diff --git a/apply-theme.sh b/apply-theme.sh
index 80e8f5b..cd582a5 100755
--- a/apply-theme.sh
+++ b/apply-theme.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,18 @@ USER_FILES=(
     "desktopenvs/hyprdrive/station-bar/style/_colors.css|$HOME/.config/station-bar/style/_colors.css"
     "desktopenvs/hyprdrive/supersonic-booster/style/_colors.css|$HOME/.config/supersonic-booster/style/_colors.css"
     "desktopenvs/hyprlua/audio-panel/style/_colors.css|$HOME/.config/audio-panel/style/_colors.css"
-    "desktopenvs/hyprland/vicinae/cyberqueer.toml|$HOME/.config/vicinae/cyberqueer.toml"
+    # Vicinae loads named custom themes from ~/.local/share/vicinae/themes/*.toml,
+    # NOT from ~/.config/vicinae/ (see the matching comment in hyprland.sh/
+    # hyprdrive.sh/hyprlua.sh's install steps, which cp the theme there once at
+    # install time) — this used to point at the inert ~/.config/ copy, so
+    # re-running apply-theme.sh after editing colors.conf never actually
+    # updated the theme vicinae reads. hyprdrive deploys its own "cosmonaut"
+    # theme file instead of hyprlua/hyprland's shared "cyberqueer" (see
+    # desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cosmonaut.toml) — only whichever one is
+    # actually installed on this machine will exist, the other entry is a
+    # harmless no-op (do_replace skips missing deployed files).
+    "desktopenvs/hyprland/vicinae/cyberqueer.toml|$HOME/.local/share/vicinae/themes/cyberqueer.toml"
+    "desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cosmonaut.toml|$HOME/.local/share/vicinae/themes/cosmonaut.toml"
     "desktopenvs/hyprland/scripts/onscreenkb.sh|$HOME/.config/scripts/onscreenkb.sh"
     "desktopenvs/hyprland/spicetify/Themes/cli-cyberqueer/color.ini|$HOME/.config/spicetify/Themes/cli-cyberqueer/color.ini"
     "desktopenvs/hyprland/spicetify/Themes/matte-cyberqueer/color.ini|$HOME/.config/spicetify/Themes/matte-cyberqueer/color.ini"
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cosmonaut.toml b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cosmonaut.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f019f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cosmonaut.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Cosmonaut Shell's holographic palette for Vicinae — hyprdrive's own theme,
+# distinct from hyprlua/hyprland's plain "cyberqueer". Same CyberQueer core
+# hues, restyled with the glow-violet border (#8A5CFF) and emitted-magenta
+# text (#EB00A6) the rest of the Cosmonaut Shell suite uses (orbit-menu,
+# astro-menu, station-bar, transmitter-panel, supersonic-booster, ...).
+#
+# Vicinae's theme format is colors-only — no border-radius/box-shadow/blur
+# or animation hooks — so this can't reproduce the suite's live Cairo-drawn
+# scanline/sweep/noise overlay (see hyprdrive's lib/hologram.py). What it CAN
+# do: the same glass/glow *palette* those overlays sit on top of, so Vicinae
+# reads as one more orbit of the same look even without the live effect.
+#
+# Check out the full documentation at https://docs.vicinae.com/theming/getting-started
+
+[meta]
+name = "cosmonaut"
+description = "Cosmonaut Shell holographic palette (hyprdrive)"
+variant = "dark"                              # "dark" | "light": impacts what icon to show in some circumstances
+
+[colors.core]
+accent = "#E40046"
+accent_foreground = "#1A1A1A"
+background = "#140B28"
+foreground = "#EB00A6"
+secondary_background = "#665018DD"
+border = "#8A5CFF"
+
+[colors.main_window]
+border = "#8A5CFF"
+footer = { background = "colors.core.secondary_background" }
+
+[colors.settings_window]
+border = "#8A5CFF"
+
+[colors.accents]
+blue = "#8A5CFF"
+green = "#3a9c61"
+magenta = "#EB00A6"
+orange = "#f0883e"
+red = "#F50505"
+yellow = "#bfae78"
+cyan = "#18a5b3"
+purple = "#5018DD"
+
+# For now, shortcuts cannot have their own dedicated background
+[colors.shortcut]
+border = "colors.core.border"
+
+[colors.text]
+default = "colors.core.foreground"
+muted = "#D6ABAB"
+danger = "#F50505"
+success = "#E40046"
+placeholder = "#D6ABAB"
+selection = { background = "#E40046", foreground = "#1A1A1A" }
+
+[colors.text.links]
+default = "#E40046"
+visited = "#8A5CFF"
+
+[colors.input]
+border = "#8A5CFF"
+border_focus = "#E40046"
+border_error = "#F50505"
+
+[colors.button.primary]
+background = "#5018DD"
+foreground = "#EB00A6"
+hover = { background = "#bb8A5CFF" }
+focus = { outline = "colors.core.accent" }
+
+[colors.list.item.selection]
+background = "#8A5CFF"
+foreground = "#1A1A1A"
+secondary_background = "#8A5CFF"
+secondary_foreground = "#1A1A1A"
+
+[colors.grid.item]
+background = "#3A1650"
+hover = { outline = "#EB00A6" }
+selection = { outline = "#8A5CFF" }
+
+[colors.scrollbars]
+background = "#5018DD"
+
+[colors.loading]
+bar = "#EB00A6"     # shown right below the search bar when something is loading
+spinner = "#EB00A6" # used by dynamic toasts
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cyberqueer.toml b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cyberqueer.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5723697..0000000
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cyberqueer.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# This file demonstrates all available theme configuration options for Vicinae.
