diff --git a/lib/colorpicker.go b/lib/colorpicker.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe930e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/colorpicker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package lib
+
+import (
+	"math"
+
+	. "github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/text"
+)
+
+// FIXME: REFACTOR THIS. it was written by chatty jeeps since i didnt know how to implement this
+
+// Accent color portal return as of xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 47.1
+type Accent struct {
+	Type string `json:"type"`
+	Data []struct {
+		Type string     `json:"type"`
+		Data [3]float64 `json:"data"`
+	} `json:"data"`
+}
+
+// Colors taken straight from GNOME 47 accent colors using this command:
+// busctl --user call org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop org.freedesktop.portal.Settings ReadOne 'ss' 'org.freedesktop.appearance' 'accent-color'
+// This is as close as we can map the colors as possible afaik - Pink and Magenta DO look a like, and thats kind of a problem
+var colorMap = map[Color][3]float64{
+	FgHiBlack:   {0, 0, 0},
+	FgHiBlue:    {0.207843, 0.517647, 0.894118},
+	FgHiCyan:    {0.129412, 0.564706, 0.643137},
+	FgHiGreen:   {0.227451, 0.580392, 0.290196},
+	FgHiYellow:  {0.784314, 0.533333, 0},
+	FgHiRed:     {0.901961, 0.176471, 0.258824},
+	FgHiMagenta: {0.568627, 0.254902, 0.67451},
+	FgHiWhite:   {0.435294, 0.513726, 0.588235},
+}
+
+// Calculates the Euclidean distance between two colors
+func colorDistance(c1, c2 [3]float64) float64 {
+	return math.Sqrt(
+		math.Pow(c1[0]-c2[0], 2) +
+			math.Pow(c1[1]-c2[1], 2) +
+			math.Pow(c1[2]-c2[2], 2),
+	)
+}
+
+func findClosestColor(rgb [3]float64) (Color, Color) {
+	var closestColor Color
+	minDistance := math.MaxFloat64
+
+	for color, predefinedRGB := range colorMap {
+		distance := colorDistance(rgb, predefinedRGB)
+		if distance < minDistance {
+			minDistance = distance
+			closestColor = color
+		}
+	}
+
+	nonHiColor, isHiColor := hiToNonHiMap[closestColor]
+	if isHiColor {
+		return closestColor, nonHiColor
+	}
+
+	return closestColor, closestColor
+}
+
+var hiToNonHiMap = map[Color]Color{
+	FgHiBlack:   FgBlack,
+	FgHiRed:     FgRed,
+	FgHiGreen:   FgGreen,
+	FgHiYellow:  FgYellow,
+	FgHiBlue:    FgBlue,
+	FgHiMagenta: FgMagenta,
+	FgHiCyan:    FgCyan,
+	FgHiWhite:   FgWhite,
+}
diff --git a/lib/percentmanager.go b/lib/percentmanager.go
index 3132f73..1aab529 100644
--- a/lib/percentmanager.go
+++ b/lib/percentmanager.go
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package lib
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"math"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/progress"
@@ -32,47 +35,6 @@ var CuteColors = progress.StyleColors{
 	Speed:   text.Colors{text.FgBlue},
 }
 
-func setColorsAccent(colors *progress.StyleColors, accent string) {
-	highlightColor := text.Colors{text.FgHiBlue}
-	lowColor := text.Colors{text.FgBlue}
-
-	switch accent {
-	case "blue":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiBlue}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgBlue}
-	case "teal":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiCyan}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgCyan}
-	case "green":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiGreen}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgGreen}
-	case "yellow":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiYellow}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgYellow}
-	case "orange":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiYellow}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgYellow}
-	case "red":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiRed}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgRed}
-	case "pink":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiMagenta}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgMagenta}
-	case "purple":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiMagenta}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgMagenta}
-	case "slate":
-		highlightColor = text.Colors{text.FgHiWhite}
-		lowColor = text.Colors{text.FgWhite}
-	}
-
-	colors.Percent = highlightColor
-	colors.Tracker = highlightColor
-	colors.Time = lowColor
-	colors.Value = lowColor
-	colors.Speed = lowColor
-}
-
 func NewProgressWriter() progress.Writer {
 	pw := progress.NewWriter()
 
@@ -89,6 +51,7 @@ func NewProgressWriter() progress.Writer {
 	pw.Style().Options.PercentFormat = "%4.1f%%"
 
 	colorsSet := CuteColors
+	pw.Style().Colors = colorsSet
 
 	var targetUser int
 	baseUser, exists := os.LookupEnv("SUDO_UID")
@@ -104,12 +67,27 @@ func NewProgressWriter() progress.Writer {
 	}
 
 	if targetUser != 0 {
-		cli := []string{"gsettings", "get", "org.gnome.desktop.interface", "accent-color"}
+		cli := []string{"busctl", "--user", "--json=short", "call", "org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop", "/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop", "org.freedesktop.portal.Settings", "ReadOne", "ss", "org.freedesktop.appearance", "accent-color"}
 		out, err := RunUID(targetUser, cli, nil)
-		accent := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ReplaceAll(string(out), "'", ""))
-		if err == nil {
-			setColorsAccent(&colorsSet, accent)
+		var accent Accent
+		err = json.Unmarshal(out, &accent)
+		if err != nil {
+			pw.Style().Colors = colorsSet
+			return pw
 		}
+
+		raw_color := accent.Data[0].Data
+
+		highlightColor, lowColor := findClosestColor(raw_color)
+
+		validHighlightColor := text.Colors{highlightColor}
+		validLowColor := text.Colors{lowColor}
+
+		colorsSet.Percent = validHighlightColor
+		colorsSet.Tracker = validHighlightColor
+		colorsSet.Time = validLowColor
+		colorsSet.Value = validLowColor
+		colorsSet.Speed = validLowColor
 	}
 	pw.Style().Colors = colorsSet
 	return pw