diff -Nru budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.5/debian/budgie-desktop-common.gsettings-override budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.6/debian/budgie-desktop-common.gsettings-override
--- budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.5/debian/budgie-desktop-common.gsettings-override	2017-09-18 23:10:06.000000000 +0100
+++ budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.6/debian/budgie-desktop-common.gsettings-override	2017-10-08 20:35:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 font-name='Ubuntu 11'
 document-font-name='Sans 11'
 cursor-theme='DMZ-White'
+enable-animations=false
 
 [org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad:Budgie]
 tap-to-click = true
diff -Nru budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.5/debian/changelog budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.6/debian/changelog
--- budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.5/debian/changelog	2017-09-18 23:10:10.000000000 +0100
+++ budgie-desktop-environment-0.8.6/debian/changelog	2017-10-08 20:35:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+budgie-desktop-environment (0.8.6) artful; urgency=medium
+
+  * Bug-fix release (LP: #1722119)
+    - disable animations; various direct reports received about
+      random desktop crashes - disabling animations will stabilise
+      the desktop which will allow further investigation later
+
+ -- David Mohammed <fossfreedom@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 08 Oct 2017 20:35:04 +0100
+
 budgie-desktop-environment (0.8.5) artful; urgency=medium
 
   * Bug-fix release (LP: #1718052)