diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 60d9f1c..c36372d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
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-checksum = "a76fd60b23679b7d19bd066031410fb7e458ccc5e958eb5c325888ce4baedc97"
+checksum = "f4fa78e18c64fce05e902adecd7a5eed15a5e0a3439f7b0e169f0252214865e3"
 dependencies = [
  "gimli",
 ]
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.1"
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-checksum = "6d26004fe83b2d1cd3a97609b21e39f9a31535822210fe83205d2ce48866ea61"
+checksum = "7c48ccdbf6ca6b121e0f586cbc0e73ae440e56c67c30fa0873b4e110d9c26d2b"
 dependencies = [
  "event-listener",
  "futures-core",
- "parking_lot",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -48,20 +47,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-executor"
-version = "1.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fa3dc5f2a8564f07759c008b9109dc0d39de92a88d5588b8a5036d286383afb"
-dependencies = [
- "async-lock",
- "async-task",
- "concurrent-queue",
- "fastrand",
- "futures-lite",
- "slab",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -92,14 +77,32 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "async-recursion"
-version = "0.3.2"
+name = "async-process"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7d78656ba01f1b93024b7c3a0467f1608e4be67d725749fdcd7d2c7678fd7a2"
+checksum = "7a9d28b1d97e08915212e2e45310d47854eafa69600756fc735fb788f75199c9"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "autocfg",
+ "blocking",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "rustix",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-recursion"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e97ce7de6cf12de5d7226c73f5ba9811622f4db3a5b91b55c53e987e5f91cba"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.22",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -130,6 +133,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.22",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-waker"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1181e1e0d1fce796a03db1ae795d67167da795f9cf4a39c37589e85ef57f26d3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -138,9 +147,9 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.3.67"
+version = "0.3.68"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "233d376d6d185f2a3093e58f283f60f880315b6c60075b01f36b3b85154564ca"
+checksum = "4319208da049c43661739c5fade2ba182f09d1dc2299b32298d3a31692b17e12"
 dependencies = [
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  "cc",
@@ -157,6 +166,36 @@ version = "1.3.2"
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 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "blocking"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77231a1c8f801696fc0123ec6150ce92cffb8e164a02afb9c8ddee0e9b65ad65"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel",
+ "async-lock",
+ "async-task",
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "log",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bytemuck"
+version = "1.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17febce684fd15d89027105661fec94afb475cb995fbc59d2865198446ba2eea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.4.3"
@@ -220,8 +259,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-notifications#d37539ae7a7b92daa4fa8702497e7830c13224a6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-notifications#7e8dc5369f72a2515a4213e9084b1255cbc6c66a"
 dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -236,12 +276,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "launch-pad",
  "libc",
  "log-panics",
- "nix 0.25.1",
+ "nix 0.26.2",
  "scopeguard",
  "sendfd",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "systemd_client",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
@@ -250,6 +289,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zbus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03e69e28e9f7f77debdedbaafa2866e1de9ba56df55a8bd7cfc724c25a09987c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.16"
@@ -259,6 +307,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derivative"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -271,23 +329,13 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "dirs"
-version = "4.0.0"
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca3aa72a6f96ea37bbc5aa912f6788242832f75369bdfdadcb0e38423f100059"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys"
-version = "0.3.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b1d1d91c932ef41c0f2663aa8b0ca0342d444d842c06914aa0a7e352d0bada6"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "redox_users",
- "winapi",
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -428,6 +476,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.10"
@@ -508,7 +566,7 @@ checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 [[package]]
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-source = "git+https://github.com/pop-os/launch-pad?branch=stdin-msg#6c27271f05f19d0cb8801717c218540f9ed00b3b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pop-os/launch-pad?branch=stdin-msg#ac8e2b454a2f602bbe2479b9b75c31293f7e4439"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "slotmap",
@@ -586,10 +644,19 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.6.2"
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.7.1"
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-checksum = "b275950c28b37e794e8c55d88aeb5e139d0ce23fdbbeda68f8d7174abdf9e8fa"
+checksum = "5de893c32cde5f383baa4c04c5d6dbdd735cfd4a794b0debdb2bb1b421da5ff4"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7810e0be55b428ada41041c41f32c9f1a42817901b4ccf45fa3d4b6561e74c7"
 dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
@@ -615,19 +682,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "memoffset",
+ "memoffset 0.6.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
-version = "0.25.1"
+version = "0.26.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f346ff70e7dbfd675fe90590b92d59ef2de15a8779ae305ebcbfd3f0caf59be4"
+checksum = "bfdda3d196821d6af13126e40375cdf7da646a96114af134d5f417a9a1dc8e1a"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
