diff --git a/stylix/fonts.nix b/stylix/fonts.nix
index 5b15606..96cba91 100644
--- a/stylix/fonts.nix
+++ b/stylix/fonts.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... } @ args:
 
 with lib;
 
 let
+
+  fromOs = import ./fromos.nix { inherit lib args; };
+
   fontType = types.submodule {
     options = {
       package = mkOption {
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ in {
     serif = mkOption {
       description = "Serif font.";
       type = fontType;
-      default = {
+      default = fromOs [ "fonts" "serif" ] {
         package = pkgs.dejavu_fonts;
         name = "DejaVu Serif";
       };
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ in {
     sansSerif = mkOption {
       description = "Sans-serif font.";
       type = fontType;
-      default = {
+      default = fromOs [ "fonts" "sansSerif" ] {
         package = pkgs.dejavu_fonts;
         name = "DejaVu Sans";
       };
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ in {
     monospace = mkOption {
       description = "Monospace font.";
       type = fontType;
-      default = {
+      default = fromOs [ "fonts" "monospace" ] {
         package = pkgs.dejavu_fonts;
         name = "DejaVu Sans Mono";
       };
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ in {
     emoji = mkOption {
       description = "Emoji font.";
       type = fontType;
-      default = {
+      default = fromOs [ "fonts" "emoji" ] {
         package = pkgs.noto-fonts-emoji;
         name = "Noto Color Emoji";
       };
diff --git a/stylix/fromos.nix b/stylix/fromos.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7dc8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stylix/fromos.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ lib, args }:
+
+path: default:
+if (args ? "osConfig" && args.osConfig.stylix.homeManagerIntegration.enable)
+  then lib.attrByPath path default args.osConfig.stylix
+  else default
diff --git a/stylix/hm/default.nix b/stylix/hm/default.nix
index 378dfb1..7ca95b4 100644
--- a/stylix/hm/default.nix
+++ b/stylix/hm/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 { palette-generator, base16 }:
-{ config, lib, ... }@mod-args:
+{ config, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  inherit (lib) types;
-  from-nixos = mod-args ? "osConfig";
-  system-theme = config.stylix.useSystemTheme;
   autoload = import ../autoload.nix { inherit lib; } "hm";
 in {
   imports = [
@@ -13,57 +10,4 @@ in {
     ./fonts.nix
     (import ./palette.nix { inherit palette-generator base16; })
   ] ++ autoload;
-
-  options.stylix = {
-    useSystemTheme = lib.mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      description = ''
-        Use NixOS stylix theme for this user.
-
-        Doesn't do anything if the home-manager configuration is not used
-        from NixOS.
-      '';
-      default =
-        if from-nixos
-          then mod-args.osConfig.stylix.homeManagerIntegration.enable
-          else false;
-    };
-  };
-
-  config = lib.mkMerge [
-    (lib.mkIf (system-theme && !from-nixos) {
-      warnings = [
-        "stylix.useSystemTheme is ignored if the config is not used from NixOS"
-      ];
-    })
-    (lib.mkIf (system-theme && from-nixos) (let
-      cfg = mod-args.osConfig.stylix;
-      mk = lib.mkOverride 99;
-    in {
-      stylix.autoEnable = mk cfg.autoEnable;
-      stylix.fonts.serif = mk cfg.fonts.serif;
-      stylix.fonts.sansSerif = mk cfg.fonts.sansSerif;
-      stylix.fonts.monospace = mk cfg.fonts.monospace;
-      stylix.fonts.emoji = mk cfg.fonts.emoji;
-      stylix.polarity = mk cfg.polarity;
-      stylix.image = mk cfg.image;
-      stylix.palette.base00 = cfg.palette.base00;
-      stylix.palette.base01 = cfg.palette.base01;
-      stylix.palette.base02 = cfg.palette.base02;
-      stylix.palette.base03 = cfg.palette.base03;
-      stylix.palette.base04 = cfg.palette.base04;
-      stylix.palette.base05 = cfg.palette.base05;
-      stylix.palette.base06 = cfg.palette.base06;
-      stylix.palette.base07 = cfg.palette.base07;
-      stylix.palette.base08 = cfg.palette.base08;
-      stylix.palette.base09 = cfg.palette.base09;
-      stylix.palette.base0A = cfg.palette.base0A;
-      stylix.palette.base0B = cfg.palette.base0B;
-      stylix.palette.base0C = cfg.palette.base0C;
-      stylix.palette.base0D = cfg.palette.base0D;
-      stylix.palette.base0E = cfg.palette.base0E;
-      stylix.palette.base0F = cfg.palette.base0F;
-      stylix.base16Scheme = cfg.base16Scheme;
-    }))
-  ];
 }
diff --git a/stylix/hm/palette.nix b/stylix/hm/palette.nix
index b48970e..e6e0abd 100644
--- a/stylix/hm/palette.nix
+++ b/stylix/hm/palette.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ args:
   config = {
     xdg.configFile = {
       # See ../nixos/palette.nix for the rational behind these two options
-      "stylix/palette.json".source = config.stylix.generatedJSON;
+      "stylix/palette.json".source = config.stylix.generated.json;
       "stylix/palette.html".source = config.lib.stylix.colors {
         template = builtins.readFile ../palette.html.mustache;
         extension = ".html";
diff --git a/stylix/nixos/palette.nix b/stylix/nixos/palette.nix
index 1b40a59..b14bdcd 100644
--- a/stylix/nixos/palette.nix
+++ b/stylix/nixos/palette.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ args:
       # garbage collection, so future configurations can be evaluated without
       # having to generate the palette again. The generator is not kept, only
       # the palette which came from it, so this uses very little disk space.
-      "stylix/palette.json".source = config.stylix.generatedJSON;
+      "stylix/palette.json".source = config.stylix.generated.json;
 
