diff --git a/ShellSettings.qml b/ShellSettings.qml
index 7000be5..8ad1dfe 100644
--- a/ShellSettings.qml
+++ b/ShellSettings.qml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Singleton {
     FileView {
         path: `${Quickshell.env("XDG_DATA_HOME")}/quickshell/settings.json`
         watchChanges: true
-        // onFileChanged: reload()
+        onFileChanged: reload()
         onAdapterUpdated: writeAdapter()
         blockLoading: true
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Singleton {
                 property int barHeight: 25
                 property string wallpaperUrl: Qt.resolvedUrl("root:resources/wallpapers/pixelart0.jpg")
                 property string colorScheme: "scheme-fruit-salad"
+                property string screenshotPath: "/home/koss/Pictures"
             }
 
             property var colors: {
diff --git a/bar/Bar.qml b/bar/Bar.qml
index 142afab..519f750 100644
--- a/bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/bar/Bar.qml
@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ PanelWindow {
         //     bar: root
         // }
 
-        Text {
-            text: "home"
-            color: "white"
-            font.family: "Material Symbols Rounded"
-            renderType: Text.NativeRendering
-            textFormat: Text.PlainText
-            font.pointSize: 14
-
-            font.variableAxes: {
-                "FILL": 0
-            }
-        }
+        // Text {
+        //     text: "home"
+        //     color: "white"
+        //     font.family: "Material Symbols Rounded"
+        //     renderType: Text.NativeRendering
+        //     textFormat: Text.PlainText
+        //     font.pointSize: 14
+        //
+        //     font.variableAxes: {
+        //         "FILL": 0
+        //     }
+        // }
 
