diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu b/bin/omarchy-menu
index b4e0a822..f5179cb2 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ go_to_menu() {
   *remove*) show_remove_menu ;;
   *update*) show_update_menu ;;
   *system*) show_system_menu ;;
-  *about*) terminal bash -c 'fastfetch; read -n 1 -s' ;;
+  *about*) alacritty --class Omarchy -o font.size=9 -e bash -c 'fastfetch; read -n 1 -s' ;;
   esac
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-pkg-ignored b/bin/omarchy-pkg-ignored
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..765fe69c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-pkg-ignored
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+IGNORED_PACKAGES_FILE="$OMARCHY_PATH/install/packages.ignored"
+
+if [[ -f $IGNORED_PACKAGES_FILE ]]; then
+  tr '\r\n' ',' <"$IGNORED_PACKAGES_FILE" | sed 's/,$//'
+fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-pkg-pinned b/bin/omarchy-pkg-pinned
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..503d5c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-pkg-pinned
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PINNED_PACKAGES_FILE="$OMARCHY_PATH/install/packages.pinned"
+
+if [[ -f $PINNED_PACKAGES_FILE ]]; then
+  tr '\r\n' ',' <"$PINNED_PACKAGES_FILE" | sed 's/,$//'
+fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
index e3a12fa5..2c41d733 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate system packages\e[0m"
-sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
-echo
+echo "sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore \"$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)\""
+sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore "$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)"
 
 if omarchy-pkg-aur-accessible; then
   echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate AUR packages\e[0m"
-  yay -Syu --noconfirm
+  echo "yay -Syu --noconfirm  --ignore \"$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)\""
+  yay -Syu --noconfirm --ignore "$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)"
   echo
 else
   echo -e "\e[31m\nAUR is unavailable (so skipping updates)\e[0m"
diff --git a/config/fastfetch/config.jsonc b/config/fastfetch/config.jsonc
index 18c8cdf9..c7a5739d 100644
--- a/config/fastfetch/config.jsonc
+++ b/config/fastfetch/config.jsonc
@@ -63,41 +63,14 @@
       "format": "\u001b[90m┌──────────────────────Software──────────────────────┐"
     },
     {
-      "type": "os",
-      "key": "󰣇 OS",
-      "keyColor": "yellow"
+      "type": "command",
+      "key": "\ue900 OS",
+      "keyColor": "blue",
+      "text": "version=$(git -C ~/.local/share/omarchy describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null); echo \"Omarchy $version\""
     },
     {
       "type": "kernel",
       "key": "│ ├",
-      "keyColor": "yellow"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "packages",
-      "key": "│ ├󰏖",
-      "keyColor": "yellow"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "shell",
-      "key": "└ └",
-      "keyColor": "yellow"
-    },
-    "break",
-    {
-      "type": "command",
-      "key": "Ø Omarchy",
-      "keyColor": "blue",
-      "text": "version=$(git -C ~/.local/share/omarchy describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null); echo \"$version\""
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "command",
-      "key": "│ ├󰸌",
-      "keyColor": "blue",
-      "text": "theme=$(omarchy-theme-current); echo -e \"$theme \\e[38m●\\e[37m●\\e[36m●\\e[35m●\\e[34m●\\e[33m●\\e[32m●\\e[31m●\""
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "de",
-      "key": " DE",
       "keyColor": "blue"
     },
     {
@@ -105,29 +78,35 @@
       "key": "│ ├",
       "keyColor": "blue"
     },
+    {
+      "type": "de",
+      "key": " DE",
+      "keyColor": "blue"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "terminal",
+      "key": "│ ├",
+      "keyColor": "blue"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "packages",
+      "key": "│ ├󰏖",
+      "keyColor": "blue"
+    },
     {
       "type": "wmtheme",
       "key": "│ ├󰉼",
       "keyColor": "blue"
     },
     {
-      "type": "icons",
-      "key": "│ ├󰀻",
-      "keyColor": "blue"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "cursor",
-      "key": "│ ├",
-      "keyColor": "blue"
+      "type": "command",
+      "key": "│ ├󰸌",
+      "keyColor": "blue",
+      "text": "theme=$(omarchy-theme-current); echo -e \"$theme \\e[38m●\\e[37m●\\e[36m●\\e[35m●\\e[34m●\\e[33m●\\e[32m●\\e[31m●\""
     },
     {
       "type": "terminalfont",
-      "key": "│ ├",
-      "keyColor": "blue"
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "terminal",
-      "key": "└ └",
+      "key": "└ └",
       "keyColor": "blue"
     },
     {
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 21ff1c0b..44e2887c 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/xcompose.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/mise-ruby.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/docker.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/mimetypes.sh
+source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/localdb.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/hardware/network.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/hardware/fix-fkeys.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/config/hardware/bluetooth.sh
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/login/plymouth.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/login/limine-snapper.sh
 source $OMARCHY_INSTALL/login/alt-bootloaders.sh
 
-# Updates
-sudo updatedb
+# Pin bad packages
+sudo pacman -U --noconfirm https://pkgs.omarchy.org/x86_64/abseil-cpp-20250512.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
 
 # Reboot
 clear
diff --git a/install/config/localdb.sh b/install/config/localdb.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73721488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/config/localdb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Update localdb so that locate will find everything installed
+sudo updatedb
diff --git a/install/packages.ignored b/install/packages.ignored
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b612e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/packages.ignored
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+abseil-cpp
diff --git a/install/packages.pinned b/install/packages.pinned
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f349af9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/packages.pinned
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://pkgs.omarchy.org/x86_64/abseil-cpp-20250512.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
diff --git a/install/packaging/pins.sh b/install/packaging/pins.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bacb6165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/packaging/pins.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# We pin explicit packages that are bad upstream here
+pinned_packages=$(omarchy-pkg-pinned)
+
+if [[ -n $pinned_packages ]]; then
+  echo -e "\e[32m\nInstall pinned system packages\e[0m"
+
+  for pinned in $pinned_packages; do
+    echo "sudo pacman -U --noconfirm $pinned"
+    sudo pacman -U --noconfirm $pinned
+  done
+fi
diff --git a/migrations/1756208867.sh b/migrations/1756208867.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c351d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1756208867.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+echo "Update fastfetch config"
+
+omarchy-refresh-config fastfetch/config.jsonc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrations/1756284863.sh b/migrations/1756284863.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e1308bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1756284863.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+echo "Pin abseil-cpp as the latest package is broken"
+
+sudo pacman -U --noconfirm https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/u/uwsm/uwsm-0.23.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst