diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 0396cabf4336..03b8744f6734 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = hyprwhspr
 	pkgdesc = Native Whisper speech-to-text for Arch/Omarchy with Waybar integration
-	pkgver = 1.3.0
+	pkgver = 1.3.2
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr
 	install = hyprwhspr.install
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ pkgbase = hyprwhspr
 	depends = python-pyperclip
 	depends = python-psutil
 	depends = python-rich
-	depends = python-json5
 	depends = python-sounddevice
 	depends = python-evdev
 	depends = python-requests
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ pkgbase = hyprwhspr
 	optdepends = nvidia-utils: For GPU acceleration
 	optdepends = cuda: For GPU acceleration
 	optdepends = whisper.cpp: Use system build instead of building locally in setup step
-	source = hyprwhspr-1.3.0.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.0.tar.gz
-	sha256sums = 1558bd7bc836934c1b77bf7186b20541e525944e4537b1d5091c37a68c62b1db
+	source = hyprwhspr-1.3.2.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.2.tar.gz
+	sha256sums = 11020097a73e3528b84e8f39d1f16c13c18a677ad6aa7d019d63ac0f47cf2ca2
 
 pkgname = hyprwhspr
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 45df8f51ebc1..e98adbfe8c64 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: goodroot <hyprwhspr@goodroot.ca>
 
 pkgname=hyprwhspr
-pkgver=1.3.0
+pkgver=1.3.2
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Native Whisper speech-to-text for Arch/Omarchy with Waybar integration"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ depends=(
   'python-pyperclip'
   'python-psutil'
   'python-rich'
-  'python-json5'
   'python-sounddevice'
   'python-evdev'
   'python-requests'
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ optdepends=(
 )
 install=$pkgname.install
 source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodroot/$pkgname/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('1558bd7bc836934c1b77bf7186b20541e525944e4537b1d5091c37a68c62b1db')
+sha256sums=('11020097a73e3528b84e8f39d1f16c13c18a677ad6aa7d019d63ac0f47cf2ca2')
 
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
@@ -48,50 +47,42 @@ package() {
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$pkgname"
   cp -r lib bin scripts config share README.md LICENSE requirements.txt "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$pkgname"
 
-  # Runtime launcher: prefers user venv + user whisper.cpp bin
+  # Runtime launcher: unified approach - always uses user-space venv
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
   cat > "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname" << 'EOF'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # hyprwhspr launcher
-PKG_ROOT="/usr/lib/hyprwhspr"
-export HYPRWHSPR_ROOT="$PKG_ROOT"
-export PYTHONPATH="$PKG_ROOT/lib${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
 
-# Prefer a user venv; fall back to package venv; else system python
-if [[ -n "$HYPRWHSPR_VENV" ]]; then
-  VENV="$HYPRWHSPR_VENV"
-elif [[ -n "$XDG_DATA_HOME" && -d "$XDG_DATA_HOME/hyprwhspr/venv" ]]; then
-  VENV="$XDG_DATA_HOME/hyprwhspr/venv"
-elif [[ -d "$HOME/.local/share/hyprwhspr/venv" ]]; then
-  VENV="$HOME/.local/share/hyprwhspr/venv"
-elif [[ -d "$PKG_ROOT/venv" ]]; then
-  VENV="$PKG_ROOT/venv"
-fi
+# Get the directory where this script is located
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PACKAGE_ROOT="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
 
-# Ensure user whisper.cpp bin is on PATH if present
-USER_WC_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/hyprwhspr/whisper.cpp"
-if [[ -x "$USER_WC_DIR/build/bin/whisper-cli" ]]; then
-  export PATH="$USER_WC_DIR/build/bin:$PATH"
-fi
+# Set environment variables
+export HYPRWHSPR_ROOT="$PACKAGE_ROOT"
+export PYTHONPATH="$PACKAGE_ROOT/lib:$PYTHONPATH"
 
-if [[ -x "$VENV/bin/python" ]]; then
-  exec "$VENV/bin/python" "$PKG_ROOT/lib/main.py" "$@"
+# Activate virtual environment in user space
+USER_VENV="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/hyprwhspr/venv"
+if [ -f "$USER_VENV/bin/activate" ]; then
+    source "$USER_VENV/bin/activate"
 else
-  exec python3 "$PKG_ROOT/lib/main.py" "$@"
+    echo "Error: Virtual environment not found at $USER_VENV"
+    echo "Please run hyprwhspr-setup to set up hyprwhspr"
+    exit 1
 fi
+
+# Run the main application
+exec python3 "$PACKAGE_ROOT/lib/main.py" "$@"
 EOF
   chmod 755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname"
 
-  # Setup wrapper → AUR mode
+  # Setup wrapper - unified approach
   cat > "$pkgdir/usr/bin/hyprwhspr-setup" << 'EOF'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-export HYPRWHSPR_AUR_INSTALL=1
 exec /usr/lib/hyprwhspr/scripts/install-omarchy.sh "$@"
 EOF
   chmod 755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin/hyprwhspr-setup"
 
-  # Service files are handled by the install script, not installed by package
-
   # Docs & license
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname"
   install -m644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
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