diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/bin/launch-app.sh b/devices/wim/config/ags/bin/launch-app.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ef79c6dd..00000000
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/bin/launch-app.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-APP="$1"
-EXEC="$2"
-
-if [[ "$APP" == "thunderbird" ]]; then 
-  hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace thunder
-elif [[ "$APP" == "Spotify" ]]; then
-  hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace spot
-elif [[ $(hyprctl clients | grep "$APP") != "" ]]; then
-  hyprctl dispatch focuswindow "^($APP)$"
-else
-  hyprctl dispatch workspace empty
-  hyprctl dispatch exec "$EXEC"
-fi
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js
index 2e78cc1b..f9634ec6 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/applauncher/main.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import App          from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/app.js';
 import Applications from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/applications.js';
+import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 
 import { Label, Box, Icon, Button, Scrollable, Entry } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
-import { execAsync } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 
 import Separator   from '../misc/separator.js';
 import PopupWindow from '../misc/popup.js';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const AppItem = (app, window) => {
         className: 'app',
         connections: [['clicked', () => {
             App.closeWindow(window);
-            execAsync(['hyprctl', 'dispatch', 'exec', `sh -c ${app.executable}`]);
+            Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch exec sh -c ${app.executable}`);
             // TODO: focus on new client. Is this only needed after launch?
             ++app.frequency;
         }]],
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/keyboard-layout.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/keyboard-layout.js
index aa9d7b40..8182b6a0 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/keyboard-layout.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/keyboard-layout.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
-import { exec } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 import { Box, Icon, Label } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
 
 const DEFAULT_KB = 'at-translated-set-2-keyboard';
 
 export default () => Box({
     className: 'toggle-off',
+    css: 'padding: 0 10px;',
     children: [
         Icon({
             icon: 'input-keyboard-symbolic',
@@ -14,16 +14,24 @@ export default () => Box({
         Label({
             connections: [[Hyprland, (self, _n, layout) => {
                 if (!layout) {
-                    const obj = exec('hyprctl devices -j');
-                    const keyboards = JSON.parse(obj)['keyboards'];
-                    const kb = keyboards.find(val => val.name === DEFAULT_KB);
+                    Hyprland.sendMessage('j/devices').then(obj => {
+                        const kb = JSON.parse(obj)['keyboards']
+                            .find(val => val.name === DEFAULT_KB);
 
-                    layout = kb['active_keymap'];
+                        layout = kb['active_keymap'];
 
-                    self.label = layout;
+                        const shortName = layout.match(/\(([A-Za-z]+)\)/);
+
+                        self.label = shortName ? shortName[1] : layout;
+                    }).catch(print);
                 }
                 else {
-                    self.label = layout;
+                    if (layout === 'error')
+                        return;
+
+                    const shortName = layout.match(/\(([A-Za-z]+)\)/);
+
+                    self.label = shortName ? shortName[1] : layout;
                 }
             }, 'keyboard-layout']],
         }),
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/main.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/main.js
index 2101e4b6..d4ea30c0 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/main.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/main.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import Battery        from './battery.js';
 import Brightness     from './brightness.js';
 import Audio          from './audio.js';
 import Revealer       from './fullscreen.js';
-//import KeyboardLayout from './keyboard-layout.js';
+import KeyboardLayout from './keyboard-layout.js';
 
 
 export const BgGradient = () => Window({
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ export const Bar = () => Window({
 
                     Separator(12),
 
-                    //KeyboardLayout(),
+                    KeyboardLayout(),
 
-                    //Separator(12),
+                    Separator(12),
 
                     Clock(),
 
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/workspaces.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/workspaces.js
index 4dd2985e..17175faf 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/workspaces.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/bar/workspaces.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
-import { execAsync, timeout } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
+import { timeout } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 import { Box, Overlay, Revealer } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
 
 import EventBox from '../misc/cursorbox.js';
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ const Workspace = ({ i } = {}) =>
 
