diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 63aec256..d8b25dfe 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -758,9 +758,16 @@ sub handle_welcome_screen {
     # handle the 'welcome' screen on GNOME and KDE since F38. shared
     # in a few places
     if (check_screen "getting_started", 45) {
-        send_key "alt-f4";
-        # for GNOME 40, alt-f4 doesn't work
-        send_key "esc";
+        if (get_var("DESKTOP") eq "kde") {
+            # just closing it seems to result in it running again on
+            # next boot, so let's click Skip
+            click_lastmatch;
+        }
+        else {
+            send_key "alt-f4";
+            # for GNOME 40, alt-f4 doesn't work
+            send_key "esc";
+        }
         wait_still_screen 5;
     }
     else {
diff --git a/needles/kde/getting_started-kde-20230222.json b/needles/kde/getting_started-kde-20230222.json
index 0e59ddaf..34730f89 100644
--- a/needles/kde/getting_started-kde-20230222.json
+++ b/needles/kde/getting_started-kde-20230222.json
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-{
-  "area": [
-    {
-      "height": 32,
-      "ypos": 376,
-      "width": 25,
-      "type": "match",
-      "xpos": 493
-    }
-  ],
-  "properties": [],
-  "tags": [
-    "DESKTOP-kde",
-    "getting_started"
-  ]
+{
+    "area": [
+        {
+            "height": 57,
+            "type": "match",
+            "width": 30,
+            "xpos": 493,
+            "ypos": 361
+        },
+        {
+            "height": 16,
+            "type": "match",
+            "width": 15,
+            "xpos": 211,
+            "ypos": 100
+        }
+    ],
+    "properties": [],
+    "tags": [
+        "DESKTOP-kde",
+        "getting_started"
+    ]
 }
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