diff --git a/core/theme.nix b/core/theme.nix
index e1624a4..e0ef6f7 100644
--- a/core/theme.nix
+++ b/core/theme.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{...}: {
+{
   x = c: "#${c}";
 
   colors = rec {
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
     "highlightmed" = "ff403d52";
     "highlighthigh" = "ff524f67";
   };
+
+  wallpaper = ./wall.png;
 }
diff --git a/core/wall.png b/core/wall.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75880b8
Binary files /dev/null and b/core/wall.png differ
diff --git a/modules/rice/hyprland/config.nix b/modules/rice/hyprland/config.nix
index 7a3f632..1c75663 100644
--- a/modules/rice/hyprland/config.nix
+++ b/modules/rice/hyprland/config.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
       apply_sens_to_raw = 0;
 
       # active border color
-      # "col.active_border" = "rgb(${rose}) rgb(${pine}) rgb(${love}) rgb(${iris}) 90deg";
-      # "col.inactive_border" = "rgb(${muted})";
+      "col.active_border" = "rgb(${rose})";
+      "col.inactive_border" = "rgb(${muted})";
     };
 
     input = {
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@
       "col.shadow" = "rgba(292c3cee)";
     };
 
+    misc = {
+      # disable redundant renders
+      disable_splash_rendering = true;
+      force_default_wallpaper = 0;
+      disable_hyprland_logo = true;
+
+      vfr = true;
+
+      # window swallowing
+      enable_swallow = true; # hide windows that spawn other windows
+      swallow_regex = "^(foot)$";
+
+      # dpms
+      mouse_move_enables_dpms = true; # enable dpms on mouse/touchpad action
+      key_press_enables_dpms = true; # enable dpms on keyboard action
+      disable_autoreload = true; # autoreload is unnecessary on nixos, because the config is readonly anyway
+    };
+
     xwayland = {
       force_zero_scaling = true;
     };