diff --git a/services/wolf.sh b/services/wolf.sh
index ca2d2b9..04259c5 100644
--- a/services/wolf.sh
+++ b/services/wolf.sh
@@ -708,7 +708,8 @@ UDEV
              "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/kodi" "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/emulators" \
              "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/steam-cache" \
              "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/bios" "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retroarch/cores" \
-             "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retroarch/shaders" "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retroarch/overlays"
+             "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retroarch/shaders" "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retroarch/overlays" \
+             "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retro-home"
 
     # ── Wolf state folder on the game drive ───────────────────────────────────
     # This is the clean way to keep Steam (and everything else) off the OS
@@ -759,6 +760,14 @@ UDEV
     done
 
     chown -R "$ACTUAL_USER:$ACTUAL_USER" "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+    # The GoW app containers' 'retro' user is hardcoded to uid 1000 regardless
+    # of what ACTUAL_USER's own uid happens to be — force these two directly
+    # onto 1000:1000 so they're writable inside the container even when
+    # ACTUAL_USER isn't uid 1000. Both are mounted at/under /home/retro/.config
+    # (see the esde/retroarch CATALOG mounts) — retro-home in particular is
+    # what /home/retro/.config itself binds to, so anything an app writes
+    # there directly (Waybar, Sway, RetroArch's own state) needs this.
+    chown -R 1000:1000 "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retro-home" "$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/retroarch" 2>/dev/null || true
     log_success "Storage layout: $GAME_STORAGE_DIR/{roms/<system>/,steam,saves,media,emulators,...}"
     log_info "ES-DE ROM directories pre-created. Drop ROMs in the matching subfolder."
 
@@ -1316,6 +1325,7 @@ CATALOG = {
                 f'{games}/saves:/mnt/games/saves:rw',
                 f'{games}/media:/media:rw',
                 f'{games}/bios:/home/retro/bioses:rw',
+                f'{games}/retro-home:/home/retro/.config:rw',
                 f'{games}/retroarch:/home/retro/.config/retroarch:rw',
                 f'{games}/emulators:/mnt/games/emulators:rw',
                 f'{games}/emulators:/home/retro/Applications:rw'],
@@ -1340,6 +1350,7 @@ CATALOG = {
         mounts=[f'{games}/roms:/ROMs:rw',
                 f'{games}/saves:/mnt/games/saves:rw',
                 f'{games}/bios:/home/retro/bioses:rw',
+                f'{games}/retro-home:/home/retro/.config:rw',
                 f'{games}/retroarch:/home/retro/.config/retroarch:rw'],
         env=STD_ENV, cap_add=STD_CAP, security_opt=[], ipc_mode='host',
         ulimits=[], privileged=False,
@@ -2613,6 +2624,7 @@ CATALOG = {
                 f'{games}/saves:/mnt/games/saves:rw',
                 f'{games}/media:/media:rw',
                 f'{games}/bios:/home/retro/bioses:rw',
+                f'{games}/retro-home:/home/retro/.config:rw',
                 f'{games}/retroarch:/home/retro/.config/retroarch:rw',
                 f'{games}/emulators:/mnt/games/emulators:rw',
                 f'{games}/emulators:/home/retro/Applications:rw'],
@@ -2637,6 +2649,7 @@ CATALOG = {
         mounts=[f'{games}/roms:/ROMs:rw',
                 f'{games}/saves:/mnt/games/saves:rw',
                 f'{games}/bios:/home/retro/bioses:rw',
+                f'{games}/retro-home:/home/retro/.config:rw',
                 f'{games}/retroarch:/home/retro/.config/retroarch:rw'],
         env=STD_ENV, cap_add=STD_CAP, security_opt=[], ipc_mode='host',
         ulimits=[], privileged=False,