From 3f6473ce1791fe814ea37774357a14b8ffcab5f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Colglazier <christian@cacolglazier.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:46:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(quickshell): manage bar with systemd

---
 home/bin/desktop/executable_quickshell-start.sh  |  6 +++---
 .../systemd/user/quickshell-bar.service          | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 home/dot_config/systemd/user/quickshell-bar.service

diff --git a/home/bin/desktop/executable_quickshell-start.sh b/home/bin/desktop/executable_quickshell-start.sh
index 9c7fe41..9876e21 100644
--- a/home/bin/desktop/executable_quickshell-start.sh
+++ b/home/bin/desktop/executable_quickshell-start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Start the Quickshell bar on the current Wayland session.
+# Start the systemd-managed Quickshell bar on the current Wayland session.
 
-qs -c bar kill 2>/dev/null || true
-qs -c bar --daemonize
+systemctl --user import-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE
+systemctl --user restart quickshell-bar.service
diff --git a/home/dot_config/systemd/user/quickshell-bar.service b/home/dot_config/systemd/user/quickshell-bar.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93303c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/dot_config/systemd/user/quickshell-bar.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Quickshell desktop bar
+Documentation=https://quickshell.org/
+After=graphical-session.target
+PartOf=graphical-session.target
+ConditionEnvironment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/qs -c bar --no-duplicate
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=2
+TimeoutStopSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=graphical-session.target