diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f87fd4..3fcd8e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ config/hypr/colors.conf
 config/waybar/style.css
 config/wofi/style.css
 config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf
+config/hypr/shaders/.active
diff --git a/config/hypr/scripts/shader-cycle.sh b/config/hypr/scripts/shader-cycle.sh
index cf6a69c..f1edef2 100755
--- a/config/hypr/scripts/shader-cycle.sh
+++ b/config/hypr/scripts/shader-cycle.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 SHADER_DIR="$HOME/.config/hypr/shaders"
+ACTIVE_FILE="$SHADER_DIR/.active"
 
 mapfile -t SHADERS < <(find "$SHADER_DIR" -name "*.glsl" | sort)
 
@@ -7,15 +8,9 @@ if [[ ${#SHADERS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-CURRENT=$(hyprctl getoption decoration:screen_shader | grep "str:" | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d '"')
-
-INDEX=-1
-for i in "${!SHADERS[@]}"; do
-    if [[ "${SHADERS[$i]}" == "$CURRENT" ]]; then
-        INDEX=$i
-        break
-    fi
-done
+INDEX=$(cat "$ACTIVE_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
+[[ "$INDEX" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || INDEX=-1
 
 NEXT=$(( (INDEX + 1) % ${#SHADERS[@]} ))
+echo "$NEXT" > "$ACTIVE_FILE"
 hyprshade on "${SHADERS[$NEXT]}"