diff --git a/config/Paths.qml b/config/Paths.qml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34116da..0000000
--- a/config/Paths.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-pragma Singleton
-
-import Quickshell
-import Qt.labs.platform
-
-Singleton {
-    id: root
-
-    readonly property url home: StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.HomeLocation)[0]
-    readonly property url pictures: StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.PicturesLocation)[0]
-
-    readonly property url data: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericDataLocation)[0]}/lux`
-    readonly property url state: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericStateLocation)[0]}/lux`
-    readonly property url cache: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericCacheLocation)[0]}/lux`
-    readonly property url config: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericConfigLocation)[0]}/lux`
-
-    readonly property url imagecache: `${cache}/imagecache`
-
-    function stringify(path: url): string {
-        let str = path.toString();
-        if (str.startsWith("root:/"))
-            str = `file://${Quickshell.shellDir}/${str.slice(6)}`;
-        else if (str.startsWith("/"))
-            str = `file://${str}`;
-        return new URL(str).pathname;
-    }
-
-    function expandTilde(path: string): string {
-        return strip(path.replace("~", stringify(root.home)));
-    }
-
-    function shortenHome(path: string): string {
-        return path.replace(strip(root.home), "~");
-    }
-
-    function strip(path: url): string {
-        return stringify(path).replace("file://", "");
-    }
-
-    function mkdir(path: url): void {
-        Quickshell.execDetached(["mkdir", "-p", strip(path)]);
-    }
-
-    function copy(from: url, to: url): void {
-        Quickshell.execDetached(["cp", strip(from), strip(to)]);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/config/Theme.qml b/config/Theme.qml
index afc58e4..91fbf0b 100644
--- a/config/Theme.qml
+++ b/config/Theme.qml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 pragma Singleton
-pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
-import Quickshell.Io
 
 Singleton {
     id: root
@@ -12,68 +10,30 @@ Singleton {
         source: "../assets/lucide.woff"
     }
     property string fontFamily: "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font"
-    property var palette: theme.palette
+    property Palette palette: Palette {}
 
-    property list<string> themes: []
-    onThemesChanged: {
-        if (!themes.includes(currentTheme)) {
-            currentTheme = "dark";
-        }
-    }
-    property string currentTheme: "dark"
+    component Palette: QtObject {
+        id: palette
 
-    Process {
-        running: true
-        command: ["bash", "-c", `inotifywait -m -r ~/.config/lux -e modify,move,create,delete | while read dir action; do ls -m "$dir"; done`]
-        stderr: StdioCollector {
-            onStreamFinished: console.log(`line read: ${this.text}`)
-        }
-        stdout: SplitParser {
-            splitMarker: "\n"
-            onRead: data => {
-                const themes = data.split(", ").filter(item => item.endsWith(".json")).map(item => item.replace(".json", ""));
-                if (themes.length == 0) {
-                    return;
-                }
-                root.themes = themes;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    FileView {
-        id: jsonFile
-        path: `${Paths.config}/themes/${root.currentTheme}.json`
-        watchChanges: true
-        onFileChanged: reload()
-
-        // when changes are made to properties in the adapter, save them
-        onAdapterUpdated: writeAdapter()
-
-        JsonAdapter {
-            id: theme
-
-            property JsonObject palette: JsonObject {
-                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 color primary: "#1fb854"
+        property color primarycontent: "#000000"
+        property color secondary: "#1eb88e"
+        property color secondarycontent: "#000c07"
+        property color accent: "#1fb8ab"
+        property color accentcontent: "#010c0b"
+        property color neutral: "#19362d"
+        property color neutralcontent: "#cdd3d1"
+        property color base100: "#1b1717"
+        property color base200: "#161212"
+        property color base300: "#110d0d"
+        property color basecontent: "#cac9c9"
+        property color info: "#00b5ff"
+        property color infocontent: "#000000"
+        property color success: "#00a96e"
+        property color successcontent: "#000000"
+        property color warning: "#ffbe00"
+        property color warningcontent: "#000000"
+        property color error: "#ff5861"
+        property color errorcontent: "#000000"
     }
 }