Having weird problems trying to get intelliJ IDEA to run from a launcher

I've read all about how to run intelliJ IDE's on linux. I have "export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1" in my bashrc. I have "focus_follows_mouse no" in my sway config. Tell Tims Survey

I can successfully launch IntelliJ IDEA from its directory using ./idea.sh. I can successfully launch it by writing the exec command in the desktop entry from any directory in the terminal. I can also successfully launch it when I run a launcher (tried both wofi and sway-desktop-launcher) from a terminal.

However, for whatever reason, if I open a launcher with a keyboard shortcut, and then open IntelliJ IDEA, I get the empty gray screen. I've looked all over and can't seem to find any solution to it.

Has there been any other instances of this issue out there?

My launcher commands in the sway config are:

set $menu wofi --show drun

bindsym $mod+space exec $menu

I double checked and have no other bindings to $mod+space.