diff --git a/de/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml b/de/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
index 975bf5c..12d0d92 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
+++ b/de/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 [window]
-opacity = 0.6
+opacity = 0.5
 dynamic_title = true
 dynamic_padding = true
 padding = { x = 10, y = 10 }
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/bar/workspaces.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/bar/workspaces.yuck
index 7d4624b..c22c493 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/bar/workspaces.yuck
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/bar/workspaces.yuck
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-(deflisten workspacesArray :initial "${[{"name": "placeholder","focused":true}]}"
-  'scripts/bar/workspaces')
+(deflisten workspacesArray :initial '[{"name": "placeholder","focused":true,"num":0}]'
+                           'scripts/bar/workspaces')
 
 (defwidget workspaces [array]
 (box   :class "workspaces"
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck
index 9248b52..aec6460 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-(defpoll notes_list :interval "3600s"
-  'scripts/home/notes')
+(defpoll notes_list :initial '{"notes":[{"date":"1752630492","filepath":""}]}'
+                    :interval "3600s"
+                    'scripts/home/notes')
 (defwidget notes [json]
   (box
     :visible {jq(workspacesArray, '.[]\|select(.focused==true).num') <= 9}
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/nowplayingart.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/nowplayingart.yuck
index ae8a20c..499d7aa 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/nowplayingart.yuck
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/nowplayingart.yuck
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 ;  'scripts/home/randomrat')
 (defwidget nowplayingart []
   (box
-    :class "rat"
+    :class "nowplayingart"
     :orientation "h"
     :width 300
     :height 300
-    :style "background-image: url('https://listen.pogmom.me/rest/getCoverArt.view?id=952&u=pogmommy&p=mG%232001068485&v=1.13.0&c=Feishin&size=300');"))
+    :style 'background-image: url("https://listen.pogmom.me/rest/getCoverArt.view?id=952&u=pogmommy&p=mG%232001068485&v=1.13.0&c=Feishin&size=300");'))
 ;    :style "background-image: url('${rat_image}');"))
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/reminders.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/reminders.yuck
index be7b90d..7216e92 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/reminders.yuck
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/reminders.yuck
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-(defpoll reminders_list :interval "3600s"
-  'scripts/home/reminders')
+(defpoll reminders_list :initial '{"reminders":[{"name":"Nothing!","url":"https://pogmom.me"}]}'
+                        :interval "3600s"
+                        'scripts/home/reminders')
 (defwidget reminders [json]
   (box
     :class "notes"
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck
index 932f882..76c04cf 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-(defpoll software_list :interval "43200s"
-  'software-release-monitor')
+(defpoll software_list :initial '[{"package_name":"package","package_version":"1","upstream_version":"1","up_to_date":"true"}]'
+                       :interval "43200s"
+                       'software-release-monitor')
 (defwidget softwareupdates [json]
   (box
     :visible {(jq(workspacesArray, '.[]\|select(.focused==true).num') <= 19) && (jq(workspacesArray, '.[]\|select(.focused==true).num') >= 10)}
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/scripts/home/nowplayingart.sh b/de/home/.config/eww/scripts/home/nowplayingart.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6895a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/scripts/home/nowplayingart.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+playerctl metadata --format "{{mpris:artUrl}}" --follow | while IFS= read -r line; do
+    if [[ $line == *"http"* ]]; then
+        cache_dir="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/album_art_cache"
+        mkdir -p "$cache_dir"
+        file_name=$(basename "$line")
+        file_path="$cache_dir/$file_name"
+
+        # Check if file exists
+        if [ -e "$file_path" ]; then
+            # File exists, return path immediately
+            echo "file://$file_path"
+        else
+            curl --output "$file_path" "$line" > /dev/null 2>&1
+            echo "file://$file_path"
+        fi
+    else
+        # artUrl doesn't have a link, nothing to do
+        echo "$line"
+    fi
+done