diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index c6bbd00..e1b80e9 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -531,6 +531,44 @@ in
                     sessionMenu.toggle();
                 }
 
+                // ── Shell chrome: bar, frame, panel and toast rendered as
+                // ONE signed-distance field (caelestia-style). Surfaces merge
+                // via circular smooth-min, and the 2px border is the distance
+                // band just inside the boundary — borders flow through every
+                // junction fillet by construction, so all of the previous
+                // ears / border-gaps / melt geometry lives in the math now.
+                ShaderEffect {
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+                    readonly property real panelLeft: chrome.x + 8
+                    readonly property real panelRight: chrome.x + chrome.width + (chrome.flushRight ? 4 : -8)
+                    property vector4d cutout: Qt.vector4d(
+                        bar.width / 2,
+                        (30 + bar.height - Theme.frameWidth) / 2,
+                        bar.width / 2 - Theme.frameWidth,
+                        (bar.height - Theme.frameWidth - 30) / 2)
+                    property vector4d panel: chrome.visible
+                        ? Qt.vector4d((panelLeft + panelRight) / 2, 26 + chrome.height / 2,
+                                      (panelRight - panelLeft) / 2, 4 + chrome.height / 2)
+                        : Qt.vector4d(0, 0, 0, 0)
+                    property vector4d toast: toastItem.visible && _toastRect.height > 0.5
+                        ? Qt.vector4d(toastItem.x + 8 + _toastRect.width / 2, 26 + _toastRect.height / 2,
+                                      _toastRect.width / 2, 4 + _toastRect.height / 2)
+                        : Qt.vector4d(0, 0, 0, 0)
+                    readonly property real sessRight: bar.width - Theme.frameWidth + 4
+                    property vector4d session: sessionMenu.visible
+                        ? Qt.vector4d((sessionMenu.x + sessRight) / 2, sessionMenu.y + sessionMenu.height / 2,
+                                      (sessRight - sessionMenu.x) / 2, sessionMenu.height / 2)
+                        : Qt.vector4d(0, 0, 0, 0)
+                    property vector4d fillColor: Qt.vector4d(Theme.barBg.r, Theme.barBg.g, Theme.barBg.b, Theme.barBg.a)
+                    property vector4d borderColor: Qt.vector4d(Theme.base03.r, Theme.base03.g, Theme.base03.b, 1)
+                    property vector2d res: Qt.vector2d(width, height)
+                    property real cutoutR: 8
+                    property real panelR: 8
+                    property real meltK: 12
+                    property real borderW: Theme.borderWidth
+                    fragmentShader: "file://${chromeShader}"
+                }
+
                 // ── Session menu: icon-only power controls morphing out of
                 // the right frame column at screen centre (Super+L). Keyboard:
                 // arrows/Tab move the selection, Enter activates, Esc closes.
@@ -640,11 +678,10 @@ in
                                         Text {
                                             anchors.centerIn: parent
                                             text: sessBtn.modelData.icon
-                                            // Accent for the active icon (like the workspace
-                                            // pill), base05 idle, base08 for armed danger
-                                            color: sessBtn.selected
-                                                ? (sessBtn.modelData.danger ? Theme.base08 : Theme.base0D)
-                                                : Theme.base05
+                                            // Calendar palette: base05 icons; red only when
+                                            // a destructive action is the armed selection
+                                            color: sessBtn.selected && sessBtn.modelData.danger
+                                                ? Theme.base08 : Theme.base05
                                             Behavior on color { ColorAnimation { duration: 120 } }
                                             font.family: Theme.iconFont
                                             font.pixelSize: 20
@@ -666,44 +703,6 @@ in
                     }
                 }
 
-                // ── Shell chrome: bar, frame, panel and toast rendered as
-                // ONE signed-distance field (caelestia-style). Surfaces merge
-                // via circular smooth-min, and the 2px border is the distance
-                // band just inside the boundary — borders flow through every
-                // junction fillet by construction, so all of the previous
-                // ears / border-gaps / melt geometry lives in the math now.
-                ShaderEffect {
-                    anchors.fill: parent
-                    readonly property real panelLeft: chrome.x + 8
-                    readonly property real panelRight: chrome.x + chrome.width + (chrome.flushRight ? 4 : -8)
-                    property vector4d cutout: Qt.vector4d(
-                        bar.width / 2,
-                        (30 + bar.height - Theme.frameWidth) / 2,
-                        bar.width / 2 - Theme.frameWidth,
-                        (bar.height - Theme.frameWidth - 30) / 2)
-                    property vector4d panel: chrome.visible
-                        ? Qt.vector4d((panelLeft + panelRight) / 2, 26 + chrome.height / 2,
-                                      (panelRight - panelLeft) / 2, 4 + chrome.height / 2)
-                        : Qt.vector4d(0, 0, 0, 0)
-                    property vector4d toast: toastItem.visible && _toastRect.height > 0.5
-                        ? Qt.vector4d(toastItem.x + 8 + _toastRect.width / 2, 26 + _toastRect.height / 2,
-                                      _toastRect.width / 2, 4 + _toastRect.height / 2)
-                        : Qt.vector4d(0, 0, 0, 0)
-                    readonly property real sessRight: bar.width - Theme.frameWidth + 4
-                    property vector4d session: sessionMenu.visible
-                        ? Qt.vector4d((sessionMenu.x + sessRight) / 2, sessionMenu.y + sessionMenu.height / 2,
-                                      (sessRight - sessionMenu.x) / 2, sessionMenu.height / 2)
-                        : Qt.vector4d(0, 0, 0, 0)
-                    property vector4d fillColor: Qt.vector4d(Theme.barBg.r, Theme.barBg.g, Theme.barBg.b, Theme.barBg.a)
-                    property vector4d borderColor: Qt.vector4d(Theme.base03.r, Theme.base03.g, Theme.base03.b, 1)
-                    property vector2d res: Qt.vector2d(width, height)
-                    property real cutoutR: 8
-                    property real panelR: 8
-                    property real meltK: 12
-                    property real borderW: Theme.borderWidth
-                    fragmentShader: "file://${chromeShader}"
-                }
-
                 property var activeDropdown: null
 
                 function closeAllDropdowns() {