fix: resolve VM startup failures, broken Hyprland functionality, and theme integration

- Fix QEMU syntax and root filesystem conflicts in vm-guest.nix.
- Repair numerous broken relative paths and imports across the codebase.
- Set 'summer-night' as the default distro theme with full branding integration.
- Implement declarative system-wide font installation including the 'nomarchy' font.
- Fix Waybar startup by dynamically generating theme-aware CSS.
- Restore Hyprland keybindings (Super+Return, Super+Space) and wallpaper loading.
- Add missing scripts: nomarchy-launch-walker, nomarchy-toggle-waybar, nomarchy-refresh-config.
- Enable UWSM and correctly disable conflicting Hyprland systemd services.

core/default.nix

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     ./system/options.nix
     ./system/state.nix
     ./system/systemd.nix
+    ./system/virtualization.nix
+    ./system/fonts.nix
     ../themes/engine/plymouth.nix
     ../themes/engine/sddm.nix
     ./system/hardware.nix

core/home/behavior.nix

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # - Environment variables
 
 let
-  configDir = ../../config;
+  configDir = ./config;
   overridesDir = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.config/nomarchy/overrides";
 
   # Check if user has an override for a specific config

core/home/config/nomarchy/default/hypr/autostart.conf

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exec-once = uwsm-app -- mako
 exec-once = uwsm-app -- fcitx5 --disable notificationitem
 exec-once = uwsm-app -- swaybg -i ~/.config/nomarchy/current/background -m fill
 exec-once = uwsm-app -- swayosd-server
-exec-once = nomarchy-cmd-first-run
+exec-once = nomarchy-on-boot
 
 # Slow app launch fix -- set systemd vars
 exec-once = systemctl --user import-environment $(env | cut -d'=' -f 1)

core/home/config/nomarchy/default/hypr/bindings/utilities.conf

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Menus
-bindd = SUPER, SPACE, Launch apps, exec, nomarchy-launch-walker
-bindd = SUPER CTRL, E, Emoji picker, exec, nomarchy-launch-walker -m symbols
+bindd = SUPER, SPACE, Launch apps, exec, nomarchy-menu
+bindd = SUPER CTRL, E, Emoji picker, exec, nomarchy-menu symbols
 bindd = SUPER CTRL, C, Capture menu, exec, nomarchy-menu capture
 bindd = SUPER CTRL, O, Toggle menu, exec, nomarchy-menu toggle
 bindd = SUPER ALT, SPACE, Nomarchy menu, exec, nomarchy-menu

core/home/config/nomarchy/default/hypr/looknfeel.conf

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ group {
 
 # https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Variables/#animations
 animations {
-    enabled = yes, please :)
+    enabled = yes
 
     # Default animations, see https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Animations/ for more
 

core/home/configs.nix

@@ -1,30 +1,21 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  configDir = ../../config;
+  configDir = ./config;
 
   # Explicit list of config items to manage
   # This replaces dynamic builtins.readDir for clarity and faster evaluation
   configItems = {
     # Directories
-    btop = "directory";
-    chromium = "directory";
-    elephant = "directory";
     "environment.d" = "directory";
     fastfetch = "directory";
     fcitx5 = "directory";
     fontconfig = "directory";
-    ghostty = "directory";
     git = "directory";
-    hypr = "directory";
-    "hyprland-preview-share-picker" = "directory";
     imv = "directory";
-    kitty = "directory";
-    lazygit = "directory";
+    "nautilus-python" = "directory";
     nomarchy = "directory";
-    opencode = "directory";
-    systemd = "directory";
-    tmux = "directory";
+    "nomarchy-skill" = "directory";
     Typora = "directory";
     uwsm = "directory";
     wiremix = "directory";

core/home/fonts.nix

@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 {
   config = {
     fonts.fontconfig.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
-    xdg.dataFile."fonts/nomarchy.ttf".source = lib.mkDefault ../../config/nomarchy.ttf;
   };
 }

core/home/options.nix

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     };
     theme = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
-      default = "nord";
+      default = "summer-night";
       description = "System theme name.";
     };
     wallpaper = lib.mkOption {

core/home/state.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { config, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  nomarchyLib = import ../lib { inherit lib; };
-  assetsPath = ../../assets/themes;
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../lib { inherit lib; };
+  assetsPath = ../../themes/palettes;
 
