diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e492838..8df4368 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   DL_DIR: /srv/breadway-dl
-  ECOSYSTEM_DIR: /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci
+  ECOSYSTEM_DIR: /home/breadway/Projects/bread-ecosystem
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: ensure bread-ecosystem
         run: |
-          rm -rf "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}"
-          git clone https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}"
+          if [[ -d "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}/.git" ]]; then
+            git -C "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}" pull --ff-only
+          else
+            mkdir -p "$(dirname "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}")"
+            git clone https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}"
+          fi
 
       - name: regenerate index.json
         run: bash "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}/scripts/gen-index.sh"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 756f0c3..8769946 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -304,18 +304,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-theme"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.2.8#77417d552130281ff787e07d52541eb25e9d533b"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.1.0#6b5f4f475f66a645b08cb865e6dda8228d23679b"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs 5.0.1",
- "gtk4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "breadman"
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "breadpad-shared",
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "breadpad"
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "breadpad-shared",
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "breadpad-shared"
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bread-theme",
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "breadpad-test"
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "breadpad-shared",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4092bed..af2b588 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Breadway"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b39ea3d..02ec8a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,41 +190,8 @@ enabled = true                 # set false to never call Ollama
 [reminders]
 default_morning = "08:00"      # what "tomorrow morning" resolves to
 missed_grace_minutes = 60      # how long after boot to still fire a missed reminder
-
-[calendar]
-enabled = false                # turn on CalDAV sync (see below)
-url = ""                       # CalDAV calendar collection URL
-username = ""
-password = ""                  # app password / token recommended
 ```
 
-### Calendar sync (CalDAV)
-
-When `[calendar].enabled = true`, reminders and dated notes are pushed to a
-CalDAV calendar as events (tracked by `caldav_uid` on each note), so they show
-up alongside the rest of your calendar.
-
-1. Find your calendar's **collection URL**. It's the per-calendar CalDAV path,
-   not the server root — e.g. Nextcloud:
-   `https://host/remote.php/dav/calendars/<user>/<calendar-id>/`.
-2. Create an **app password** for breadpad (don't use your main password):
-   Nextcloud → Settings → Security → *Devices & sessions* → "Create new app
-   password". Most CalDAV servers have an equivalent.
-3. Fill in `breadpad.toml` (or BOS Settings → breadpad → Calendar):
-
-   ```toml
-   [calendar]
-   enabled  = true
-   url      = "https://host/remote.php/dav/calendars/me/breadpad/"
-   username = "me"
-   password = "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"
-   ```
-4. Restart breadpad. New dated/reminder notes sync up; the `caldav_uid` field
-   links each note to its event so updates and deletes stay in step.
-
-If the server is unreachable, breadpad logs a warning and keeps the note
-locally — sync is best-effort and never blocks capture.
-
 ---
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/breadman/src/main.rs b/breadman/src/main.rs
index d46557a..0ee89bc 100644
--- a/breadman/src/main.rs
+++ b/breadman/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use breadpad_shared::{
     parser::parse_rule_based,
     scheduler::Scheduler,
     store::Store,
+    theme::{build_css, load_palette},
     types::{Note, NoteType, RecurrenceRule},
 };
 use chrono::Local;
@@ -923,7 +924,19 @@ fn show_add_note_window(parent: &gtk4::ApplicationWindow, state: AppState) {
 // ── CSS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 fn apply_css(_cfg: &Config) {
-    // Hot-reloads on `bread-theme reload` (recolours to the new pywal palette
-    // and re-reads the user's style.css). See breadpad_shared::theme::apply_live.
-    breadpad_shared::theme::apply_live();
+    let palette = load_palette();
+    let user_css = std::fs::read_to_string(breadpad_shared::config::style_css_path()).ok();
+    let css = build_css(&palette, user_css.as_deref());
+
+    let provider = gtk4::CssProvider::new();
+    provider.load_from_string(&css);
+    let Some(display) = gtk4::gdk::Display::default() else {
+        tracing::warn!("no default display; skipping CSS provider");
+        return;
+    };
+    gtk4::style_context_add_provider_for_display(
+        &display,
+        &provider,
+        gtk4::STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION,
+    );
 }
diff --git a/breadpad-shared/Cargo.toml b/breadpad-shared/Cargo.toml
index 01470f9..610c040 100644
--- a/breadpad-shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/breadpad-shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors.workspace = true
 
 
 [dependencies]
-bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.2.8", features = ["gtk"] }
+bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.1.0" }
 anyhow.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/breadpad-shared/src/theme.rs b/breadpad-shared/src/theme.rs
index cb1139a..adc76dc 100644
--- a/breadpad-shared/src/theme.rs
+++ b/breadpad-shared/src/theme.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,31 @@
 pub use bread_theme::{load_palette, Palette};
 
-/// Apply breadpad/breadman's stylesheet and keep it live across palette changes.
-/// [`build_css`] bundles the shared component sheet with the app's own rules from
-/// the current pywal palette; `bread_theme::gtk::apply_app_css` re-runs this
-/// whenever `bread-theme reload` rewrites the shared theme file, so the UI
-/// recolours in place (and re-reads the user's `style.css` override too).
-pub fn apply_live() {
-    bread_theme::gtk::apply_app_css(|| {
-        let palette = load_palette();
-        let user_css = std::fs::read_to_string(crate::config::style_css_path()).ok();
-        build_css(&palette, user_css.as_deref())
-    });
-}
-
-/// Generate the full breadpad/breadman CSS string. The base — `@define-color`
-/// palette, fonts, and generic widget styling — comes from the shared
-/// `bread_theme::stylesheet`, so breadpad and breadman look identical to the
-/// rest of the ecosystem. Only breadpad-specific component rules are appended.
