diff --git a/home/hosts/alien.nix b/home/hosts/alien.nix
index c885919..a499d9b 100644
--- a/home/hosts/alien.nix
+++ b/home/hosts/alien.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
 
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteDark
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteLight
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteBlue
-    catppuccin-cursors.mochaDark
-    catppuccin-cursors.mochaLight
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteDark
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteLight
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteBlue
+    # catppuccin-cursors.mochaDark
+    # catppuccin-cursors.mochaLight
     catppuccin-cursors.mochaBlue
 
     (catppuccin-kde.override {
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
     _2ship2harkinian
   ];
 
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    XCURSOR_THEME = "catppuccin-mocha-blue-cursors";
+  };
+
+  gtk.cursorTheme = {
+    name = "catppuccin-mocha-blue-cursors";
+    package = pkgs.catppuccin-cursors.mochaBlue;
+  };
+
   programs.plasma = {
     workspace = {
       colorScheme = "CatppuccinMochaBlue";
diff --git a/home/hosts/peach.nix b/home/hosts/peach.nix
index 91e5be9..80d5717 100644
--- a/home/hosts/peach.nix
+++ b/home/hosts/peach.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
     asahi-btsync
     asahi-wifisync
 
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteDark
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteLight
-    catppuccin-cursors.lattePeach
-    catppuccin-cursors.mochaDark
-    catppuccin-cursors.mochaLight
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteDark
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteLight
+    # catppuccin-cursors.lattePeach
+    # catppuccin-cursors.mochaDark
+    # catppuccin-cursors.mochaLight
     catppuccin-cursors.mochaPeach
 
     (catppuccin-kde.override {
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
     moonlight-qt
   ];
 
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    XCURSOR_THEME = "catppuccin-mocha-peach-cursors";
+  };
+
+  gtk.cursorTheme = {
+    name = "catppuccin-mocha-peach-cursors";
+    package = pkgs.catppuccin-cursors.mochaPeach;
+  };
+
   programs.plasma = {
 
     input.touchpads = [
diff --git a/home/hosts/vm-aarch64.nix b/home/hosts/vm-aarch64.nix
index 566e7d5..7178f22 100644
--- a/home/hosts/vm-aarch64.nix
+++ b/home/hosts/vm-aarch64.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
 
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteDark
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteLight
-    catppuccin-cursors.latteGreen
-    catppuccin-cursors.mochaDark
-    catppuccin-cursors.mochaLight
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteDark
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteLight
+    # catppuccin-cursors.latteGreen
+    # catppuccin-cursors.mochaDark
+    # catppuccin-cursors.mochaLight
     catppuccin-cursors.mochaGreen
 
     (catppuccin-kde.override {
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
 
   ];
 
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    XCURSOR_THEME = "catppuccin-mocha-green-cursors";
+  };
+
+  gtk.cursorTheme = {
+    name = "catppuccin-mocha-green-cursors";
+    package = pkgs.catppuccin-cursors.mochaGreen;
+  };
+
   programs.plasma = {
 
     input.touchpads = [
diff --git a/home/tiling/niri/default.nix b/home/tiling/niri/default.nix
index 3140e01..46ff216 100644
--- a/home/tiling/niri/default.nix
+++ b/home/tiling/niri/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ in
     fuzzel
     xdg-desktop-portal
     brightnessctl
+    qt6Packages.qt6ct
+    libsForQt5.qt5ct
+    catppuccin-qt5ct
   ];
 
   home.file = {
@@ -39,4 +42,43 @@ in
       force = true;
     };
   };
+
+  gtk = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    # theme = {
+    #   name = "adw-gtk3-dark";
+    #   package = pkgs.adw-gtk3;
+    # };
+
+    iconTheme = {
+      name = "Colloid-Dark";
+      package = pkgs.colloid-icon-theme;
+    };
+
+    # cursor theme handled in home/hosts/host.nix
+
+    gtk3.extraConfig = {
+      gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme = true;
+    };
+
+    gtk4.extraConfig = {
+      gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  qt.enable = true;
+
+  # Cursor / icon env vars for GTK and Qt apps
+  xsession = {
+    enable = true; # only needed for session variable injection
+    windowManager.command = "niri"; # launches niri directly
+  };
+
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    XCURSOR_SIZE = "24";
+    QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME = "qt6ct";
+    QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME_5 = "qt5ct";
+  };
+
 }
diff --git a/system/all.nix b/system/all.nix
index 17dfe77..e1a7f35 100755
--- a/system/all.nix
+++ b/system/all.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
   };
   services.gnome.gnome-keyring.enable = true;
   security.pam.services.niri.enableGnomeKeyring = true;
+  programs.dconf.enable = true;
 
   services = {
     desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;