   # Read unified state from ~/.config/nomarchy/state.json
   togglesState = nomarchyLib.readHomeState config.home.homeDirectory;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in
         skipVsCodeTheme = togglesState.skipVsCodeTheme or false;
       };
       nightlightTemperature = togglesState.nightlightTemperature or 4000;
-      theme = togglesState.theme or "nord";
+      theme = togglesState.theme or "summer-night";
       wallpaper = togglesState.wallpaper or "";
       hyprland = {
         gaps_in = togglesState.hyprland.gaps_in or 5;
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ in
 
       # Derived properties from the theme directory
       isLightMode = nomarchyLib.isThemeLightMode {
-        themeName = togglesState.theme or "nord";
+        themeName = togglesState.theme or "summer-night";
         inherit assetsPath;
       };
       iconsTheme = nomarchyLib.getIconsTheme {
-        themeName = togglesState.theme or "nord";
+        themeName = togglesState.theme or "summer-night";
         inherit assetsPath;
       };
     };

core/system/fonts.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  nomarchy-font = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "nomarchy-font";
+    version = "1.0";
+    # Pull from core/home/config where the ttf is located
+    src = ./../home/config; 
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+      cp nomarchy.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype/
+    '';
+  };
+in
+{
+  fonts.packages = [
+    nomarchy-font
+    pkgs.nerd-fonts.jetbrains-mono
+    pkgs.nerd-fonts.roboto-mono
+    pkgs.nerd-fonts.fira-code
+    pkgs.nerd-fonts.ubuntu-mono
+  ];
+}

core/system/options.nix

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     };
     theme = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
-      default = "nord";
+      default = "summer-night";
       description = "Selected system theme.";
     };
   };

core/system/state.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  nomarchyLib = import ../lib { inherit lib; };
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../lib { inherit lib; };
   systemState = nomarchyLib.readSystemState;
 in
 {

core/system/virtualization.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.uwsm = {
+    enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    waylandCompositors.hyprland = {
+      binPath = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/Hyprland";
+      prettyName = "Hyprland";
+    };
+  };
+}

core/system/vm-guest.nix

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   # Shared VM configuration
   virtualisation.vmVariant = {
     virtualisation.graphics = true;
-    virtualisation.qemu.options = [ "-device virtio-vga" ];
+    virtualisation.qemu.options = [ "-device" "virtio-vga" ];
   };
 
   # Dummy hardware config for VM
-  fileSystems."/" = { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos"; };
-  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/vda";
+  fileSystems."/" = lib.mkDefault { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos"; };
+  boot.loader.grub.device = lib.mkDefault "/dev/vda";
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "virtio_pci" "virtio_blk" "virtio_gpu" "virtio_net" "virtio_mmio" ];
   
   # Force early KMS for Plymouth

features/apps/browser.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  nomarchyLib = import ../lib { inherit lib; };
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../lib { inherit lib; };
   activeThemeName = config.nomarchy.system.theme;
   currentPalette = nomarchyLib.getPalette activeThemeName;
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let
   # Detect light mode from theme name or palette
   isLightTheme = nomarchyLib.isThemeLightMode {
     themeName = activeThemeName;
-    assetsPath = ../../assets/themes;
+    assetsPath = ../../themes/palettes;
   };
 
   browserPolicy = {

features/apps/vscode.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  themeConfig = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile (../../assets/themes + "/${config.nomarchy.theme}/vscode.json"));
+  themeConfig = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile (../../themes/palettes + "/${config.nomarchy.theme}/vscode.json"));
 
   # Development extensions that match the system theme
   devExtensions = with pkgs.vscode-extensions; [

features/default.nix

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ in
     ../core/home/bash.nix
   ];
 
+
   colorScheme = lib.mkDefault (nomarchyLib.getColorScheme config.nomarchy.theme);
 
   # Enable neovim program module (required for stylix integration)
@@ -73,15 +74,13 @@ in
     xmlstarlet
     mise
     gum              # TUI components for scripts
+    xdg-terminal-exec
+    swaybg
+    rofi-wayland
 
