diff --git a/overlay/Swappy.nix b/overlay/Swappy.nix
index 59dcaa59..4c5687a1 100644
--- a/overlay/Swappy.nix
+++ b/overlay/Swappy.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,21 @@
   config,
   pkgs,
   ...
-}@args:
+}:
+let
+  color = config.module.style.color;
+  accentR = color.accentDecR;
+  accentG = color.accentDecG;
+  accentB = color.accentDecB;
+in
 {
   # SEE: https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy/issues/131
   nixpkgs.overlays = [
     (final: prev: {
       swappy = prev.swappy.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        patches = (old.patches or [ ]) ++ [ (import <patch/swappy/DefaultColor.nix> args).file ];
+        patches = (old.patches or [ ]) ++ [
+          (pkgs.replaceVars <patch/swappy/DefaultColor.patch> { inherit accentR accentG accentB; })
+        ];
       });
     })
   ];
diff --git a/patch/swappy/DefaultColor.nix b/patch/swappy/DefaultColor.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ce4abcf..00000000
--- a/patch/swappy/DefaultColor.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-let
-  color = config.module.style.color;
-  accentR = color.accentDecR;
-  accentG = color.accentDecG;
-  accentB = color.accentDecB;
-in
-{
-  file = pkgs.writeText "SwappyDefaultColorPatch" ''
-    diff --git a/res/style/swappy.css b/res/style/swappy.css
-    index 66013b3..9c88f84 100644
-    --- a/res/style/swappy.css
-    +++ b/res/style/swappy.css
-    @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
-     }
-
-     .color-box .color-green image {
-    -  background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);
-    +  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
-     }
-
-     .color-box .color-blue image {
-    -  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);
-    +  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
-     }
-    diff --git a/src/application.c b/src/application.c
-    index 5b98590..5c7e99c 100644
-    --- a/src/application.c
-    +++ b/src/application.c
-    @@ -601,11 +601,11 @@ void color_red_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget, struct swappy_state *state) {
-
-     void color_green_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget,
-                                      struct swappy_state *state) {
-    -  action_update_color_state(state, 0, 1, 0, 1, false);
-    +  action_update_color_state(state, 0, 0, 0, 1, false);
-     }
-
-     void color_blue_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget, struct swappy_state *state) {
-    -  action_update_color_state(state, 0, 0, 1, 1, false);
-    +  action_update_color_state(state, 1, 1, 1, 1, false);
-     }
-
-     void color_custom_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget,
-    @@ -875,9 +875,9 @@ static gboolean is_file_from_stdin(const char *file) {
-     }
-
-     static void init_settings(struct swappy_state *state) {
-    -  state->settings.r = 1;
-    -  state->settings.g = 0;
-    -  state->settings.b = 0;
-    +  state->settings.r = ${accentR};
-    +  state->settings.g = ${accentG};
-    +  state->settings.b = ${accentB};
-       state->settings.a = 1;
-       state->settings.w = state->config->line_size;
-       state->settings.t = state->config->text_size;
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/patch/swappy/DefaultColor.patch b/patch/swappy/DefaultColor.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57373593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/swappy/DefaultColor.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+diff --git a/res/style/swappy.css b/res/style/swappy.css
+index 66013b3..9c88f84 100644
+--- a/res/style/swappy.css
++++ b/res/style/swappy.css
+@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
+ }
+
+ .color-box .color-green image {
+-  background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);
++  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
+ }
+
+ .color-box .color-blue image {
+-  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);
++  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
+ }
+diff --git a/src/application.c b/src/application.c
+index 5b98590..5c7e99c 100644
+--- a/src/application.c
++++ b/src/application.c
+@@ -601,11 +601,11 @@ void color_red_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget, struct swappy_state *state) {
+
+ void color_green_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget,
+                                  struct swappy_state *state) {
+-  action_update_color_state(state, 0, 1, 0, 1, false);
++  action_update_color_state(state, 0, 0, 0, 1, false);
+ }
+
+ void color_blue_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget, struct swappy_state *state) {
+-  action_update_color_state(state, 0, 0, 1, 1, false);
++  action_update_color_state(state, 1, 1, 1, 1, false);
+ }
+
+ void color_custom_clicked_handler(GtkWidget *widget,
+@@ -875,9 +875,9 @@ static gboolean is_file_from_stdin(const char *file) {
+ }
+
+ static void init_settings(struct swappy_state *state) {
+-  state->settings.r = 1;
+-  state->settings.g = 0;
+-  state->settings.b = 0;
++  state->settings.r = @accentR@;
++  state->settings.g = @accentG@;
++  state->settings.b = @accentB@;
+   state->settings.a = 1;
+   state->settings.w = state->config->line_size;
+   state->settings.t = state->config->text_size;