         BatteryIndicator {
             id: batteryIndicator
diff --git a/screencapture/Controller.qml b/screencapture/Controller.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d57d8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/screencapture/Controller.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+pragma Singleton
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+
+import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
+import Quickshell.Wayland
+import QtQuick
+import ".."
+
+Singleton {
+    id: root
+
+    property bool windowOpen: false
+
+    IpcHandler {
+        target: "screencapture"
+
+        function screenshot(): void {
+            root.windowOpen = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Just use this window to grab screen context
+    LazyLoader {
+        activeAsync: root.windowOpen
+
+        PanelWindow {
+            id: focusedScreen
+            color: "transparent"
+            exclusionMode: ExclusionMode.Ignore
+            WlrLayershell.keyboardFocus: WlrKeyboardFocus.Exclusive
+            WlrLayershell.namespace: "shell:screencapture"
+
+            anchors {
+                top: true
+                bottom: true
+                left: true
+                right: true
+            }
+
+            Item {
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                focus: true
+                Keys.onEscapePressed: root.windowOpen = false
+
+                // to get a freeze frame for now
+                ScreencopyView {
+                    id: screenView
+                    captureSource: focusedScreen.screen
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+
+                    SelectionRectangle {
+                        id: selection
+                        anchors.fill: parent
+
+                        property string position
+                        property bool running: false
+
+                        onAreaSelected: selection => {
+                            let screen = focusedScreen.screen;
+                            const x = Math.floor(selection.x) + screen.x;
+                            const y = Math.floor(selection.y) + screen.y;
+                            const width = Math.floor(selection.width);
+                            const height = Math.floor(selection.height);
+                            position = `${x},${y} ${width}x${height}`;
+
+                            running = true;
+                        }
+
+                        LazyLoader {
+                            activeAsync: selection.running
+
+                            Process {
+                                id: grim
+                                running: true
+
+                                property var path: `${ShellSettings.settings.screenshotPath}/screenshot.png`
+
+                                command: ["grim", "-g", selection.position, path]
+
+
+                                onRunningChanged: {
+                                    if (!running) {
+                                        root.windowOpen = false;
+                                    }
+                                }
+
+                                stderr: SplitParser {
+                                    onRead: data => console.log(`line read: ${data}`)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    function init() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/screencapture/Screenshot.qml b/screencapture/Screenshot.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34f719a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/screencapture/Screenshot.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import QtQuick
+
+Image {}
diff --git a/screencapture/SelectionCutout.qml b/screencapture/SelectionCutout.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0303a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/screencapture/SelectionCutout.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import QtQuick
+import ".."
+
+Canvas {
+    id: root
+    anchors.fill: parent
+
+    property color overlayColor: "#80000000"
+    property color borderColor: ShellSettings.colors["primary"]
+    property real borderWidth: 3
+    property real handleSize: 16
+    property var screen
+
+    property real centerX: width / 2
+    property real centerY: height / 2
+    property real minWidth: 400
+    property real minHeight: 300
+
+    // rect that holds positional data for the selection 
+    property rect selectionRect: Qt.rect(centerX - minWidth / 2, centerY - minHeight / 2, minWidth, minHeight)
+
+    // handle positions 
+    property point topLeftHandle: Qt.point(selectionRect.x, selectionRect.y)
+    property point topRightHandle: Qt.point(selectionRect.x + selectionRect.width, selectionRect.y)
+    property point bottomLeftHandle: Qt.point(selectionRect.x, selectionRect.y + selectionRect.height)
+    property point bottomRightHandle: Qt.point(selectionRect.x + selectionRect.width, selectionRect.y + selectionRect.height)
+
+    // dragging state
+    property int activeHandle: -1
+    property point dragStart: Qt.point(0, 0)
+    property rect initialRect: Qt.rect(0, 0, 0, 0)
+
+    onPaint: {
+        var ctx = getContext("2d");
+        ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+        // grey overlay
+        ctx.fillStyle = overlayColor;
+        ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+        // cut out the selection rectangle
+        ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "destination-out";
+        ctx.fillRect(selectionRect.x, selectionRect.y, selectionRect.width, selectionRect.height);
+        ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-over";
+
+        // draw border
+        ctx.strokeStyle = borderColor;
+        ctx.lineWidth = borderWidth;
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.moveTo(topLeftHandle.x, topLeftHandle.y);
+        ctx.lineTo(topRightHandle.x, topRightHandle.y);
+        ctx.lineTo(bottomRightHandle.x, bottomRightHandle.y);
+        ctx.lineTo(bottomLeftHandle.x, bottomLeftHandle.y);
+        ctx.closePath();
+        ctx.stroke();
+
+        // draw handles
+        ctx.fillStyle = borderColor;
+        drawHandle(ctx, topLeftHandle);
+        drawHandle(ctx, topRightHandle);
+        drawHandle(ctx, bottomLeftHandle);
+        drawHandle(ctx, bottomRightHandle);
+    }
+
+    function drawHandle(ctx, center) {
+        var radius = handleSize / 2;
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.arc(center.x, center.y, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
+        ctx.fill();
+    }
+
+    function getHandleAt(x, y) {
+        var halfSize = handleSize / 2;
+        var handles = [topLeftHandle, topRightHandle, bottomLeftHandle, bottomRightHandle];
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < handles.length; i++) {
+            var handle = handles[i];
+            if (x >= handle.x - halfSize && x <= handle.x + halfSize && y >= handle.y - halfSize && y <= handle.y + halfSize) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    function constrainRect(rect) {
+        // Ensure minimum size
+        var width = Math.max(rect.width, minWidth);
+        var height = Math.max(rect.height, minHeight);
+
+        // Ensure within canvas bounds
+        var x = Math.max(0, Math.min(rect.x, root.width - width));
+        var y = Math.max(0, Math.min(rect.y, root.height - height));
+
+        return Qt.rect(x, y, width, height);
+    }
+
+    MouseArea {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+
+        onPressed: function (mouse) {
+            activeHandle = root.getHandleAt(mouse.x, mouse.y);
+            if (root.activeHandle >= 0) {
+                dragStart = Qt.point(mouse.x, mouse.y);
+                initialRect = root.selectionRect;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // kinda stupid, should maybe bind a mouse area to each handle I don't know
+        onPositionChanged: function (mouse) {
+            if (root.activeHandle < 0)
+                return;
+
+            var dx = mouse.x - root.dragStart.x;
+            var dy = mouse.y - root.dragStart.y;
+            var newRect;
+
+            switch (root.activeHandle) {
+            // top left
+            case 0:
+                var newX = Math.max(0, Math.min(root.initialRect.x + dx, root.initialRect.x + root.initialRect.width - root.minWidth));
+                var newY = Math.max(0, Math.min(root.initialRect.y + dy, root.initialRect.y + root.initialRect.height - minHeight));
+                newRect = Qt.rect(newX, newY, root.initialRect.width - (newX - root.initialRect.x), root.initialRect.height - (newY - root.initialRect.y));
+                break;
+            // top right
+            case 1:
+                var newY = Math.max(0, Math.min(root.initialRect.y + dy, root.initialRect.y + root.initialRect.height - root.minHeight));
+                var newWidth = Math.max(root.minWidth, Math.min(root.initialRect.width + dx, root.width - root.initialRect.x));
+                newRect = Qt.rect(root.initialRect.x, newY, newWidth, root.initialRect.height - (newY - root.initialRect.y));
+                break;
+            // bottom left
+            case 2:
+                var newX = Math.max(0, Math.min(root.initialRect.x + dx, root.initialRect.x + root.initialRect.width - minWidth));
+                var newHeight = Math.max(root.minHeight, Math.min(root.initialRect.height + dy, root.height - root.initialRect.y));
+                newRect = Qt.rect(newX, root.initialRect.y, root.initialRect.width - (newX - root.initialRect.x), newHeight);
+                break;
+            // bottom right
+            case 3:
+                var newWidth = Math.max(root.minWidth, Math.min(root.initialRect.width + dx, root.width - root.initialRect.x));
+                var newHeight = Math.max(root.minHeight, Math.min(root.initialRect.height + dy, root.height - root.initialRect.y));
+                newRect = Qt.rect(root.initialRect.x, root.initialRect.y, newWidth, newHeight);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            selectionRect = root.constrainRect(newRect);
+            root.requestPaint();
+        }
+
+        onReleased: {
+            root.activeHandle = -1;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/screencapture/SelectionRectangle.qml b/screencapture/SelectionRectangle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c0fc25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/screencapture/SelectionRectangle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import QtQuick
+import ".."
+
+Canvas {
+    id: root
+
+    property color overlayColor: "#80000000"
+    property color outlineColor: ShellSettings.colors["primary"]
+    property rect selectionRect
+    property point startPosition
+    signal areaSelected(rect selection)
+
+    onPaint: {
+        var ctx = getContext("2d");
+        ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+        // grey overlay
+        ctx.fillStyle = overlayColor;
+        ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+        // cut out the selection rectangle
+        ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "destination-out";
+        ctx.fillRect(selectionRect.x, selectionRect.y, selectionRect.width, selectionRect.height);
+        ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-over";
+        ctx.strokeStyle = outlineColor; 
+        ctx.lineWidth = 2; 
+        ctx.strokeRect(selectionRect.x, selectionRect.y, selectionRect.width, selectionRect.height);
+    }
+
+    MouseArea {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+
+        onPressed: mouse => {
+            root.startPosition = Qt.point(mouse.x, mouse.y);
+        }
+
+        onPositionChanged: mouse => {
+            if (pressed) {
+                var x = Math.min(root.startPosition.x, mouse.x);
+                var y = Math.min(root.startPosition.y, mouse.y);
+                var width = Math.abs(mouse.x - root.startPosition.x);
+                var height = Math.abs(mouse.y - root.startPosition.y);
+
+                root.selectionRect = Qt.rect(x, y, width, height);
+                root.requestPaint();
+            }
+        }
+
+        onReleased: mouse => {
+            root.visible = false;
+            root.areaSelected(root.selectionRect);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/shell.qml b/shell.qml
index 5eb81ad..3c4981c 100644
--- a/shell.qml
+++ b/shell.qml
@@ -9,9 +9,15 @@ import "volume-osd" as VolumeOSD
 import "settings" as Settings
 import "launcher" as Launcher
 import "wallpaper" as Wallpaper
+import "screencapture" as ScreenCapture
 
