diff --git a/modules/home/hyprland.nix b/modules/home/hyprland.nix
index 29046bb..6a44b8a 100644
--- a/modules/home/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/home/hyprland.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ in
     package = null;
     portalPackage = null;
 
+    # HM defaults stateVersion >= 26.05 to the new Lua config and would
+    # render these hyprlang-style settings as broken `hl.$mod(...)` Lua
+    # (Hyprland then boots into emergency mode with no binds).
+    configType = "hyprlang";
+
     settings = {
       "$mod" = "SUPER";
       "$terminal" = config.nomarchy.terminal;
@@ -33,9 +38,10 @@ in
       monitor = [ ",preferred,auto,1" ];
 
       exec-once = [
-        "swww-daemon"
+        # nixpkgs' swww is awww (renamed fork); the binary is awww-daemon.
+        "awww-daemon"
         # Paint the wallpaper as soon as the session is up (waits for
-        # swww-daemon internally).
+        # the daemon internally).
         "nomarchy-theme-sync wallpaper"
       ];
 
@@ -89,13 +95,13 @@ in
         touchpad.natural_scroll = true;
       };
 
-      dwindle = {
-        pseudotile = true;
-        preserve_split = true;
-      };
+      # dwindle:pseudotile was removed in Hyprland 0.55 (the `pseudo`
+      # dispatcher still exists); setting it aborts config parsing.
+      dwindle.preserve_split = true;
 
       misc = {
         disable_hyprland_logo = true;
+        disable_splash_rendering = true;
         force_default_wallpaper = 0;
       };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/nomarchy-theme-sync/nomarchy-theme-sync.py b/pkgs/nomarchy-theme-sync/nomarchy-theme-sync.py
index 3bf3a9c..ba136a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/nomarchy-theme-sync/nomarchy-theme-sync.py
+++ b/pkgs/nomarchy-theme-sync/nomarchy-theme-sync.py
@@ -168,16 +168,18 @@ def apply_wallpaper(state: dict, wait: bool = False) -> None:
     if wallpaper is None:
         log(f"no wallpaper for theme '{state.get('slug', '?')}', skipping")
         return
-    if shutil.which("swww") is None:
-        log("swww not found, skipping wallpaper")
+    # nixpkgs renamed swww to awww (CLI-compatible fork); accept either.
+    swww = shutil.which("awww") or shutil.which("swww")
+    if swww is None:
+        log("awww/swww not found, skipping wallpaper")
         return
-    # At session start swww-daemon may still be coming up.
+    # At session start the daemon may still be coming up.
     for _ in range(10 if wait else 1):
-        if subprocess.run(["swww", "query"], capture_output=True).returncode == 0:
+        if subprocess.run([swww, "query"], capture_output=True).returncode == 0:
             break
         time.sleep(0.5)
     result = subprocess.run(
-        ["swww", "img", str(wallpaper),
+        [swww, "img", str(wallpaper),
          "--transition-type", "grow",
          "--transition-pos", "center",
          "--transition-duration", "1",
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ def apply_wallpaper(state: dict, wait: bool = False) -> None:
         capture_output=True,
     )
     log(f"wallpaper: {wallpaper.name}" if result.returncode == 0
-        else "wallpaper: swww failed (daemon not running?)")
+        else "wallpaper: awww failed (daemon not running?)")
 
 
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