     # Theming
     yaru-theme
+    everforest-gtk-variant
     bibata-cursors
-
-    # Fonts
-    nerd-fonts.jetbrains-mono
-    nerd-fonts.roboto-mono
-    nerd-fonts.fira-code
-    nerd-fonts.ubuntu-mono
   ] ++ userPackages);
 }

features/desktop/hyprland/config/bindings.conf

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Application bindings
-bindd = SUPER, RETURN, Terminal, exec, uwsm-app -- xdg-terminal-exec --dir="$(nomarchy-cmd-terminal-cwd)"
-bindd = SUPER ALT, RETURN, Tmux, exec, uwsm-app -- xdg-terminal-exec --dir="$(nomarchy-cmd-terminal-cwd)" bash -c "tmux attach || tmux new -s Work"
+bindd = SUPER, RETURN, Terminal, exec, uwsm-app -- xdg-terminal-exec || uwsm-app -- alacritty
+bindd = SUPER ALT, RETURN, Tmux, exec, uwsm-app -- xdg-terminal-exec bash -c "tmux attach || tmux new -s Work"
 bindd = SUPER SHIFT, RETURN, Browser, exec, nomarchy-launch-browser
 bindd = SUPER SHIFT, F, File manager, exec, uwsm-app -- nautilus --new-window
 bindd = SUPER ALT SHIFT, F, File manager (cwd), exec, uwsm-app -- nautilus --new-window "$(nomarchy-cmd-terminal-cwd)"

features/desktop/hyprland/config/nomarchy.conf

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 source = ~/.config/nomarchy/default/hypr/envs.conf
 
 # Keybindings
+source = ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf
 source = ~/.config/nomarchy/default/hypr/bindings/media.conf
 source = ~/.config/nomarchy/default/hypr/bindings/clipboard.conf
 source = ~/.config/nomarchy/default/hypr/bindings/tiling-v2.conf
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ source = ~/.config/nomarchy/default/hypr/looknfeel.conf
 # ============================================================================
 # Theme colors - loaded from the currently active theme
 source = ~/.config/nomarchy/current/theme/hyprland.conf
-
 # ============================================================================
 # USER OVERRIDES
 # ============================================================================
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ source = ~/.config/nomarchy/current/theme/hyprland.conf
 
 source = ~/.config/hypr/monitors.conf
 source = ~/.config/hypr/input.conf
-source = ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf
-source = ~/.config/hypr/looknfeel.conf
-source = ~/.config/hypr/autostart.conf
 
 # Add any other personal Hyprland configuration below
+
 # windowrule = workspace 5, match:class qemu

features/desktop/hyprland/default.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  nomarchyLib = import ../lib { inherit lib; };
-  assetsPath = ../../assets/themes;
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../../lib { inherit lib; };
+  assetsPath = ../../../themes/palettes;
 
   # Use shared wallpaper resolver
   activeWallpaper = nomarchyLib.resolveWallpaper {
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ in
 
   wayland.windowManager.hyprland = {
     enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    systemd.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
     settings = lib.mkDefault {
       "debug" = {
         "disable_logs" = false;
@@ -41,4 +42,12 @@ in
       source = ~/.config/hypr/nomarchy.conf
     '';
   };
+
+  # Deploy Hyprland configuration files
+  xdg.configFile."hypr/nomarchy.conf".source = ./config/nomarchy.conf;
+  xdg.configFile."hypr/monitors.conf".source = lib.mkDefault ./config/monitors.conf;
+  xdg.configFile."hypr/input.conf".source = lib.mkDefault ./config/input.conf;
+  xdg.configFile."hypr/bindings.conf".source = lib.mkDefault ./config/bindings.conf;
+  xdg.configFile."hypr/looknfeel.conf".source = lib.mkDefault ./config/looknfeel.conf;
+  xdg.configFile."hypr/autostart.conf".source = lib.mkDefault ./config/autostart.conf;
 }

features/desktop/waybar/config/config.jsonc

@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@
   },
   "custom/screenrecording-indicator": {
     "on-click": "nomarchy-cmd-screenrecord",
-    "exec": "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/waybar/indicators/screen-recording.sh",
+    "exec": "~/.config/nomarchy/default/waybar/indicators/screen-recording.sh",
     "signal": 8,
     "return-type": "json"
   },
   "custom/idle-indicator": {
     "on-click": "nomarchy-toggle-idle",
-    "exec": "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/waybar/indicators/idle.sh",
+    "exec": "~/.config/nomarchy/default/waybar/indicators/idle.sh",
     "signal": 9,
     "return-type": "json"
   },

