diff --git a/modules/home-manager/hyprland-customization.nix b/modules/home-manager/hyprland-customization.nix
index 3c489ef..58ccd6c 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/hyprland-customization.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/hyprland-customization.nix
@@ -46,21 +46,33 @@
   # the overlay makes this available as a home manager module
   programs.hyprpanel = {
     enable = true;
+    # autostart after hyprland
     hyprland.enable = true;
     overwrite.enable = true;
     overlay.enable = true;
+    
+    theme = "monochrome";
 
     settings = {
       bar = {
         clock.format = "%H:%M";
         clock.showIcon = false;
+        clock.militray = true;
         launcher.icon = "🚀";
+        launcher.autoDetectIcon = true;
+        workspaces.show_icons = true;
       };
     };
+
+    layout = {
+      "bar.layouts" = {
+        "*" = {
+          left = ["workspaces"];
+          middle = ["clock"];
+          right = ["volume" "systray" "nm-applet" "notifications" ];
+      }
+    }
     
-    
-    
-    # Add custom widgets + styling
   };
 
 
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/xdg-portals.nix b/modules/home-manager/xdg-portals.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7414689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/xdg-portals.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{inputs, pkgs, ...}: 
+{
+  xdg.enable = true;
+
+  xdg.portal = {
+    enable = true;
+    extraPortals = [
+        pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
+    ]
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix b/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
index 9098389..5768876 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/hyprland.nix
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@
     wayland = true;
   };
 
-
 }
diff --git a/users/remy.nix b/users/remy.nix
index 0da3267..507af02 100644
--- a/users/remy.nix
+++ b/users/remy.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ with lib.hm.gvariant;
     ../modules/home-manager/fish.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/flatpaks.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/hyprland-customization.nix
-    # ../modules/home-manager/gnome-shell-customization.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/keepassxc.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/obsidian.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/owncloud-client.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/thunderbird.nix
+    ../modules/home-manager/xdg-portals.nix
   ];
 
   ## Home Manager configuration