diff --git a/config/Styling.qml b/config/Styling.qml
index 84aa195..e509c18 100644
--- a/config/Styling.qml
+++ b/config/Styling.qml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pragma Singleton
 
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
 
 Singleton {
     id: root
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ Singleton {
     readonly property Animations animations: Animations {}
     readonly property Typography typography: Typography {}
     readonly property Layout layout: Layout {}
-    readonly property var theme: Theme.palette
+    readonly property alias theme: theme
     readonly property Lucide lucide: Lucide {}
 
     component Animations: QtObject {
@@ -90,4 +91,42 @@ Singleton {
         readonly property string triangle: "\u{E192}"
         readonly property string triangleDashed: "\u{E642}"
     }
+
+    FileView {
+        path: `${Paths.config}/themes/${Theme.currentTheme}.json`
+        watchChanges: true
+        onFileChanged: reload()
+
+        // when changes are made to properties in the adapter, save them
+        onAdapterUpdated: writeAdapter()
+
+        JsonAdapter {
+            id: theme
+            property color primary: "#605dff"
+            property color primarycontent: "#edf1fe"
+            property color secondary: "#f43098"
+            property color secondarycontent: "#f9e4f0"
+            property color accent: "#00d3bb"
+            property color accentcontent: "#084d49"
+            property color neutral: "#09090b"
+            property color neutralcontent: "#e4e4e7"
+            property color base100: "#1d232a"
+            property color base200: "#191e24"
+            property color base300: "#15191e"
+            property color basecontent: "#ecf9ff"
+            property color info: "#00bafe"
+            property color infocontent: "#042e49"
+            property color success: "#00d390"
+            property color successcontent: "#004c39"
+            property color warning: "#fcb700"
+            property color warningcontent: "#793205"
+            property color error: "#ff627d"
+            property color errorcontent: "#4d0218"
+
+            property int radiusSelector: 8
+            property int radiusField: 8
+            property int radiusBox: 8
+            property int border: 2
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/config/Theme.qml b/config/Theme.qml
index 31ee7c2..4aac927 100644
--- a/config/Theme.qml
+++ b/config/Theme.qml
@@ -1,35 +1,28 @@
 pragma Singleton
-pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
-import "theme"
 import QtQuick
+import Qt.labs.folderlistmodel 2.9
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
 
 Singleton {
     id: root
 
-    property var palette: theme
-
     property alias themes: cache.themes
     property alias currentTheme: cache.current
     property int currentThemeIndex: themes.indexOf(currentTheme)
 
-    Process {
-        running: true
-        command: ["bash", "-c", `inotifywait -m -r ~/.config/lux/themes/ -e modify,move,create,delete | while read dir action; do ls -m "$dir"; done`]
-        stderr: StdioCollector {
-            onStreamFinished: console.log(`line read: ${this.text}`)
-        }
-        stdout: SplitParser {
-            splitMarker: "\n"
-            onRead: data => {
-                const themes = data.split(", ").filter(item => item.endsWith(".json")).map(item => item.replace(".json", ""));
-                if (themes.length == 0) {
-                    return;
-                }
-                root.themes = themes;
+    FolderListModel {
+        id: model
+        nameFilters: ["*.json"]
+        folder: `${Paths.config}/themes/`
+        showDirs: false
+        onCountChanged: {
+            const arr = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                arr.push(get(i, "fileName").replace(".json", ""));
             }
+            root.themes = arr;
         }
     }
 
@@ -54,17 +47,4 @@ Singleton {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    FileView {
-        path: `${Paths.config}/themes/${root.currentTheme}.json`
-        watchChanges: true
-        onFileChanged: reload()
-
-        // when changes are made to properties in the adapter, save them
-        onAdapterUpdated: writeAdapter()
-
-        Theme {
-            id: theme
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/config/theme/Theme.qml b/config/theme/Theme.qml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f08a88..0000000
--- a/config/theme/Theme.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import QtQuick
-import Quickshell.Io
-
-JsonAdapter {
-    property color primary: "#605dff"
-    property color primarycontent: "#edf1fe"
-    property color secondary: "#f43098"
-    property color secondarycontent: "#f9e4f0"
-    property color accent: "#00d3bb"
-    property color accentcontent: "#084d49"
-    property color neutral: "#09090b"
-    property color neutralcontent: "#e4e4e7"
-    property color base100: "#1d232a"
-    property color base200: "#191e24"
-    property color base300: "#15191e"
-    property color basecontent: "#ecf9ff"
-    property color info: "#00bafe"
-    property color infocontent: "#042e49"
-    property color success: "#00d390"
-    property color successcontent: "#004c39"
-    property color warning: "#fcb700"
-    property color warningcontent: "#793205"
-    property color error: "#ff627d"
-    property color errorcontent: "#4d0218"
-
-    property int radiusSelector: 8
-    property int radiusField: 8
-    property int radiusBox: 8
-    property int border: 2
-}