diff --git a/home/homemodules/niri/default.nix b/home/homemodules/niri/default.nix
index c5cf325d..b0cc965c 100644
--- a/home/homemodules/niri/default.nix
+++ b/home/homemodules/niri/default.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ in {
         xwayland-satellite
         # ncpamixer # Audio control
         wiremix # Audio control
+        swaybg
+        waypaper
 
         # GTK apps (look good and work well with xdg portals)
         nautilus # Fallback file chooser used by xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ in {
 
           spawn-at-startup = [
             {argv = ["ashell" "-c" "${config.paths.dotfiles}/ashell/config.toml"];}
+            {argv = ["waypaper" "--backend" "swaybg" "--fill" "fill" "--monitor" "All" "--folder" "${config.paths.nixflake}/wallpapers" "--random"];}
 
             {argv = ["kitty" "--hold" "fastfetch"];}
             {argv = ["fcitx5"];}
diff --git a/system/systemmodules/impermanence/default.nix b/system/systemmodules/impermanence/default.nix
index f4b3841d..99da6255 100644
--- a/system/systemmodules/impermanence/default.nix
+++ b/system/systemmodules/impermanence/default.nix
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ in {
             # (mkUDir ".config/unity3d" m755) # Unity
             # (mkUDir ".config/unityhub" m755) # Unity
             (mkUDir ".config/vlc" m755)
+            (mkUDir ".config/waypaper" m755)
             (mkUDir ".config/Zeal" m755)
             (mkUDir ".config/zed" m755)