diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index daf498a..d9ada00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ You didn't ask for most of these. Neither did anyone else.
 - Audio visualizer on album art via cava
 - Screen corner rounding that the bar's edge modules actually follow
 - Everything is animated. Everything. The robot does not know restraint
-- Home Manager module with stylix, per-module config, hot-reload — the only part that arguably works as intended
+- Home Manager module with stylix, per-module config — the only part that arguably works as intended
 - No documentation beyond this README. Good luck
 
 ## Installation
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ settings. Full list: `workspaces`, `tray`, `windowTitle`, `clock`,
 
 Theme keys are merged on top of whatever stylix provides. You only need to
 specify what you want to override. Values are written to
-`~/.config/nova-shell/theme.json`, which the bar watches for changes at
-runtime, so you can iterate on colors without restarting anything — a level
-of polish that frankly raises uncomfortable questions about the rest of it.
+`~/.config/nova-shell/theme.json`. Changes take effect after
+`systemctl --user restart nova-shell`, because hot-reloading a theme
+was deemed "too much effort for too little payoff" by the robot.
 
 ```nix
 programs.nova-shell.theme = {
diff --git a/modules/FlyoutState.qml b/modules/FlyoutState.qml
index 3c0ee8c..770d69a 100644
--- a/modules/FlyoutState.qml
+++ b/modules/FlyoutState.qml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 pragma Singleton
 import QtQuick
+import "." as M
 
 QtObject {
     property bool visible: false
     property string text: ""
     property real itemX: 0
     property var screen: null
-    property color accentColor: "#cdd6f4"
+    property color accentColor: M.Theme.base05
 }
diff --git a/modules/Mpris.qml b/modules/Mpris.qml
index 84d6cd6..c94480b 100644
--- a/modules/Mpris.qml
+++ b/modules/Mpris.qml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ M.BarSection {
     property var _cavaBars: Array(16).fill(0)
     Process {
         id: cavaProc
-        running: root.playing
+        running: root.playing && root.visible
         command: ["sh", "-c", "cfg=$(mktemp /tmp/nova-cava-XXXXXX.conf);" + "cat > \"$cfg\" << 'CAVAEOF'\n" + "[general]\nbars=16\nframerate=30\n[output]\nmethod=raw\nraw_target=/dev/stdout\ndata_format=ascii\nascii_max_range=100\n" + "CAVAEOF\n" + "trap 'rm -f \"$cfg\"' EXIT;" + "exec cava -p \"$cfg\""]
         stdout: SplitParser {
             splitMarker: "\n"