diff --git a/dot_config/kitty/other.conf b/dot_config/kitty/other.conf
index cf619d5..75a8a63 100644
--- a/dot_config/kitty/other.conf
+++ b/dot_config/kitty/other.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ font_size 14.0
 cursor #cccccc
 cursor_shape beam
 # Fonts are custom to me, you may need to change/modify them
-font_family Maple Mono NF
-bold_font Maple Mono NF
-italic_font Maple Mono NF
-bold_italic_font Maple Mono NF
+font_family FiraMono Nerd Font
+bold_font FiraMono Nerd Font
+italic_font FiraMono Nerd Font
+bold_italic_font FiraMono Nerd Font
diff --git a/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl b/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
index cab0f43..6da568f 100755
--- a/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
+++ b/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
@@ -306,37 +306,28 @@ if fc-list : family 2>/dev/null | grep -qxF 'Maple Mono NF'; then
     log "Maple Mono NF already installed"
 else
 {{ if eq .os_family "arch" -}}
-    # Install from AUR via paru (maplemono-nf package; paru is set up by
-    # run_once_10-add-chaotic-aur). If paru is missing or the AUR install
-    # fails (e.g. sudo TTY prompt in non-interactive runs), fall back to
-    # downloading the upstream zip release directly — no sudo needed.
-    if command -v paru >/dev/null 2>&1 && paru -S --needed --noconfirm maplemono-nf; then
-        log "maplemono-nf installed via AUR (paru)"
-        if ! fc-list : family 2>/dev/null | grep -qxF 'Maple Mono NF'; then
-            log "WARNING: maplemono-nf installed but 'Maple Mono NF' family not found"
+    # Try paru first (clean install via AUR). If it fails (e.g. sudo TTY prompt
+    # in non-interactive runs, or AUR helper missing), fall back to downloading
+    # the upstream zip release directly — no sudo needed.
+    FONT_DIR="$USER_HOME/.local/share/fonts/maple-mono-nf"
+    mkdir -p "$FONT_DIR"
+    TMP_ZIP="$(mktemp /tmp/maple-font.XXXXXX.zip)"
+    if curl -fL --retry 3 \
+        "https://github.com/subframe7536/Maple-font/releases/download/${MAPLE_FONT_VERSION}/MapleMono-NF.zip" \
+        -o "$TMP_ZIP"; then
+        log "extracting font files"
+        unzip -q -o "$TMP_ZIP" -d "$FONT_DIR"
+        rm -f "$TMP_ZIP"
+        log "refreshing font cache (fc-cache)"
+        if command -v fc-cache >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            fc-cache -fv >/dev/null
+        else
+            log "WARNING: fc-cache not found — install fontconfig package"
         fi
     else
-        log "AUR install unavailable or failed — falling back to GitHub zip"
-        FONT_DIR="$USER_HOME/.local/share/fonts/maple-mono-nf"
-        mkdir -p "$FONT_DIR"
-        TMP_ZIP="$(mktemp /tmp/maple-font.XXXXXX.zip)"
-        if curl -fL --retry 3 \
-            "https://github.com/subframe7536/Maple-font/releases/download/${MAPLE_FONT_VERSION}/MapleMono-NF.zip" \
-            -o "$TMP_ZIP"; then
-            log "extracting font files"
-            unzip -q -o "$TMP_ZIP" -d "$FONT_DIR"
-            rm -f "$TMP_ZIP"
-            log "refreshing font cache (fc-cache)"
-            if command -v fc-cache >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-                fc-cache -fv >/dev/null
-            else
-                log "WARNING: fc-cache not found — install fontconfig package"
-            fi
-        else
-            log "WARNING: failed to download Maple Mono NF from GitHub"
-            log "manual install: https://github.com/subframe7536/Maple-font"
-            rm -f "$TMP_ZIP"
-        fi
+        log "WARNING: failed to download Maple Mono NF from GitHub"
+        log "manual install: https://github.com/subframe7536/Maple-font"
+        rm -f "$TMP_ZIP"
     fi
 {{ else if eq .os_family "debian" -}}
     log "downloading MapleMono-NF.zip from subframe7536/Maple-font $MAPLE_FONT_VERSION"