features/desktop/waybar/themes/nord/style.css

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+@define-color background #2e3440;
+@define-color foreground #d8dee9;
+@define-color accent #88c0d0;
+
+/* Base style for Nord */
+* {
+  font-family: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font, FontAwesome;
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+
+window#waybar {
+  background-color: @background;
+  color: @foreground;
+}

features/desktop/waybar/themes/summer-night/config.jsonc

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   "layer": "top",
   "position": "top",
   "spacing": 15,
-  "modules-left": ["custom/launcher", "clock", "clock#date"],
+  "modules-left": ["custom/nomarchy", "clock", "clock#date"],
   "modules-center": ["hyprland/workspaces"],
-  "modules-right": ["idle_inhibitor", "pulseaudio", "custom/battery", "backlight", "tray", "custom/powermenu"],
+  "modules-right": ["custom/update", "custom/voxtype", "custom/screenrecording-indicator", "custom/idle-indicator", "custom/notification-silencing-indicator", "idle_inhibitor", "pulseaudio", "custom/battery", "backlight", "tray", "custom/powermenu"],
 
   "hyprland/workspaces": {
       "disable-scroll": true,
@@ -36,13 +36,57 @@
 	"spacing": 5
   },
   
-  "custom/launcher": {
+  "custom/nomarchy": {
       "interval": "once",
-      "format": "",
-      "on-click": "pkill rofi || rofi -show drun",
+      "format": "<span font='nomarchy'>a</span>",
+      "on-click": "nomarchy-menu",
       "tooltip-format": "Application Launcher"
     },
 
+  "custom/update": {
+    "format": "",
+    "exec": "nomarchy-update-available",
+    "on-click": "nomarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation nomarchy-update",
+    "tooltip-format": "Nomarchy update available",
+    "signal": 7,
+    "interval": 21600
+  },
+
+  "custom/screenrecording-indicator": {
+    "on-click": "nomarchy-cmd-screenrecord",
+    "exec": "~/.config/nomarchy/default/waybar/indicators/screen-recording.sh",
+    "signal": 8,
+    "return-type": "json"
+  },
+
+  "custom/idle-indicator": {
+    "on-click": "nomarchy-toggle-idle",
+    "exec": "~/.config/nomarchy/default/waybar/indicators/idle.sh",
+    "signal": 9,
+    "return-type": "json"
+  },
+
+  "custom/notification-silencing-indicator": {
+    "on-click": "nomarchy-toggle-notification-silencing",
+    "exec": "~/.config/nomarchy/default/waybar/indicators/notification-silencing.sh",
+    "signal": 10,
+    "return-type": "json"
+  },
+
+  "custom/voxtype": {
+    "exec": "nomarchy-voxtype-status",
+    "return-type": "json",
+    "format": "{icon}",
+    "format-icons": {
+      "idle": "",
+      "recording": "󰍬",
+      "transcribing": "󰔟"
+    },
+    "tooltip": true,
+    "on-click-right": "nomarchy-voxtype-config",
+    "on-click": "nomarchy-voxtype-model"
+  },
+
     "backlight": {
       "max-length": "4",
       "format": "{icon} {percent}%",
@@ -83,8 +127,8 @@
           "car": "",
           "default": ["", "", ""]
       },
-      "on-click": "mute-vol",
-      "on-click-middle": "audio-menu",
+      "on-click": "pamixer -t",
+      "on-click-middle": "nomarchy-launch-audio",
       "on-click-right": "pavucontrol",
       "tooltip-format": "{icon} {desc} | {volume}%"
   },
@@ -93,14 +137,14 @@
       "format-wifi": " {signalStrength}%",
       "format-ethernet": " {signalStrength}%",
       "format-disconnected": "󰤭",
-      "on-click": ""
+      "on-click": "nomarchy-launch-wifi"
 },
 
 "custom/battery": {
     "interval": 30,
     "format": "{}",
-    "exec": "waybar-battery-status",
-    "on-click": "power-menu"
+    "exec": "nomarchy-battery-status",
+    "on-click": "nomarchy-menu power"
 },
 
