diff --git a/hosts/terra/home/hyprland.nix b/hosts/terra/home/hyprland.nix
index 220062d..4c157f0 100644
--- a/hosts/terra/home/hyprland.nix
+++ b/hosts/terra/home/hyprland.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ let
   # here rather than at runtime, since hyprpaper has no built-in "random"
   # mode; re-pick and rebuild (or swap in real per-monitor selection) when
   # this stops being a placeholder.
-  wallpaper = "/mnt/hdd_01/data/Pictures/Wallhaven/wallhaven-g7jg63.png";
+  wallpaper = "/mnt/hdd_01/data/Pictures/Wallhaven/wallhaven-4yjyd4.png";
 
   # Dispatchers → the new hl.dsp.* API (signatures verified against hyprland
   # 0.55's src/config/lua/bindings/LuaBindingsDispatchers.cpp).
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ in
     settings = {
       # ---- colours (from colors.conf) ----
       fg_color  = { _var = "rgba(eeeeeeff)"; };
-      fg_accent = { _var = "rgba(FFD063ff)"; };
-      bg_color  = { _var = "rgba(0F1012ff)"; };
-      bg_accent = { _var = "rgba(40382fff)"; };
+      fg_accent = { _var = "rgba(ffd063ff)"; };
+      fg_accent_alt = { _var = "rgba(ff9d42ff)"; };
+      bg_color  = { _var = "rgba(0f1012ff)"; };
+      bg_accent = { _var = "rgba(963c38ff)"; };
 
       # ---- monitors ----
       monitor = [
@@ -115,16 +116,11 @@ in
         debug.disable_logs = false;
 
         general = {
-          border_size = 1;
+          border_size = 0;
           col = {
             inactive_border = lua "bg_accent";
-            # Gradient: hyprland's lua gradient type (CLuaConfigGradient::parse)
-            # takes either a plain colour string or a table with a `colors`
-            # array (1+ entries) and an optional `angle` in DEGREES. The list
-            # entries may be literal "rgba(...)" strings or, as here, the
-            # `_var` locals declared above rendered raw via mkLuaInline.
             active_border = {
-              colors = [ (lua "fg_accent") (lua "bg_accent") ];
+              colors = [ (lua "fg_accent") (lua "fg_accent_alt") ];
               angle = 45;
             };
           };
@@ -162,7 +158,16 @@ in
           allow_workspace_cycles = true;
         };
 
-        plugin.hyprchrome.enabled = true;
+        plugin.hyprchrome = {
+          enabled = true;
+          glow_size = 12;
+          glow_strength = 0.85;
+          shadow_size = 24;
+          shadow_color = lua "bg_color";
+          shadow_offset = lua "{ 4, 8 }";
+          outline_size = lua "2";
+          outline_color = lua "fg_color";
+        };
       };
 
       # ---- animations ----