-# You don't need to define all of these: only override what you want to customize.
-# Undefined colors will be automatically derived from core colors or inherited from base themes.
-#
-# Check out the full documentation at https://docs.vicinae.com/theming/getting-started
-
-[meta]
-name = "cyberqueer"
-description = "Default Vicinae dark palette"
-variant = "dark"                              # "dark" | "light": impacts what icon to show in some circumstances
-
-[colors.core]
-accent = "#E40046"
-accent_foreground = "#D6ABAB"
-background = "#1a1a1a"
-foreground = "#D6ABAB"
-secondary_background = "#4F1A2F"
-border = "#5018DD"
-
-[colors.main_window]
-border = "#5018DD"
-footer = { background = "colors.core.secondary_background" }
-
-[colors.settings_window]
-border = "#5018DD"
-
-[colors.accents]
-blue = "#E40046"
-green = "#3a9c61"
-magenta = "#bc8cff"
-orange = "#f0883e"
-red = "#F50505"
-yellow = "#bfae78"
-cyan = "#18a5b3"
-purple = "#bc8cff"
-
-# For now, shortcuts cannot have their own dedicated background
-[colors.shortcut]
-border = "colors.core.border"
-
-[colors.text]
-default = "colors.core.foreground"
-muted = "#D6ABAB"
-danger = "#F50505"
-success = "#E40046"
-placeholder = "#D6ABAB"
-selection = { background = "#E40046", foreground = "#D6ABAB" }
-
-[colors.text.links]
-default = "#E40046"
-visited = "#5018DD"
-
-[colors.input]
-border = "#5018DD"
-border_focus = "#E40046"
-border_error = "#F50505"
-
-[colors.button.primary]
-background = "#5018DD"
-foreground = "#D6ABAB"
-hover = { background = "#bb5018DD" }
-focus = { outline = "colors.core.accent" }
-
-[colors.list.item.selection]
-background = "#5018DD"
-foreground = "#D6ABAB"
-secondary_background = "#5018DD"
-secondary_foreground = "#D6ABAB"
-
-[colors.grid.item]
-background = "#4F1A4F"
-hover = { outline = "#D6ABAB" }
-selection = { outline = "#D6ABAB" }
-
-[colors.scrollbars]
-background = "#5018DD"
-
-[colors.loading]
-bar = "#D6ABAB"     # shown right below the search bar when something is loading
-spinner = "#D6ABAB" # used by dynamic toasts
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/settings.json b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/settings.json
index bb8261f..c92936f 100644
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/settings.json
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
          "icon_theme": "auto"
       },
       "dark": {
-         "name": "cyberqueer",
+         "name": "cosmonaut",
          "icon_theme": "auto"
       }
    },
diff --git a/setup/modules/Desktop-Environments/hyprdrive.sh b/setup/modules/Desktop-Environments/hyprdrive.sh
index c6f2886..1816781 100755
--- a/setup/modules/Desktop-Environments/hyprdrive.sh
+++ b/setup/modules/Desktop-Environments/hyprdrive.sh
@@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ for cfg in "${CONFIGS[@]}"; do
 done
 
 # Vicinae loads NAMED custom themes from ~/.local/share/vicinae/themes/*.toml —
-# see hyprlua.sh for the same note.
+# see hyprlua.sh for the same note. hyprdrive gets its own "cosmonaut" theme
+# (glow-violet borders, emitted-magenta text) instead of hyprlua/hyprland's
+# plain "cyberqueer", matching the rest of the Cosmonaut Shell suite's look.
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/vicinae/themes
-cp -f ~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cyberqueer.toml \
-      ~/.local/share/vicinae/themes/cyberqueer.toml
+cp -f ~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/vicinae/cosmonaut.toml \
+      ~/.local/share/vicinae/themes/cosmonaut.toml
 
 # Device-specific overrides live in hypr/usr/ (bundled inside hypr/ above).