 ShellRoot {
-    Component.onCompleted: [Launcher.Controller.init(), Settings.Controller.init(), Notifications.NotificationCenter.init()]
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        Launcher.Controller.init();
+        Settings.Controller.init();
+        Notifications.NotificationCenter.init();
+        ScreenCapture.Controller.init();
+    }
 
     Variants {
         model: Quickshell.screens
diff --git a/wallpaper/Controller.qml b/wallpaper/Controller.qml
index 129a21a..4230c95 100644
--- a/wallpaper/Controller.qml
+++ b/wallpaper/Controller.qml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import ".."
 
 Scope {
     id: root
-    required property var screen
     property string matugenConf: Qt.resolvedUrl("matugen.toml").toString().replace("file://", "")
 
     LazyLoader {
@@ -54,8 +53,18 @@ Scope {
                 id: matugen
                 running: false
 
-                // Formatter is keeping me hostage frfr...
-                command: ["matugen", "image", ShellSettings.settings.wallpaperUrl.replace("file://", ""), "--type", ShellSettings.settings.colorScheme, "--json", "hex", "--config", root.matugenConf]
+                // Don't format this lol
+                command: [
+                    "matugen", 
+                    "image", 
+                    ShellSettings.settings.wallpaperUrl.replace("file://", ""), 
+                    "--type", 
+                    ShellSettings.settings.colorScheme, 
+                    "--json", 
+                    "hex", 
+                    "--config", 
+                    root.matugenConf
+                ]
 
                 stdout: SplitParser {
                     onRead: data => {