diff --git a/customModules/submap/helpers.ts b/customModules/submap/helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c38718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/customModules/submap/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Variable } from 'types/variable';
+
+const hyprland = await Service.import('hyprland');
+
+export const isSubmapEnabled = (submap: string, enabled: string, disabled: string): string => {
+    return submap !== 'default' ? enabled : disabled;
+};
+
+export const getInitialSubmap = (submapStatus: Variable<string>): void => {
+    let submap = hyprland.message('submap');
+
+    const newLineCarriage = /\n/g;
+    submap = submap.replace(newLineCarriage, '');
+
+    if (submap === 'unknown request') {
+        submap = 'default';
+    }
+
+    submapStatus.value = submap;
+};
diff --git a/customModules/submap/index.ts b/customModules/submap/index.ts
index c97fa2c..c83316e 100644
--- a/customModules/submap/index.ts
+++ b/customModules/submap/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import Button from 'types/widgets/button';
 import { Variable as VariableType } from 'types/variable';
 import { Attribute, Child } from 'lib/types/widget';
 import { BarBoxChild } from 'lib/types/bar';
-import { caapitalizeFirstLetter } from 'lib/utils';
+import { capitalizeFirstLetter } from 'lib/utils';
+import { getInitialSubmap, isSubmapEnabled } from './helpers';
 
 const {
     label,
@@ -23,18 +24,24 @@ const {
     scrollDown,
 } = options.bar.customModules.submap;
 
-const submapStatus: VariableType<string> = Variable('');
+const submapStatus: VariableType<string> = Variable('default');
 
 hyprland.connect('submap', (_, currentSubmap) => {
-    submapStatus.value = currentSubmap;
+    if (currentSubmap.length === 0) {
+        submapStatus.value = 'default';
+    } else {
+        submapStatus.value = currentSubmap;
+    }
 });
 
+getInitialSubmap(submapStatus);
+
 export const Submap = (): BarBoxChild => {
     const submapModule = module({
         textIcon: Utils.merge(
             [submapStatus.bind('value'), enabledIcon.bind('value'), disabledIcon.bind('value')],
             (status, enabled, disabled) => {
-                return status.length > 0 ? enabled : disabled;
+                return isSubmapEnabled(status, enabled, disabled);
             },
         ),
         tooltipText: Utils.merge(
@@ -46,9 +53,9 @@ export const Submap = (): BarBoxChild => {
             ],
             (status, enabled, disabled, showSmName) => {
                 if (showSmName) {
-                    return status.length > 0 ? caapitalizeFirstLetter(status) : 'Default';
+                    return capitalizeFirstLetter(status);
                 }
-                return status.length > 0 ? enabled : disabled;
+                return isSubmapEnabled(status, enabled, disabled);
             },
         ),
         boxClass: 'submap',
@@ -61,9 +68,9 @@ export const Submap = (): BarBoxChild => {
             ],
             (status, enabled, disabled, showSmName) => {
                 if (showSmName) {
-                    return status.length > 0 ? caapitalizeFirstLetter(status) : 'Default';
+                    return capitalizeFirstLetter(status);
                 }
-                return status.length > 0 ? enabled : disabled;
+                return isSubmapEnabled(status, enabled, disabled);
             },
         ),
         showLabelBinding: label.bind('value'),
diff --git a/lib/utils.ts b/lib/utils.ts
index dd5b316..8b8fd04 100644
--- a/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/utils.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,6 @@ export const isValidGjsColor = (color: string): boolean => {
     return false;
 };
 
-export const caapitalizeFirstLetter = (str: string): string => {
+export const capitalizeFirstLetter = (str: string): string => {
     return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
 };
diff --git a/modules/menus/dashboard/index.ts b/modules/menus/dashboard/index.ts
index 6aee225..0569109 100644
--- a/modules/menus/dashboard/index.ts
+++ b/modules/menus/dashboard/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import Window from 'types/widgets/window.js';
 import { Attribute, Child } from 'lib/types/widget.js';
 import options from 'options.js';
 
+const { enabled: directoriesEnabled } = options.menus.dashboard.directories;
+
 export default (): Window<Child, Attribute> => {
     return DropdownMenu({
         name: 'dashboardmenu',
@@ -20,13 +22,21 @@ export default (): Window<Child, Attribute> => {
                 Widget.Box({
                     class_name: 'dashboard-content-container',
                     vertical: true,
-                    children: [
-                        Widget.Box({
-                            class_name: 'dashboard-content-items',
-                            vertical: true,
-                            children: [Profile(), Shortcuts(), Controls(), Directories(), Stats()],
-                        }),
-                    ],
+                    children: directoriesEnabled.bind('value').as((isDirectoriesEnabled) => {
+                        return [
+                            Widget.Box({
+                                class_name: 'dashboard-content-items',
+                                vertical: true,
+                                children: [
+                                    Profile(),
+                                    Shortcuts(),
+                                    Controls(),
+                                    ...(isDirectoriesEnabled ? [Directories()] : []),
+                                    Stats(),
+                                ],
+                            }),
+                        ];
+                    }),
                 }),
             ],
         }),
diff --git a/options.ts b/options.ts
index ba950df..805a180 100644
--- a/options.ts
+++ b/options.ts
@@ -1103,6 +1103,7 @@ const options = mkOptions(OPTIONS, {
                 },
             },
             directories: {
+                enabled: opt(true),
                 left: {
                     directory1: {
                         label: opt('󰉍 Downloads'),
diff --git a/services/Brightness.ts b/services/Brightness.ts
index cbfec92..4ac8d49 100644
--- a/services/Brightness.ts
+++ b/services/Brightness.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if (!dependencies('brightnessctl')) App.quit();
 
 const get = (args: string): number => Number(Utils.exec(`brightnessctl ${args}`));
 const screen = await bash`ls -w1 /sys/class/backlight | head -1`;
-const kbd = await bash`ls -w1 /sys/class/leds | head -1`;
+const kbd = await bash`ls -w1 /sys/class/leds | grep '::kbd_backlight$' | head -1`;
 
 class Brightness extends Service {
     static {
diff --git a/widget/settings/pages/config/menus/dashboard.ts b/widget/settings/pages/config/menus/dashboard.ts
index 8a56e22..e6ef528 100644
--- a/widget/settings/pages/config/menus/dashboard.ts
+++ b/widget/settings/pages/config/menus/dashboard.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export const DashboardMenuSettings = (): Scrollable<Child, Attribute> => {
                 }),
 
                 Header('Directories'),
+                Option({ opt: options.menus.dashboard.directories.enabled, title: 'Enabled', type: 'boolean' }),
                 Option({
                     opt: options.menus.dashboard.directories.left.directory1.label,
                     title: 'Left - Directory 1 (Label)',