diff --git a/config/awesome/config/bar.lua b/config/awesome/config/bar.lua
index bf5d4d2..ea17b1f 100644
--- a/config/awesome/config/bar.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/config/bar.lua
@@ -77,6 +77,38 @@ function M.setup()
             }
         }
     end)
+
+	-- Overlay for rofi launchers
+	local dim_overlay = wibox({
+		visible = false,
+		ontop = true,
+		type = "splash",
+		bg = "#00000099",
+	})
+	dim_overlay.name = "awesome_dim_overlay"
+
+	awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
+		dim_overlay.screen = s -- adjust if you want it per-screen vs spanning all
+	end)
+
+	-- span the primary screen's geometry (or loop over all screens if you use a multi-monitor dim)
+	local function update_dim_geometry()
+		local geo = screen.primary.geometry
+		dim_overlay:geometry(geo)
+	end
+	update_dim_geometry()
+	screen.connect_signal("property::geometry", update_dim_geometry)
+
+	-- expose functions over awesome-client
+	_G.show_dim = function() dim_overlay.visible = true end
+	_G.hide_dim = function() dim_overlay.visible = false end
+
+	-- Prime the window so X/picom register its type before first real use,
+	-- avoiding a one-time grow animation on the very first show_dim() call
+	dim_overlay.visible = true
+	gears.timer.delayed_call(function()
+		dim_overlay.visible = false
+	end)
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/config/awesome/config/keys.lua b/config/awesome/config/keys.lua
index bc79227..6955dc7 100644
--- a/config/awesome/config/keys.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/config/keys.lua
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ local menubar        = require("menubar")
 
 local M = {}
 
--- Prefer rofi, fall back to built-in menubar
-local function launcher()
-    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("command -v rofi", function(out)
-        if out and out:match("%S") then awful.spawn("rofi -show drun") else menubar.show() end
-    end)
-end
-
 M.globalkeys = gears.table.join(
     awful.key({ modkey }, "s", hotkeys_popup.show_help, { description = "show help", group = "awesome" }),
 
@@ -33,9 +26,8 @@ M.globalkeys = gears.table.join(
 
     -- Launching / layout
     awful.key({ modkey }, "Return", function() awful.spawn(terminal) end, { description = "open a terminal", group = "launcher" }),
-    awful.key({ modkey }, "space", launcher, { description = "application launcher", group = "launcher" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "e", function() awful.spawn("thunar") end, { description = "Filemanager", group = "system" }),
-    awful.key({ modkey }, "b", function() awful.spawn("chromium") end, { description = "Browser", group = "internet" }),
+    awful.key({ modkey }, "w", function() awful.spawn("chromium") end, { description = "Browser", group = "internet" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "t", function() awful.layout.inc(1) end, { description = "next layout", group = "layout" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "p", function() awful.spawn("xfce4-screenshooter") end, { description = "screenshot", group = "system" }),
 
@@ -48,11 +40,14 @@ M.globalkeys = gears.table.join(
     awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioMute", function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-mute "$(pactl get-default-sink)" toggle']]) end, { description = "toggle mute", group = "media" }),
 
     -- rofi menus
-    awful.key({ modkey }, "a", function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/audioswitch") end, { description = "audio output", group = "system" }),
+	awful.key({ modkey }, "space", function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/runrofi") end, { description = "application launcher", group = "launcher" }),
     awful.key({ modkey }, "`", function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/powermenu") end, { description = "power menu", group = "system" }),
+    awful.key({ modkey }, "a", function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/audioswitch") end, { description = "audio output", group = "system" }),
+	awful.key({ modkey }, "b", function () awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/bookmarks") end, {description = "bookmarks", group = "internet"}),
 
     -- Awesome control
     awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "r", awesome.restart, { description = "reload awesome", group = "awesome" })
+
 )
 
 -- Workspace keys 1..5: Alt+N view, Alt+Shift+N move client to tag
diff --git a/config/awesome/config/widgets.lua b/config/awesome/config/widgets.lua
index 7f4231f..dcb9f55 100644
--- a/config/awesome/config/widgets.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/config/widgets.lua
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ function M.make_vol()
     end
 
