bg[]         = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0}; /* You can also use glsl colors */
++static const char cursortheme[]            = NULL; /* theme from /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11 */
++static const unsigned int cursorsize       = 24;
+ 
+ /* tagging - TAGCOUNT must be no greater than 31 */
+ #define TAGCOUNT (9)
+diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
+index ef27a1d..bd53fc0 100644
+--- a/dwl.c
++++ b/dwl.c
+@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ setup(void)
+ 	 * Xcursor themes to source cursor images from and makes sure that cursor
+ 	 * images are available at all scale factors on the screen (necessary for
+ 	 * HiDPI support). Scaled cursors will be loaded with each output. */
+-	cursor_mgr = wlr_xcursor_manager_create(NULL, 24);
++	cursor_mgr = wlr_xcursor_manager_create(cursortheme, cursorsize);
+ 	setenv("XCURSOR_SIZE", "24", 1);
+ 
+ 	/*
+-- 
+2.42.0