diff --git a/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/background/Background.qml b/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/background/Background.qml
index 1e3ac5200..c92ca2765 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/background/Background.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/background/Background.qml
@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ Variants {
                     styleColor: Appearance.colors.colShadow
                     text: DateTime.date
                 }
+                StyledText {
+                    horizontalAlignment: bgRoot.textHorizontalAlignment
+                    font {
+                        family: Appearance.font.family.expressive
+                        pixelSize: 20
+                        weight: Font.DemiBold
+                    }
+                    color: bgRoot.colText
+                    style: Text.Raised
+                    visible: Config.options.background.mantra !== ""
+                    styleColor: Appearance.colors.colShadow
+                    text: Config.options.background.mantra
+                }
             }
 
             RowLayout {
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/Config.qml b/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/Config.qml
index ce1de603e..6f86688cf 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/Config.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/Config.qml
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ Singleton {
                     property real workspaceZoom: 1.07 // Relative to your screen, not wallpaper size
                     property bool enableSidebar: true
                 }
+                property string mantra: ""
             }
 
             property JsonObject bar: JsonObject {