+/// Generate the full breadpad CSS string. The base colour variables come from
+/// `bread-theme`; the widget rules below are breadpad-specific.
 pub fn build_css(palette: &Palette, user_css: Option<&str>) -> String {
-    // Shared ecosystem base (define-colors incl. accent, font, buttons, entries,
-    // switches, lists, cards, scrollbars). `overlay` here is color7 — consistent
-    // with every other bread app (breadpad previously mapped it to color0).
-    let mut css = bread_theme::stylesheet(palette);
-
-    css.push_str(
+    let mut css = format!(
         r#"
-/* breadpad/breadman-specific components */
-window { border-radius: 8px; }
+@define-color bg {bg};
+@define-color fg {fg};
+@define-color red {c1};
+@define-color green {c2};
+@define-color yellow {c3};
+@define-color blue {c4};
+@define-color pink {c5};
+@define-color teal {c6};
+@define-color overlay {c0};
 
-.popup-entry {
+* {{
+    font-family: 'Varela Round', sans-serif;
+}}
+
+window {{
+    background-color: @bg;
+    color: @fg;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+}}
+
+.popup-entry {{
     background: @bg;
     color: @fg;
     border: 2px solid @blue;
@@ -36,59 +33,80 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
     padding: 12px 16px;
     font-size: 14px;
     caret-color: @fg;
-}
+}}
 
-.popup-entry:focus {
+.popup-entry:focus {{
     outline: none;
     border-color: @teal;
-}
+}}
 
-.type-chip {
+.type-chip {{
     background: @overlay;
-    color: @on-overlay;
+    color: @fg;
     border-radius: 999px;
     padding: 4px 12px;
     font-size: 12px;
     margin: 4px;
-}
+}}
 
-.type-chip.active {
+.type-chip.active {{
     background: @blue;
-    color: @on-accent;
-}
+    color: @bg;
+}}
 
-.confirm-button {
+.confirm-button {{
     background: @blue;
-    color: @on-accent;
+    color: @bg;
     border: none;
     border-radius: 8px;
     padding: 8px 16px;
     font-weight: bold;
-}
+}}
 
-.note-card {
+.note-card {{
     background: shade(@bg, 1.1);
     border-radius: 8px;
     padding: 12px;
     margin: 8px;
     border-left: 3px solid @blue;
-}
+}}
 
-.note-card:hover {
+.note-card:hover {{
     background: shade(@bg, 1.2);
-}
+}}
 
-.search-entry {
+.search-entry {{
     background: shade(@bg, 1.1);
     color: @fg;
     border: 1px solid @overlay;
     border-radius: 6px;
     padding: 8px 12px;
-}
+}}
 
-.search-entry:focus {
+.search-entry:focus {{
     border-color: @blue;
     outline: none;
+}}
+"#,
+        bg = palette.background,
+        fg = palette.foreground,
+        c0 = palette.color0,
+        c1 = palette.color1,
+        c2 = palette.color2,
+        c3 = palette.color3,
+        c4 = palette.color4,
+        c5 = palette.color5,
+        c6 = palette.color6,
+    );
+
+    css.push_str(r#"
+.dim-label {
+    color: alpha(@fg, 0.5);
+    font-size: 12px;
+}
+
+.sidebar {
+    background: shade(@bg, 0.93);
 }
 
 .sidebar-row {
@@ -103,7 +121,7 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
 
 .sidebar-row:selected {
     background: @blue;
-    color: @on-accent;
+    color: @bg;
     font-weight: 500;
 }
 
@@ -199,6 +217,20 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
 }
 
 .snooze-option:hover { background: shade(@bg, 1.2); }
+
+entry {
+    background: shade(@bg, 1.1);
+    color: @fg;
+    border: 1px solid @overlay;
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    caret-color: @fg;
+    padding: 5px 10px;
+}
+
+entry:focus {
+    border-color: @blue;
+    outline: none;
+}
 "#);
 
     if let Some(extra) = user_css {
diff --git a/breadpad/src/main.rs b/breadpad/src/main.rs
index aa924d0..c840557 100644
--- a/breadpad/src/main.rs
+++ b/breadpad/src/main.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use breadpad_shared::{
     calendar::CalDavClient,
     classifier::Classifier,
-    config::Config,
+    config::{style_css_path, Config},
     scheduler::Scheduler,
     store::Store,
+    theme::{build_css, load_palette},
     types::{Note, NoteType},
 };
 use gtk4::{glib, prelude::*};
@@ -764,7 +765,19 @@ fn save_note_classified(
 }
 
 fn apply_css(_cfg: &Config) {
-    // Hot-reloads on `bread-theme reload` (recolours to the new pywal palette
-    // and re-reads the user's style.css). See breadpad_shared::theme::apply_live.
-    breadpad_shared::theme::apply_live();
+    let palette = load_palette();
+    let user_css = std::fs::read_to_string(style_css_path()).ok();
+    let css = build_css(&palette, user_css.as_deref());
+
+    let provider = gtk4::CssProvider::new();
+    provider.load_from_string(&css);
+    let Some(display) = gtk4::gdk::Display::default() else {
+        tracing::warn!("no default display; skipping CSS provider");
+        return;
+    };
+    gtk4::style_context_add_provider_for_display(
+        &display,
+        &provider,
+        gtk4::STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION,
+    );
 }