diff --git a/bin/omarchy-install-once b/bin/omarchy-install-once
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..97d56752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-install-once
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Install the ONCE service, enable its background service, and launch the TUI.
+
+echo "Installing ONCE..."
+omarchy-pkg-add once-bin
+
+echo "Enabling ONCE background service..."
+sudo systemctl enable --now once-background.service
+
+echo -e "\nLaunching ONCE..."
+once
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu b/bin/omarchy-menu
index bbb56fa9..53d2b4cf 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu
@@ -317,10 +317,11 @@ show_install_menu() {
 }
 
 show_install_service_menu() {
-  case $(menu "Install" "  Dropbox\n  Tailscale\n󱇱  NordVPN [AUR]\n󰟵  Bitwarden\n  Chromium Account") in
+  case $(menu "Install" "  Dropbox\n  Tailscale\n󱇱  NordVPN [AUR]\n󰏖  ONCE\n󰟵  Bitwarden\n  Chromium Account") in
   *Dropbox*) present_terminal omarchy-install-dropbox ;;
   *Tailscale*) present_terminal omarchy-install-tailscale ;;
   *NordVPN*) present_terminal omarchy-install-nordvpn ;;
+  *ONCE*) present_terminal omarchy-install-once ;;
   *Bitwarden*) install_and_launch "Bitwarden" "bitwarden bitwarden-cli" "bitwarden" ;;
   *Chromium*) present_terminal omarchy-install-chromium-google-account ;;
   *) show_install_menu ;;
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-perform b/bin/omarchy-update-perform
index 9c22adf2..8965c0c2 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-perform
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-perform
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Run the update inside a PTY so pacman/yay keep showing download progress
+# while still logging the full session for later analysis.
+if [[ -z $OMARCHY_UPDATE_LOGGED ]]; then
+  script_command=$(printf '%q ' "$0" "$@")
+  exec env OMARCHY_UPDATE_LOGGED=1 script -qefc "$script_command" "/tmp/omarchy-update.log"
+fi
+
 # Ensure screensaver/sleep doesn't set in during updates
 hyprctl dispatch tagwindow +noidle &>/dev/null || true
 
-# Capture update logs (CLICOLOR_FORCE keeps gum styled when stdout is piped through tee)
-export CLICOLOR_FORCE=1
-exec > >(tee "/tmp/omarchy-update.log") 2>&1
-
 # Perform all update steps
 omarchy-update-keyring
 omarchy-update-available-reset