diff --git a/files/dom0/.local/bin/dom0/qubesctl b/files/dom0/.local/bin/dom0/qubesctl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..40d3c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/dom0/.local/bin/dom0/qubesctl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 - 2024 Benjamin Grande M. S. <ben.grande.b@gmail.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+set -eu
+sudo qubesctl --show-output "${@}"
diff --git a/files/sh/.config/sh/shrc b/files/sh/.config/sh/shrc
index 245aa2c..d07adec 100644
--- a/files/sh/.config/sh/shrc
+++ b/files/sh/.config/sh/shrc
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ has yt-dlp && alias yt="yt-dlp --add-metadata -ic"
 has fdfind && alias fd="fdfind"
 has lynx && alias lynx="lynx -vikeys"
 has qubesctl && {
-  alias qubesctl="sudo qubesctl --show-output"
   alias qctl="qubesctl"
+  alias qctls="qctl state.apply"
   alias qctlu="qctl --skip-dom0 --targets"
+  qctlus(){ test -n "${2-}" || return 1; qubesctl "${1}" state.apply "${2}"; }
 }
 has gpg && alias gpgs="gpg --show-keys"
 ## {{{ Tmux