diff --git a/Configs/.local/lib/hyde/color/hypr.sh b/Configs/.local/lib/hyde/color/hypr.sh
index c39dc3ac9b..b46bbc44fb 100755
--- a/Configs/.local/lib/hyde/color/hypr.sh
+++ b/Configs/.local/lib/hyde/color/hypr.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ eval "$(hyq "$HYDE_THEME_DIR/hypr.theme" \
 [[ -z ${__MONOSPACE_FONT_SIZE} ]] && __MONOSPACE_FONT_SIZE=$(get_hyprConf "MONOSPACE_FONT_SIZE[int]")
 [[ -z ${__CODE_THEME} ]] && __CODE_THEME=$(get_hyprConf "CODE_THEME")
 
+# Faster: assigns escaped result to a variable instead of using subshell
+lua_quote_to() {
+    local _val="${2:-}"
+    _val="${_val//\\/\\\\}"
+    _val="${_val//\"/\\\"}"
+    _val="${_val//$'\n'/\\n}"
+    _val="${_val//$'\r'/\\r}"
+
+    printf -v "$1" '%s' "$_val"
+}
+
 handle_on_lua() {
     ui_state="${XDG_STATE_HOME}/hyde/lua_state/ui.lua"
     wallbash_mode="theme"
@@ -48,38 +59,59 @@ handle_on_lua() {
     elif [[ ${enableWallDcol:-0} -eq 3 ]]; then
         wallbash_mode="light"
     fi
+
+    local _hyde_theme _gtk_theme _icon_theme _color_scheme
+    local _cursor_theme _font _document_font _monospace_font
+    local _notification_font _bar_font _menu_font
+    local _code_theme _sddm_theme _wallbash_mode
+
+    lua_quote_to _hyde_theme "${HYDE_THEME}"
+    lua_quote_to _gtk_theme "${__GTK_THEME}"
+    lua_quote_to _icon_theme "${__ICON_THEME}"
+    lua_quote_to _color_scheme "${__COLOR_SCHEME}"
+    lua_quote_to _cursor_theme "${__CURSOR_THEME}"
+    lua_quote_to _font "${__FONT}"
+    lua_quote_to _document_font "${__DOCUMENT_FONT}"
+    lua_quote_to _monospace_font "${__MONOSPACE_FONT}"
+    lua_quote_to _notification_font "${__NOTIFICATION_FONT:-${__FONT}}"
+    lua_quote_to _bar_font "${__BAR_FONT:-${__FONT}}"
+    lua_quote_to _menu_font "${__MENU_FONT:-${__FONT}}"
+    lua_quote_to _code_theme "${__CODE_THEME}"
+    lua_quote_to _sddm_theme "${__SDDM_THEME}"
+    lua_quote_to _wallbash_mode "${wallbash_mode}"
+
     # ? UI config state
     cat <<ON_WALLBASH >"${ui_state}" && print_log -sec "theme" -stat "Updating HyDE Lua UI state for wallbash mode"
 -- Auto-generated by HyDE // Read-only
 local ui_state = {
     ui = {
-        hyde_theme = "${HYDE_THEME}",
+        hyde_theme = "$_hyde_theme",
         -- gtk
-        gtk_theme = "${__GTK_THEME}",
-        icon_theme = "${__ICON_THEME}",
-        color_scheme = "${__COLOR_SCHEME}",
+        gtk_theme = "$_gtk_theme",
+        icon_theme = "$_icon_theme",
+        color_scheme = "$_color_scheme",
 
         -- Cursor
-        cursor_theme = "${__CURSOR_THEME}",
+        cursor_theme = "$_cursor_theme",
         cursor_size = ${__CURSOR_SIZE:-nil},
 
         -- Fonts
-        font = "${__FONT}",
+        font = "$_font",
         font_size = ${__FONT_SIZE:-nil},
-        document_font = "${__DOCUMENT_FONT}",
+        document_font = "$_document_font",
         document_font_size = ${__DOCUMENT_FONT_SIZE:-nil},
-        monospace_font = "${__MONOSPACE_FONT}",
+        monospace_font = "$_monospace_font",
         monospace_font_size = ${__MONOSPACE_FONT_SIZE:-nil},
-        notification_font = "${__NOTIFICATION_FONT:-${__FONT}}",
-        bar_font = "${__BAR_FONT:-${__FONT}}",
-        menu_font = "${__MENU_FONT:-${__FONT}}",
+        notification_font = "$_notification_font",
+        bar_font = "$_bar_font",
+        menu_font = "$_menu_font",
 
         -- Extra Themes
-        code_theme = "${__CODE_THEME}",
-        sddm_theme = "${__SDDM_THEME}",
+        code_theme = "$_code_theme",
+        sddm_theme = "$_sddm_theme",
     },
     wallbash = {
-        mode = "${wallbash_mode}",
+        mode = "$_wallbash_mode",
     },
 }