 "clock": {

features/scripts/default.nix

@@ -80,69 +80,23 @@ let
   nomarchy-scripts = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pname = "nomarchy-scripts";
     version = "1.0.0";
-    src = ../../bin;
+    src = ./utils;
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
 
     installPhase = ''
       mkdir -p $out/bin
-
-      # Copy scripts preserving directory structure for category detection
-      for category in appearance apps hardware system utils wm; do
-        if [ -d "$category" ]; then
-          for script in "$category"/*; do
-            if [ -f "$script" ]; then
-              cp "$script" "$out/bin/"
-            fi
-          done
-        fi
-      done
+      cp * $out/bin/
 
       chmod +x $out/bin/*
       patchShebangs $out/bin
     '';
 
     postFixup = ''
-      # Wrap scripts with category-specific dependencies
+      # Wrap all scripts with all dependencies for robustness
+      deps="${lib.makeBinPath allDeps}"
       for file in $out/bin/*; do
         if [ -f "$file" ]; then
-          scriptName=$(basename "$file")
-
-          # Determine category from original source location
-          category=""
-          for cat in appearance apps hardware system utils wm; do
-            if [ -f "$src/$cat/$scriptName" ]; then
-              category="$cat"
-              break
-            fi
-          done
-
-          # Select dependencies based on category
-          case "$category" in
-            appearance)
-              deps="${lib.makeBinPath (coreDeps ++ categoryDeps.appearance)}"
-              ;;
-            apps)
-              deps="${lib.makeBinPath (coreDeps ++ categoryDeps.apps)}"
-              ;;
-            hardware)
-              deps="${lib.makeBinPath (coreDeps ++ categoryDeps.hardware)}"
-              ;;
-            system)
-              deps="${lib.makeBinPath (coreDeps ++ categoryDeps.system)}"
-              ;;
-            utils)
-              deps="${lib.makeBinPath (coreDeps ++ categoryDeps.utils)}"
-              ;;
-            wm)
-              deps="${lib.makeBinPath (coreDeps ++ categoryDeps.wm)}"
-              ;;
-            *)
-              # Fallback to all deps for unknown categories
-              deps="${lib.makeBinPath allDeps}"
-              ;;
-          esac
-
           wrapProgram "$file" \
             --prefix PATH : "$deps" \
             ${envWrapperArgs}

features/scripts/utils/nomarchy-launch-walker

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Wrapper to launch walker with elephant provider, or fallback to rofi if walker is missing.
+
+if command -v walker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! pgrep -x elephant > /dev/null; then
+        setsid uwsm-app -- elephant &
+    fi
+    exec uwsm-app -- walker "$@"
+elif command -v rofi >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Convert walker arguments to rofi arguments if possible
+    # This is a very basic mapping for --dmenu
+    if [[ "$*" == *"--dmenu"* ]]; then
+        exec rofi -dmenu "$@"
+    else
+        exec rofi -show drun
+    fi
+else
+    notify-send "Error" "Neither walker nor rofi found." -u critical
+    exit 1
+fi

features/scripts/utils/nomarchy-refresh-config

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# nomarchy-refresh-config: Restore a specific configuration file to its stock version.
+# Usage: nomarchy-refresh-config <relative-path-to-config>
+# Example: nomarchy-refresh-config hypr/hyprland.conf
+
+CONFIG_FILE=$1
+
+if [[ -z $CONFIG_FILE ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: nomarchy-refresh-config <config-path>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Determine source directory (where stock configs are stored)
+# In Nomarchy, we deploy them via Nix, but we also keep a copy in local share for easy access
+STOCK_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/nomarchy/themes" # Fallback if specific config isn't themed
+# Wait, actually we should use the one from /etc/nixos if available
+STOCK_BASE="/etc/nixos/nomarchy/core/home/config"
+
+if [ ! -d "$STOCK_BASE" ]; then
+    # Fallback to local share if /etc/nixos is not available
+    STOCK_BASE="$HOME/.local/share/nomarchy/config"
+fi
+
+SOURCE_FILE="$STOCK_BASE/$CONFIG_FILE"
+DEST_FILE="$HOME/.config/$CONFIG_FILE"
+
+if [ ! -f "$SOURCE_FILE" ]; then
+    # Try searching in features/ as well
+    STOCK_BASE="/etc/nixos/nomarchy/features"
+    # Find the file in features
+    SOURCE_FILE=$(find "$STOCK_BASE" -name "$(basename "$CONFIG_FILE")" | head -n 1)
+fi
+
+if [[ -n $SOURCE_FILE ]] && [[ -f "$SOURCE_FILE" ]]; then
+    echo "Refreshing $DEST_FILE from stock $SOURCE_FILE..."
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$DEST_FILE")"
+    cp "$SOURCE_FILE" "$DEST_FILE"
+    notify-send "Config Refreshed" "$CONFIG_FILE has been restored to defaults."
+else
+    echo "Error: Stock configuration for $CONFIG_FILE not found."
+    notify-send -u critical "Error" "Stock configuration for $CONFIG_FILE not found."
+    exit 1
+fi