       # We also provide a HTML version which is useful for viewing the colors
       # during development.
diff --git a/stylix/palette.nix b/stylix/palette.nix
index 2464f64..80cef76 100644
--- a/stylix/palette.nix
+++ b/stylix/palette.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 { palette-generator, base16 }:
-{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }@args:
 
 with lib;
 
 let
+  fromOs = import ./fromos.nix { inherit lib args; };
+
   cfg = config.stylix;
 
   paletteJSON = pkgs.runCommand "palette.json" { } ''
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ let
   '';
   generatedPalette = importJSON paletteJSON;
 
-  generatedScheme = cfg.palette // {
+  generatedScheme = generatedPalette // {
     author = "Stylix";
     scheme = "Stylix";
     slug = "stylix";
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ in {
   options.stylix = {
     polarity = mkOption {
       type = types.enum [ "either" "light" "dark" ];
-      default = "either";
+      default = fromOs [ "polarity" ] "either";
       description = ''
         Use this option to force a light or dark theme.
 
@@ -39,36 +41,28 @@ in {
         This is set as the background of your desktop environment, if possible,
         and used to generate a colour scheme if you don't set one manually.
       '';
+      default = fromOs [ "image" ] null;
     };
 
-    generatedJSON = mkOption {
-      type = types.path;
-      description = "The result of palette-generator.";
-      readOnly = true;
-      internal = true;
-      default = paletteJSON;
+    generated = {
+      json = mkOption {
+        type = types.path;
+        description = "The result of palette-generator.";
+        readOnly = true;
+        internal = true;
+        default = paletteJSON;
+      };
+
+      palette = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrs;
+        description = "The imported json";
+        readOnly = true;
+        internal = true;
+        default = generatedPalette;
+      };
     };
 
-    palette = genAttrs [
-      "base00" "base01" "base02" "base03" "base04" "base05" "base06" "base07"
-      "base08" "base09" "base0A" "base0B" "base0C" "base0D" "base0E" "base0F"
-    ] (base: mkOption {
-      description = ''
-        Hexadecimal color value for ${base}.
-
-        You can use this option to override single colors.
-        See <literal>stylix.base16Scheme</literal> if you want to import a
-        whole base16 scheme from a file.
-
-        You should not read from this option to access the chosen colors - use
-        <literal>lib.stylix.colors</literal> instead.
-        If <literal>stylix.base16Scheme</literal> is set to an external file,
-        those colors won't appear here.
-      '';
-      type = types.strMatching "[0-9a-fA-F]{6}";
-      default = generatedPalette.${base};
-      defaultText = literalDocBook "Automatically selected from the background image.";
-    });
+    # TODO proper removal of palette
 
     base16Scheme = mkOption {
       description = ''
@@ -77,9 +71,12 @@ in {
         This can be a path to a file, a string of YAML, or an attribute set.
       '';
       type = with types; oneOf [ path lines attrs ];
-      default = generatedScheme;
+      default =
+        if args ? "osConfig" && cfg.image != args.osConfig.stylix.image
+          then generatedScheme
+          else fromOs [ "base16Scheme" ] generatedScheme;
       defaultText = literalDocBook ''
-        The colors defined in <literal>stylix.palette</literal>.
+        The colors used in the theming.
 
         Those are automatically selected from the background image by default,
         but could be overridden manually.
diff --git a/stylix/target.nix b/stylix/target.nix
index ec2b568..46b7506 100644
--- a/stylix/target.nix
+++ b/stylix/target.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 with lib;
 
-{
+let
+  fromOs = import ./fromos.nix { inherit lib args; };
+in {
   options.stylix.autoEnable = mkOption {
     description = "Whether to automatically enable styling for installed targets.";
     type = types.bool;
-    default = true;
+    default = fromOs [ "autoEnable" ] true;
   };
 
   config.lib.stylix.mkEnableTarget =