         child: EventBox({
             tooltipText: `${i}`,
-            onPrimaryClickRelease: () => {
-                execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch workspace ${i}`)
-                    .catch(print);
-            },
+            onPrimaryClickRelease: () => Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch workspace ${i}`),
             child: Box({
                 vpack: 'center',
                 className: 'button',
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/notifications/base.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/notifications/base.js
index 5a81dabe..dd85df0f 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/notifications/base.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/notifications/base.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import Applications from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/applications.js';
+import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 import Notifications from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/notifications.js';
 import Variable     from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/variable.js';
 import { Box, Icon, Label, Button } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
-import { lookUpIcon, execAsync } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
+import { lookUpIcon } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 
 import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 
@@ -32,11 +33,32 @@ const NotificationIcon = notif => {
         if (wmClass != null) {
             iconCmd = box => {
                 if (!getDragState(box)) {
-                    execAsync(['bash', '-c',
-                        `$AGS_PATH/launch-app.sh
-                        ${wmClass}
-                        ${app.app.get_string('Exec')}`,
-                    ]).catch(print);
+                    if (wmClass === 'thunderbird') {
+                        Hyprland.sendMessage('dispatch togglespecialworkspace thunder');
+                    }
+                    else if (wmClass === 'Spotify') {
+                        Hyprland.sendMessage('dispatch togglespecialworkspace spot');
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        Hyprland.sendMessage('j/clients').then(out => {
+                            out = JSON.parse(out);
+                            const classes = [];
+                            for (const key of out) {
+                                if (key.class)
+                                    classes.push(key.class);
+                            }
+
+                            if (classes.includes(wmClass)) {
+                                Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch focuswindow ^(${wmClass})`);
+                            }
+                            else {
+                                Hyprland.sendMessage('[[BATCH]] ' +
+                                    'dispatch workspace empty; ' +
+                                    `dispatch exec sh -c ${app.executable}
+                                `);
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
 
                     globalThis.closeAll();
                 }
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/clients.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/clients.js
index d8510103..480c7cd7 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/clients.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/clients.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import App      from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/app.js';
 import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 import { Icon, Revealer } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
-import { execAsync, timeout } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
+import { timeout } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 
 import { WindowButton } from './dragndrop.js';
 import * as VARS from './variables.js';
@@ -37,26 +37,21 @@ const Client = (client, active, clients, box) => {
         child: WindowButton({
             mainBox: box,
             address: client.address,
-            onSecondaryClickRelease: () => {
-                execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch closewindow ${addr}`)
-                    .catch(print);
-            },
+            onSecondaryClickRelease: () => Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch closewindow ${addr}`),
 
             onPrimaryClickRelease: () => {
                 if (wsId < 0) {
                     if (client.workspace.name === 'special') {
-                        execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch
-                                   movetoworkspacesilent special:${wsId},${addr}`)
+                        Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch movetoworkspacesilent special:${wsId},${addr}`)
                             .then(
-
-                                execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace ${wsId}`).then(
-                                    () => App.closeWindow('overview'),
-                                ).catch(print),
-
+                                Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch togglespecialworkspace ${wsId}`)
+                                    .then(
+                                        () => App.closeWindow('overview'),
+                                    ).catch(print),
                             ).catch(print);
                     }
                     else {
-                        execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace ${wsName}`).then(
+                        Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch togglespecialworkspace ${wsName}`).then(
                             () => App.closeWindow('overview'),
                         ).catch(print);
                     }
@@ -68,10 +63,10 @@ const Client = (client, active, clients, box) => {
                     const currentSpecial = String(currentActive.workspace.name).replace('special:', '');
 
                     if (currentActive && currentActive.workspace.id < 0) {
-                        execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace ${currentSpecial}`)
+                        Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch togglespecialworkspace ${currentSpecial}`)
                             .catch(print);
                     }
-                    execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch focuswindow ${addr}`).then(
+                    Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch focuswindow ${addr}`).then(
                         () => App.closeWindow('overview'),
                     ).catch(print);
                 }
@@ -87,7 +82,7 @@ const Client = (client, active, clients, box) => {
 };
 
 export function updateClients(box) {
-    execAsync('hyprctl clients -j').then(out => {
+    Hyprland.sendMessage('j/clients').then(out => {
         const clients = JSON.parse(out).filter(client => client.class);
 
         box._workspaces.forEach(workspace => {
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/dragndrop.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/dragndrop.js
index 2cdebc4c..1e0fb0a5 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/dragndrop.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/overview/dragndrop.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 import { EventBox } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
-import { execAsync } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 
 import Gtk from 'gi://Gtk';
 import Gdk from 'gi://Gdk';
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const WorkspaceDrop = props => EventBox({
         else if (id === 1000)
             id = 'empty';
 
