diff --git a/docs/MIGRATION.md b/docs/MIGRATION.md
index b3ceb35..5d68162 100644
--- a/docs/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/docs/MIGRATION.md
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ and it's whichever has higher Nix priority. Fix these explicitly:
 | Graphics | `hardware.graphics.enable = true` (was `hardware.opengl`) | Probably already enabled — fine |
 | User groups | needs `video render networkmanager` | Add to your `users.users.<user>.extraGroups` |
 | `/etc/os-release` | `ID=nomarchy`, `NAME=Nomarchy` | A few third-party scripts grep `ID=nixos` — adjust them or rely on `ID_LIKE` (TBD) |
-| autoLogin | `enable = true; user = "nomarchy";` (mkDefault) | Override with `services.displayManager.autoLogin.user = "<your user>"` or disable |
+| autoLogin | `enable = false; user = "nomarchy";` (mkDefault) | Off by default — opt in with `services.displayManager.autoLogin = { enable = true; user = "<your user>"; };` if you want it |
 
 Impermanence is **off** unless you set `nomarchy.system.impermanence.enable = true`,
 and it requires a BTRFS layout with a `root-blank` snapshot. Don't enable it
diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP.md b/docs/ROADMAP.md
index 3f1187a..153a608 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Guardrails (apply when adding anything):
 - **Forgejo release pipeline.** `vYY.MM.x` tags matching the upstream NixOS channel; the pipeline pushes the three ISOs and an updated `flake.lock` snapshot.
 - **Optional `nomarchy-installer-vm`** rebuilt as a real flake app (not a one-off shell script) so users can install Nomarchy into a libvirt VM declaratively.
 - **Surface support module** via the relevant `nixos-hardware` profile + Surface kernel patches behind a `nomarchy.hardware.isSurface` toggle.
+- **Consolidate palette imports in `flake.nix` via `nomarchyLib`.** `flake.nix:79-80` re-imports `./themes/palettes` and recomputes `themeNames` even though `lib/default.nix` already exports both. Two computations, same result today — drift risk tomorrow. Import `nomarchyLib = import ./lib { inherit lib; }` once and use `nomarchyLib.{palettes,themeNames}` to make `lib/default.nix` the single source of truth for the theme list.
 
 ## 3. Pillar: Script & menu audit
 
diff --git a/features/scripts/utils/nomarchy-welcome b/features/scripts/utils/nomarchy-welcome
index 4ce78f6..bf30367 100755
--- a/features/scripts/utils/nomarchy-welcome
+++ b/features/scripts/utils/nomarchy-welcome
@@ -59,39 +59,9 @@ if [[ "$USER" == "nixos" ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-# 4. Starter home.nix
+# 4. Setup Local Repo (Crucial for nomarchy-env-update to work)
 echo ""
-echo "Step 4: Starter home.nix"
-HOME_NIX="$HOME/.config/home-manager/home.nix"
-if [ ! -f "$HOME_NIX" ]; then
-    echo "It looks like you don't have a ~/.config/home-manager/home.nix file yet."
-    echo "Nomarchy uses this file to manage your user-level packages and settings."
-    if gum confirm "Would you like to generate a starter home.nix?"; then
-        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$HOME_NIX")"
-        cat <<EOF > "$HOME_NIX"
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  # Nomarchy starter home.nix
-  # Add your user packages here.
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    btop
-    fastfetch
-    chromium
-    # Add more packages here
-  ];
-
-  # home.stateVersion = "25.11"; # Consult docs/MIGRATION.md if you change this
-}
-EOF
-        echo "Starter home.nix generated at $HOME_NIX"
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Detected existing home.nix at $HOME_NIX. Skipping generation."
-fi
-
-# 5. Setup Local Repo (Crucial for nomarchy-env-update to work)
-echo ""
-echo "Step 5: Git Repository Check"
+echo "Step 4: Git Repository Check"
 echo "Nomarchy relies on a local git repository for declarative updates."
 if [ ! -d "/etc/nixos/.git" ]; then
     echo "Warning: /etc/nixos is not a git repository. Declarative updates might fail."
@@ -102,7 +72,7 @@ if [ ! -d "/etc/nixos/.git" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# 6. Success
+# 5. Success
 echo ""
 echo "Applying all changes..."
 nomarchy-env-update
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 18c2feb..a90b941 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ let
 in {
   inherit
     palettes
-    readState
     readHomeState
     readSystemState
     resolveWallpaper
diff --git a/lib/state-schema.nix b/lib/state-schema.nix
index bc98b87..50bb2d5 100644
--- a/lib/state-schema.nix
+++ b/lib/state-schema.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Nomarchy State Schema
-# Defines the complete state shape with defaults for both home and system state
+#
+# Defines the default values for every state.json field that's consumed by a
+# Nix option. Read by core/{system,home}/options.nix (for `default = …`) and
+# by core/{system,home}/state.nix (for `or` fallbacks).
+#
+# state.json may also hold runtime-only fields that aren't declared here —
+# notably `welcome_done`, managed by `nomarchy-welcome`. Those are intentionally
+# off-schema because no Nix option reads them; the schema is the "consumed by
+# Nix" surface, not the full state.json shape.
 { lib }:
 
 {
@@ -54,14 +62,4 @@
     };
   };
 
-  # Get a value from state with fallback to default
-  getWithDefault = state: path: default:
-    let
-      pathList = lib.splitString "." path;
-      getValue = obj: remaining:
-        if remaining == [] then obj
-        else if builtins.isAttrs obj && builtins.hasAttr (builtins.head remaining) obj
-        then getValue obj.${builtins.head remaining} (builtins.tail remaining)
-        else default;
-    in getValue state pathList;
 }
diff --git a/themes/engine/sddm.nix b/themes/engine/sddm.nix
index 6e0e851..eb57ce7 100644
--- a/themes/engine/sddm.nix
+++ b/themes/engine/sddm.nix
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ in
 
   services.displayManager.defaultSession = lib.mkDefault "hyprland-uwsm";
 
+  # autoLogin defaults off so hand-migrated configs (no installer-written
+  # username) don't try to log in as a nonexistent "nomarchy" user. The
+  # installer-generated system.nix sets both `enable = true;` and
+  # `user = "$USERNAME";` at normal priority, overriding these defaults.
   services.displayManager.autoLogin = {
-    enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    enable = lib.mkDefault false;
     user = lib.mkDefault "nomarchy";
   };