diff --git a/src/Dashboard.qml b/src/Dashboard.qml
index 55df69f..b2f46e5 100644
--- a/src/Dashboard.qml
+++ b/src/Dashboard.qml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Quickshell
-import Quickshell.Services.Notifications
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 import QtQml
@@ -11,11 +10,11 @@ import "provider"
 PanelWindow {
     id: homeWindow
 
-    required property var root
     property bool animRunning: false
 
     color: "transparent"
-    visible: animRunning || homeWindow.root.enabled
+    visible: animRunning || NyshState.dashOpen
+
     focusable: true
 
     anchors {
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ PanelWindow {
 
         anchors.fill: parent
 
-        onClicked: homeWindow.root.enabled = false
+        onClicked: NyshState.dashOpen = false
 
         BRectangle {
             id: home
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ PanelWindow {
             topRightRadius: 10
             border.color: "transparent"
             height: parent.height
-            width: homeWindow.root.enabled ? maxSize : 0
+            width: NyshState.dashOpen ? maxSize : 0
             clip: true
             MouseArea {
                 anchors.fill: parent
diff --git a/src/MainBar.qml b/src/MainBar.qml
index 8398b2a..1f9dc58 100644
--- a/src/MainBar.qml
+++ b/src/MainBar.qml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import QtQuick.Layouts
 PanelWindow {
     id: lbar
 
-    required property var root
-
     anchors {
         top: true
         left: Config.alignment === Config.BarAlignment.Left
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ PanelWindow {
 
         MouseArea {
             id: mouse
-            onClicked: lbar.root.enabled = !lbar.root.enabled
+            onClicked: NyshState.toggleDash()
             height: width
             width: 30
             anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
diff --git a/src/Nysh.qml b/src/Nysh.qml
index 9095f8c..5152996 100644
--- a/src/Nysh.qml
+++ b/src/Nysh.qml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import Quickshell.Io
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 
@@ -6,23 +5,12 @@ Item {
     id: root
 
     required property ShellScreen screen
-    property bool enabled: false
-
-    property IpcHandler ipc: IpcHandler {
-        target: "dash"
-
-        function toggle() {
-            root.enabled = !root.enabled;
-        }
-    }
 
     property MainBar mainBar: MainBar {
         screen: root.screen
-        root: root
     }
 
     property Dashboard dash: Dashboard {
         screen: root.screen
-        root: root
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/provider/NyshState.qml b/src/provider/NyshState.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc02357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/provider/NyshState.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+pragma Singleton
+
+import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
+
+Singleton {
+    id: state
+    property bool dashOpen: false
+
+    property IpcHandler ipc: IpcHandler {
+        target: "dash"
+
+        function toggle() {
+            state.toggleDash;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function toggleDash() {
+        state.dashOpen = !state.dashOpen;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/provider/qmldir b/src/provider/qmldir
index c74f20d..679bbe0 100644
--- a/src/provider/qmldir
+++ b/src/provider/qmldir
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module Provider
 singleton Config 0.1 Config.qml
+singleton NyshState 0.1 NyshState.qml
 singleton Player 0.1 Player.qml
 singleton Inhibitor 0.1 Inhibitor.qml
 singleton Notifications 0.1 Notifications.qml