     w:buttons(gears.table.join(
-        awful.button({ }, 1, function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-mute "$(pactl get-default-sink)" toggle']], function() refresh() end) end),
-        awful.button({ }, 3, function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/audioswitch") end),
+        awful.button({ }, 1, function() awful.spawn("/home/jason/.local/bin/audioswitch") end),
+        awful.button({ }, 3, function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-mute "$(pactl get-default-sink)" toggle']], function() refresh() end) end),
         awful.button({ }, 4, function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-volume "$(pactl get-default-sink)" +2%']], function() refresh() end) end),
         awful.button({ }, 5, function() awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell([[sh -c 'pactl set-sink-volume "$(pactl get-default-sink)" -2%']], function() refresh() end) end)
     ))
diff --git a/config/awesome/rc.lua b/config/awesome/rc.lua
index f6f3b89..3933283 100644
--- a/config/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ bling.module.wallpaper.setup {
 	position   = "fit",
 	background = "#181818",
 }
+
diff --git a/config/picom/picom.conf b/config/picom/picom.conf
index a1fb482..793334c 100644
--- a/config/picom/picom.conf
+++ b/config/picom/picom.conf
@@ -274,5 +274,12 @@ rules: (
 			},
 		);
 	},
+	{
+		match = "window_type = 'splash' && name = 'awesome_dim_overlay'";
+		animations = ();
+		shadow = false;
+		corner-radius = 0;
+		fade = false;
+	},
 )
 
diff --git a/scripts/bin/audioswitch b/scripts/bin/audioswitch
index 4dc1faf..dc3614a 100755
--- a/scripts/bin/audioswitch
+++ b/scripts/bin/audioswitch
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+awesome-client 'show_dim()' >/dev/null 2>&1
+trap 'awesome-client "hide_dim()" >/dev/null 2>&1' EXIT
+
 # Get list of sinks: index, name, description
 mapfile -t sinks < <(pactl list sinks | awk -F': ' '
     /^Sink #/ { idx=$2 }
diff --git a/scripts/bin/bookmarks b/scripts/bin/bookmarks
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4e70a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bin/bookmarks
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# rofi-bookmarks: pick a Chromium bookmark and open it (new tab or new window)
+
+set -euo pipefail
+awesome-client 'show_dim()' >/dev/null 2>&1
+trap 'awesome-client "hide_dim()" >/dev/null 2>&1' EXIT
+
+BOOKMARKS_FILE="$HOME/.config/chromium/Default/Bookmarks"
+
+if [ ! -f "$BOOKMARKS_FILE" ]; then
+    notify-send "Bookmarks" "Chromium bookmarks file not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Recursively walk the bookmark tree (roots -> bookmark_bar / other / synced)
+# and emit "title\turl" for every leaf ("type": "url"), skipping folders.
+list=$(jq -r '
+    def walk_nodes:
+        if .type == "url" then
+            "\(.name)\t\(.url)"
+        elif .children then
+            .children[] | walk_nodes
+        else
+            empty
+        end;
+    .roots | to_entries[] | .value | walk_nodes
+' "$BOOKMARKS_FILE")
+
+if [ -z "$list" ]; then
+    notify-send "Bookmarks" "No bookmarks found"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+chosen=$(echo "$list" | awk -F'\t' '{print $1}' | rofi -dmenu -i -p "Bookmarks" \
+    -theme-str 'listview { lines: 5; }' \
+    -theme-str 'window { width: 21%; }' \
+    -theme-str 'window { height: 400px; }')
+
+[ -z "$chosen" ] && exit 0
+
+url=$(echo "$list" | awk -F'\t' -v title="$chosen" '$1 == title { print $2; exit }')
+
+[ -z "$url" ] && exit 0
+
+# Open in a new tab of the existing Chromium window if one's running,
+# otherwise this also launches Chromium fresh with that tab.
+chromium --new-tab "$url"
diff --git a/scripts/bin/powermenu b/scripts/bin/powermenu
index 36a0b18..fb1fa44 100755
--- a/scripts/bin/powermenu
+++ b/scripts/bin/powermenu
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+awesome-client 'show_dim()' >/dev/null 2>&1
+trap 'awesome-client "hide_dim()" >/dev/null 2>&1' EXIT
+
 options="  Logout\n  Restart\n  Shutdown"
 
 chosen=$(echo -e "$options" | rofi -dmenu -i -p "Power" -markup-rows \
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ chosen=$(echo -e "$options" | rofi -dmenu -i -p "Power" -markup-rows \
 
 case "$chosen" in
     *Logout*)
-        awesome-client "awesome.quit()" 2>/dev/null || echo "awesome.quit()" | awesome-client
+		loginctl terminate-session ${XDG_SESSION_ID-}
         ;;
     *Restart*)
         loginctl reboot
diff --git a/scripts/bin/runrofi b/scripts/bin/runrofi
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7038376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bin/runrofi
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+awesome-client 'show_dim()'
+rofi -show drun "$@"
+awesome-client 'hide_dim()'