diff --git a/builder/cmds/autostart-offline.sh b/builder/cmds/autostart-offline.sh
index eea2652..f6b9e28 100644
--- a/builder/cmds/autostart-offline.sh
+++ b/builder/cmds/autostart-offline.sh
@@ -1,67 +1,69 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-chroot_bash() {
-  HOME=/home/$OMARCHY_USER \
-    arch-chroot -u $OMARCHY_USER /mnt/ \
-    env OMARCHY_CHROOT_INSTALL=1 \
-    OMARCHY_OFFLINE_INSTALL=1 \
-    OMARCHY_USER_NAME="$(<user_full_name.txt)" \
-    OMARCHY_USER_EMAIL="$(<user_email_address.txt)" \
-    USER="$OMARCHY_USER" \
-    HOME="/home/$OMARCHY_USER" \
-    /bin/bash "$@"
-}
+# Set Tokyo Night color scheme for the terminal
+set_tokyo_night_colors() {
+  if [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty"* ]]; then
+    # Tokyo Night color palette
+    echo -en "\e]P01a1b26" # black (background)
+    echo -en "\e]P1f7768e" # red
+    echo -en "\e]P29ece6a" # green
+    echo -en "\e]P3e0af68" # yellow
+    echo -en "\e]P47aa2f7" # blue
+    echo -en "\e]P5bb9af7" # magenta
+    echo -en "\e]P67dcfff" # cyan
+    echo -en "\e]P7a9b1d6" # white
+    echo -en "\e]P8414868" # bright black
+    echo -en "\e]P9f7768e" # bright red
+    echo -en "\e]PA9ece6a" # bright green
+    echo -en "\e]PBe0af68" # bright yellow
+    echo -en "\e]PC7aa2f7" # bright blue
+    echo -en "\e]PDbb9af7" # bright magenta
+    echo -en "\e]PE7dcfff" # bright cyan
+    echo -en "\e]PFc0caf5" # bright white (foreground)
 
-catch_errors() {
-  echo -e "\n\e[31mOmarchy ISO installation failed!\e[0m"
-  echo
-  echo "This command halted with exit code $?:"
-  echo "$BASH_COMMAND"
-  echo
-  echo "Get help from the community via QR code or at https://discord.gg/tXFUdasqhY"
-  echo "                                 "
-  echo "    █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄ ▄ ▀▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀█    "
-  echo "    █ ███ █ ▄▄▄▄▀▄▀▄▀ █ ███ █    "
-  echo "    █ ▀▀▀ █ ▄█  ▄█▄▄▀ █ ▀▀▀ █    "
-  echo "    ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▄█ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀    "
-  echo "    ▀▀█▀▀▄▀▀▀▀▄█▀▀█  ▀ █ ▀ █     "
-  echo "    █▄█ ▄▄▀▄▄ ▀ ▄ ▀█▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▀█    "
-  echo "    ▄ ▄▀█ ▀▄▀▀▀▄ ▄█▀▄█▀▄▀▄▀█▀    "
-  echo "    █ ▄▄█▄▀▄█ ▄▄▄  ▀ ▄▀██▀ ▀█    "
-  echo "    ▀ ▀   ▀ █ ▀▄  ▀▀█▀▀▀█▄▀      "
-  echo "    █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▀█  ▄▀▀ █ ▀ █▄▀██    "
-  echo "    █ ███ █ █▀▄▄▀ █▀███▀█▄██▄    "
-  echo "    █ ▀▀▀ █ ██  ▀ █▄█ ▄▄▄█▀ █    "
-  echo "    ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀  ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀    "
-  echo "                                 "
-
-  if [[ -z ${OMARCHY_USER-} ]]; then
-    echo "You can retry by running: ~/.automated_script.sh"
-  else
-    echo "You can retry by running: bash ~/.local/share/omarchy/install.sh || bash"
-    chroot_bash
+    # Set default foreground and background
+    echo -en "\033[0m"
+    clear
   fi
 }
 
-trap catch_errors ERR
+OMARCHY_LOGO='                 ▄▄▄                                                   
+ ▄█████▄    ▄███████████▄    ▄███████   ▄███████   ▄███████   ▄█   █▄    ▄█   █▄ 
+███   ███  ███   ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███
+███   ███  ███   ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   █▀   ███   ███  ███   ███
+███   ███  ███   ███   ███ ▄███▄▄▄███ ▄███▄▄▄██▀  ███       ▄███▄▄▄███▄ ███▄▄▄███
+███   ███  ███   ███   ███ ▀███▀▀▀███ ▀███▀▀▀▀    ███      ▀▀███▀▀▀███  ▀▀▀▀▀▀███
+███   ███  ███   ███   ███  ███   ███ ██████████  ███   █▄   ███   ███  ▄██   ███
+███   ███  ███   ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███  ███   ███
+ ▀█████▀    ▀█   ███   █▀   ███   █▀   ███   ███  ███████▀   ███   █▀    ▀█████▀ 
+                                       ███   █▀                                  '
 
-if [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]]; then
-  # Initialize and populate the keyring
-  # Always reinitialize to ensure it's properly set up
-  echo "Initializing pacman keyring..."
-  pacman-key --init
-  pacman-key --populate archlinux
+clear_logo() {
+  clear
+  echo -e "\033[32m$OMARCHY_LOGO\033[0m\n"
+  echo
+}
 