-        execAsync(`hyprctl dispatch movetoworkspacesilent ${id},address:${data.get_text()}`)
+        Hyprland.sendMessage(`dispatch movetoworkspacesilent ${id},address:${data.get_text()}`)
             .catch(print);
     }]],
     setup: self => {
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/powermenu.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/powermenu.js
index fa68fe42..7e0677a4 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/powermenu.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/powermenu.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 import { CenterBox, Label } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/widget.js';
 import { execAsync } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ const PowermenuWidget = () => CenterBox({
     endWidget: Button({
         isButton: true,
         className: 'logout',
-        onPrimaryClickRelease: () => execAsync(['hyprctl', 'dispatch', 'exit']).catch(print),
+        onPrimaryClickRelease: () => Hyprland.sendMessage('dispatch exit').catch(print),
 
         child: Label({
             label: '',
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/setup.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/setup.js
index 02fef87b..d9c90a1a 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/js/setup.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/js/setup.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import App from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/app.js';
+import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 import { execAsync } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 
 import Brightness    from '../services/brightness.js';
@@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ export default () => {
         name: 'swipeSpotify1',
         gesture: 'LR',
         edge: 'L',
-        command: 'hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace spot',
+        command: () => Hyprland.sendMessage('dispatch togglespecialworkspace spot'),
     });
 
     TouchGestures.addGesture({
         name: 'swipeSpotify2',
         gesture: 'RL',
         edge: 'L',
-        command: 'hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace spot',
+        command: () => Hyprland.sendMessage('dispatch togglespecialworkspace spot'),
     });
 };
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/services/brightness.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/services/brightness.js
index 8d0c651b..91fb5278 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/services/brightness.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/services/brightness.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Brightness extends Service {
 
     monitorKbdState() {
         Variable(0, {
-            poll: [1000, `brightnessctl -d ${KBD} g`, out => {
+            poll: [500, `brightnessctl -d ${KBD} g`, out => {
                 if (out !== this._kbd) {
                     this._kbd = out;
                     this.emit('kbd', this._kbd);
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/services/pointers.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/services/pointers.js
index 006816db..74617be1 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/services/pointers.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/services/pointers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import App     from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/app.js';
+import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 import Service from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service.js';
-import { execAsync, subprocess } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
+import { subprocess } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
 import GUdev from 'gi://GUdev';
 
 const UDEV_POINTERS = [
@@ -148,10 +149,10 @@ class Pointers extends Service {
         if (!toClose)
             return;
 
-        execAsync('hyprctl layers -j').then(layers => {
+        Hyprland.sendMessage('j/layers').then(layers => {
             layers = JSON.parse(layers);
 
-            execAsync('hyprctl cursorpos -j').then(pos => {
+            Hyprland.sendMessage('j/cursorpos').then(pos => {
                 pos = JSON.parse(pos);
 
                 Object.values(layers).forEach(key => {
diff --git a/devices/wim/config/ags/services/tablet.js b/devices/wim/config/ags/services/tablet.js
index 31828778..70adb63a 100644
--- a/devices/wim/config/ags/services/tablet.js
+++ b/devices/wim/config/ags/services/tablet.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import Hyprland from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service/hyprland.js';
 import Service from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/service.js';
 import TouchGestures from './touch-gestures.js';
 import { execAsync, subprocess } from 'resource:///com/github/Aylur/ags/utils.js';
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class Tablet extends Service {
 
     getDevices() {
         this.devices = [];
-        execAsync(['hyprctl', 'devices', '-j']).then(out => {
+        Hyprland.sendMessage('j/devices').then(out => {
             const devices = JSON.parse(out);
             devices['touch'].forEach(dev => {
                 this.devices.push(dev.name);
@@ -139,15 +140,12 @@ class Tablet extends Service {
                 if (output.includes('orientation changed')) {
                     const orientation = ROTATION_MAPPING[output.split(' ').at(-1)];
 
-                    execAsync(['hyprctl', 'keyword', 'monitor',
-                        `${SCREEN},transform,${orientation}`])
+                    Hyprland.sendMessage(`keyword monitor ${SCREEN},transform,${orientation}`)
                         .catch(print);
 
-                    this.devices.forEach(dev => {
-                        execAsync(['hyprctl', 'keyword',
-                            `device:${dev}:transform`, String(orientation)])
-                            .catch(print);
-                    });
+                    const batchRotate = this.devices.map(dev =>
+                        `keyword device:${dev}:transform ${orientation}; `);
+                    Hyprland.sendMessage(`[[BATCH]] ${batchRotate.flat()}`);
 
                     if (TouchGestures.gestureDaemon) {
                         TouchGestures.killDaemon();