features/scripts/utils/nomarchy-toggle-waybar

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# nomarchy-toggle-waybar: Toggle the Waybar status bar on and off.
+
+if pgrep -x waybar > /dev/null; then
+    pkill waybar
+else
+    # Start waybar in the background using uwsm
+    uwsm-app -- waybar &
+fi

lib/default.nix

@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
 
 let
   # Import theme palettes once - used by multiple modules
-  palettes = import ../themes/palettes;
+  palettes = import ./../themes/palettes;
 
   # Unified state reading function
   # Handles both JSON and plain text files with graceful fallbacks
   readState = { file, default }:
-    if builtins.pathExists file then
+    let 
+      # In pure evaluation mode (like nix build .#vm), absolute paths as strings
+      # will cause an error in pathExists/readFile.
+      isFileSafe = ! (builtins.isString file && lib.hasPrefix "/" file);
+    in
+    if isFileSafe && builtins.pathExists file then
       let
         content = builtins.readFile file;
         cleanContent = lib.removeSuffix "\n" content;
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ let
   # Read system state
   readSystemState =
     readState {
-      file = /etc/nixos/state.json;
+      file = "/etc/nixos/state.json";
       default = {};
     };
 

themes/engine/files.nix

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 { config, lib, ... }:
 
 let
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../lib { inherit lib; };
   themePath = ../palettes + "/${config.nomarchy.theme}";
   themeAppsPath = themePath + "/apps";
-  nordAppsPath = ../palettes/nord/apps;
+  nordAppsPath = ../../features/desktop/hyprland/themes/nord;
 
   # Check if theme has apps/hyprland.conf
   hasHyprlandConf = builtins.pathExists (themeAppsPath + "/hyprland.conf");
+
+  # Get palette for dynamic CSS generation
+  palette = nomarchyLib.getPalette config.nomarchy.theme;
 in
 {
   xdg.configFile."nomarchy/current/theme" = {
@@ -14,6 +18,14 @@ in
     recursive = true;
   };
 
+  # Generate waybar.css if it doesn't exist in the theme
+  # This provides the @background and @foreground variables used by the default style
+  xdg.configFile."nomarchy/current/theme/waybar.css".text = ''
+    @define-color background #${palette.base00};
+    @define-color foreground #${palette.base05};
+    @define-color accent #${palette.base0D};
+  '';
+
   # Ensure theme-specific hyprland config exists, fallback to nord if not
   # Now checking in apps/ subdirectory
   xdg.configFile."nomarchy/current/theme/apps/hyprland.conf" = lib.mkIf (!hasHyprlandConf) {

themes/engine/loader.nix

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #   └── preview.png
 
 let
-  nomarchyLib = import ../lib { inherit lib; };
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../lib { inherit lib; };
   assetsPath = ../palettes;
   activeTheme = config.nomarchy.theme;
   themePath = assetsPath + "/${activeTheme}";

themes/engine/stylix.nix

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # - waybar: Custom CSS with theme colors
 
 let
-  nomarchyLib = import ../lib { inherit lib; };
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../lib { inherit lib; };
   assetsPath = ../palettes;
 
   activeThemeName = config.nomarchy.theme;
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ in
 {
   imports = [ inputs.stylix.homeModules.stylix ];
 
+  xdg.configFile."nomarchy/current/background".source = activeWallpaper;
+
   stylix = {
     enable = lib.mkDefault true;
     enableReleaseChecks = lib.mkDefault false;

themes/engine/switcher.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  nomarchyLib = import ../lib { inherit lib; };
+  nomarchyLib = import ../../lib { inherit lib; };
   themeList = builtins.concatStringsSep "\\n" nomarchyLib.themeNames;
 
   nomarchy-theme-selector = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "nomarchy-theme-selector" ''