diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/btop/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/btop/default.nix
index 0248d34..3edc4ef 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/btop/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/btop/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     theme = {
       template."${home}/.config/btop/themes/matugen.theme".source = ./theme.theme;
 
-      extraConfig = "${
+      reloadExtraConfig = "${
         lib.meta.getExe (
           pkgs.writeShellApplication {
             name = "reload-btop";
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/gtk/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/gtk/default.nix
index c331dd4..a6bc497 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/gtk/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/gtk/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ in
       "${home}/.config/gtk-4.0/theme.css".source = ./theme.css;
     };
 
-    theme.extraConfig = "${
+    theme.initExtraConfig = "${
       lib.meta.getExe (
         pkgs.writeShellApplication {
           name = "theme-gtk";
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/hyprland/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/hyprland/default.nix
index b4160c9..2454383 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/hyprland/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/hyprland/default.nix
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     theme = {
       template."${home}/.config/hypr/theme.conf".source = ./theme.conf;
 
-      extraConfig = "${
+      reloadExtraConfig = "${
         lib.meta.getExe (
           pkgs.writeShellApplication {
             name = "reload-hyprland";
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix
index 77f9b0a..3b99015 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in
     theme = {
       template."${home}/.config/kitty/theme.conf".source = ./theme.conf;
 
-      extraConfig = "${
+      reloadExtraConfig = "${
         lib.meta.getExe (
           pkgs.writeShellApplication {
             name = "reload-kitty";
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix
index e3cb3d9..f59047e 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ in
       Install.WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
     };
 
-    theme.extraConfig = lib.mkAfter "${themeSwww} &";
+    theme.reloadExtraConfig = "${themeSwww} &";
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/options.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/options.nix
index 3a3bbde..bc29717 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/options.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/options.nix
@@ -8,25 +8,24 @@
 let
   cfg = config.theme;
 
-  activation = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+  init = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
     name = "theme-init";
     runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [ matugen ];
-    bashOptions = [
-      "errexit"
-      "pipefail"
-    ];
     text = ''
       matugen image "${cfg.configDir}/wallpaper" \
         --type scheme-${cfg.flavour} \
         --mode "$(cat "${cfg.configDir}/mode")" \
         --contrast ${builtins.toString cfg.contrast}
 
-      [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ -z "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ] && exit 0
-
-      ${cfg.extraConfig}
+      ${cfg.initExtraConfig}
     '';
   };
 
+  reload = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+    name = "theme-reload";
+    text = cfg.reloadExtraConfig;
+  };
+
   theme = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
     name = "theme";
     runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [ coreutils ];
@@ -34,7 +33,8 @@ let
       CONFIG = cfg.configDir;
       DEFAULT_WALLPAPER = cfg.wallpaper;
       DEFAULT_MODE = cfg.mode;
-      ACTIVATION = lib.meta.getExe activation;
+      INIT = lib.meta.getExe init;
+      RELOAD = lib.meta.getExe reload;
     };
     text = builtins.readFile ./theme.sh;
   };
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ in
         description = "The package containing the `theme` script";
       };
 
-      extraConfig = mkOption {
+      initExtraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = "Extra configuration lines to add to the theme initialization script.";
+      };
+
+      reloadExtraConfig = mkOption {
         type = lines;
         default = "";
         description = "Extra configuration lines to add to the theme reload script.";
@@ -416,7 +422,8 @@ in
     home = {
       activation.themeInit = inputs.home-manager.lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [
         "writeBoundary"
-      ] "run ${lib.meta.getExe activation}";
+        "dconfSettings"
+      ] "run ${lib.meta.getExe init}";
 
       packages =
         with pkgs;
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/theme.sh b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/theme.sh
index adf8cea..bbbe1fc 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/theme.sh
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/theme.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ finish() {
   [[ -n "${WALLPAPER}" ]] && ln -sf "${WALLPAPER}" "${CONFIG}"/wallpaper
   [[ -n "${MODE}" ]] && echo "${MODE}" > "${CONFIG}"/mode
 
-  "${ACTIVATION}" > /dev/null
+  "${INIT}" > /dev/null
+  "${RELOAD}" > /dev/null
 }
 
 if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then