-  # Sync the offline database so pacman can find packages
-  echo "Syncing offline package database..."
-  pacman -Sy --noconfirm
+run_configurator() {
+  set -euo pipefail
 
   # Configurator for user information, disk selection, and wifi configuration
   NETWORK_NOT_NEEDED=true ./configurator
 
   # Get username from installer config for reliable error recovery
-  OMARCHY_USER="$(jq -r '.users[0].username' user_credentials.json)"
+  export OMARCHY_USER="$(jq -r '.users[0].username' user_credentials.json)"
+}
+
+install_base_system() {
+  set -euo pipefail
+
+  # Initialize and populate the keyring
+  pacman-key --init
+  pacman-key --populate archlinux
+
+  # Sync the offline database so pacman can find packages
+  pacman -Sy --noconfirm
 
   # Install using files generated by the ./configurator
   # Skip NTP and WKD sync since we're offline (keyring is pre-populated in ISO)
@@ -111,8 +113,87 @@ EOF
   find /mnt/home/$OMARCHY_USER/.local/share/omarchy -type f -path "*/bin/*" -exec chmod +x {} \;
   # Ensure install.sh is executable
   chmod +x /mnt/home/$OMARCHY_USER/.local/share/omarchy/install.sh 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+chroot_bash() {
+  HOME=/home/$OMARCHY_USER \
+    arch-chroot -u $OMARCHY_USER /mnt/ \
+    env OMARCHY_CHROOT_INSTALL=1 \
+    OMARCHY_OFFLINE_INSTALL=1 \
+    OMARCHY_USER_NAME="$(<user_full_name.txt)" \
+    OMARCHY_USER_EMAIL="$(<user_email_address.txt)" \
+    USER="$OMARCHY_USER" \
+    HOME="/home/$OMARCHY_USER" \
+    /bin/bash "$@"
+}
+
+catch_errors() {
+  # Show the last lines of the log to help debug
+  if [ -f "/mnt/var/log/omarchy-install.log" ]; then
+    tail -50 "/mnt/var/log/omarchy-install.log"
+  else
+    tail -50 "/var/log/archinstall/install.log"
+  fi
+
+  echo -e "\n\e[31mOmarchy Offline ISO installation failed!\e[0m"
+  echo
+  echo "This command halted with exit code $?:"
+  echo "$BASH_COMMAND"
+  echo
+  echo "Get help from the community via QR code or at https://discord.gg/tXFUdasqhY"
+  echo "                                 "
+  echo "    █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄ ▄ ▀▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀█    "
+  echo "    █ ███ █ ▄▄▄▄▀▄▀▄▀ █ ███ █    "
+  echo "    █ ▀▀▀ █ ▄█  ▄█▄▄▀ █ ▀▀▀ █    "
+  echo "    ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▄█ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀    "
+  echo "    ▀▀█▀▀▄▀▀▀▀▄█▀▀█  ▀ █ ▀ █     "
+  echo "    █▄█ ▄▄▀▄▄ ▀ ▄ ▀█▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▀█    "
+  echo "    ▄ ▄▀█ ▀▄▀▀▀▄ ▄█▀▄█▀▄▀▄▀█▀    "
+  echo "    █ ▄▄█▄▀▄█ ▄▄▄  ▀ ▄▀██▀ ▀█    "
+  echo "    ▀ ▀   ▀ █ ▀▄  ▀▀█▀▀▀█▄▀      "
+  echo "    █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▀█  ▄▀▀ █ ▀ █▄▀██    "
+  echo "    █ ███ █ █▀▄▄▀ █▀███▀█▄██▄    "
+  echo "    █ ▀▀▀ █ ██  ▀ █▄█ ▄▄▄█▀ █    "
+  echo "    ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀  ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀    "
+  echo "                                 "
+
+  if [[ -z ${OMARCHY_USER-} ]]; then
+    echo "You can retry by running: ~/.automated_script.sh"
+  else
+    echo "You can retry by running: bash ~/.local/share/omarchy/install.sh || bash"
+    chroot_bash
+  fi
+}
+
+trap catch_errors ERR
+
+if [[ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]]; then
+  set_tokyo_night_colors
+
+  # Configure gum spinner to match theme
+  export GUM_SPIN_SPINNER="line"
+  export GUM_SPIN_SHOW_ERROR="true" # Show output if command fails
+  export GUM_SPIN_ALIGN="right"
+
+  run_configurator
+
+  clear_logo
+
+  # Export functions so they're available in the subshell
+  export -f install_base_system
+
+  # Run base system installation with spinner
+  gum spin --title "Formatting and installing base system..." -- bash -c 'install_base_system'
+
+  echo -e "Base system installed \033[32m[X]\033[0m"
+
+  # Get username from the config file after installation
+  OMARCHY_USER="$(jq -r '.users[0].username' user_credentials.json)"
+
+  # Install gum so we can have spinners
+  chroot_bash -lc "sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed gum" >/dev/null
 
   # Run Omarchy installer directly (skip boot.sh since it would try to clone again)
-  # boot.sh just clones the repo and runs install.sh, but we already have the repo
+  # The omarchy installer will handle its own spinner/UI
   chroot_bash -lc "source /home/$OMARCHY_USER/.local/share/omarchy/install.sh || bash"
 fi