+ "memoffset 0.7.1",
+ "static_assertions",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -642,9 +710,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
-version = "0.30.4"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03b4680b86d9cfafba8fc491dc9b6df26b68cf40e9e6cd73909194759a63c385"
+checksum = "8bda667d9f2b5051b8833f59f3bf748b28ef54f850f4fcb389a252aa383866d1"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -657,9 +725,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ordered-stream"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44630c059eacfd6e08bdaa51b1db2ce33119caa4ddc1235e923109aa5f25ccb1"
+checksum = "9aa2b01e1d916879f73a53d01d1d6cee68adbb31d6d9177a8cfce093cced1d50"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -701,7 +769,7 @@ checksum = "93f00c865fe7cabf650081affecd3871070f26767e7b2070a3ffae14c654b447"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
+ "redox_syscall",
  "smallvec",
  "windows-targets",
 ]
@@ -798,15 +866,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.2.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -816,17 +875,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_users"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
- "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.8.4"
@@ -867,9 +915,9 @@ checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.37.20"
+version = "0.37.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b96e891d04aa506a6d1f318d2771bcb1c7dfda84e126660ace067c9b474bb2c0"
+checksum = "62f25693a73057a1b4cb56179dd3c7ea21a7c6c5ee7d85781f5749b46f34b79c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
@@ -945,19 +993,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.10.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1da05c97445caa12d05e848c4a4fcbbea29e748ac28f7e80e9b010392063770"
+checksum = "f04293dc80c3993519f2d7f6f511707ee7094fe0c6d3406feb330cdb3540eba3"
 dependencies = [
- "sha1_smol",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha1_smol"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ae1a47186c03a32177042e55dbc5fd5aee900b8e0069a8d70fba96a9375cd012"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -967,6 +1011,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "732768f1176d21d09e076c23a93123d40bba92d50c4058da34d45c8de8e682b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -1038,18 +1092,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "systemd_client"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c8824ab68baa14650ff676267b14e5df3c4debf617d19dd01cc82d4f4c751ae5"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror",
- "tracing",
- "zbus",
- "zvariant",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.6.0"
@@ -1059,7 +1101,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
- "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
+ "redox_syscall",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
@@ -1096,11 +1138,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.28.2"
+version = "1.29.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94d7b1cfd2aa4011f2de74c2c4c63665e27a71006b0a192dcd2710272e73dfa2"
+checksum = "532826ff75199d5833b9d2c5fe410f29235e25704ee5f0ef599fb51c21f4a4da"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
+ "backtrace",
  "bytes",
  "libc",
  "mio",
@@ -1109,6 +1152,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
+ "tracing",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -1236,6 +1280,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uds_windows"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -1374,30 +1424,34 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "zbus"
-version = "2.3.2"
+name = "xdg-home"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d8f1a037b2c4a67d9654dc7bdfa8ff2e80555bbefdd3c1833c1d1b27c963a6b"
+checksum = "2769203cd13a0c6015d515be729c526d041e9cf2c0cc478d57faee85f40c6dcd"
+dependencies = [
+ "nix 0.26.2",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zbus"
+version = "3.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31de390a2d872e4cd04edd71b425e29853f786dc99317ed72d73d6fcf5ebb948"
 dependencies = [
  "async-broadcast",
- "async-channel",
- "async-executor",
- "async-io",
- "async-lock",
+ "async-process",
  "async-recursion",
- "async-task",
  "async-trait",
  "byteorder",
  "derivative",
- "dirs",
  "enumflags2",
  "event-listener",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "hex",
- "lazy_static",
- "nix 0.23.2",
+ "nix 0.26.2",
  "once_cell",
  "ordered-stream",
  "rand",
@@ -1409,6 +1463,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "uds_windows",
  "winapi",
+ "xdg-home",
  "zbus_macros",
  "zbus_names",
  "zvariant",
@@ -1416,22 +1471,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zbus_macros"
-version = "2.3.2"
+version = "3.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f8fb5186d1c87ae88cf234974c240671238b4a679158ad3b94ec465237349a6"
+checksum = "41d1794a946878c0e807f55a397187c11fc7a038ba5d868e7db4f3bd7760bc9d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "regex",
  "syn 1.0.109",
+ "zvariant_utils",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zbus_names"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "82441e6033be0a741157a72951a3e4957d519698f3a824439cc131c5ba77ac2a"
+checksum = "fb80bb776dbda6e23d705cf0123c3b95df99c4ebeaec6c2599d4a5419902b4a9"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "static_assertions",
@@ -1440,9 +1496,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zvariant"
-version = "3.14.0"
+version = "3.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "622cc473f10cef1b0d73b7b34a266be30ebdcfaea40ec297dd8cbda088f9f93c"
+checksum = "44b291bee0d960c53170780af148dca5fa260a63cdd24f1962fa82e03e53338c"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "enumflags2",
@@ -1454,9 +1510,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zvariant_derive"
-version = "3.14.0"
+version = "3.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d9c1b57352c25b778257c661f3c4744b7cefb7fc09dd46909a153cce7773da2"
+checksum = "934d7a7dfc310d6ee06c87ffe88ef4eca7d3e37bb251dece2ef93da8f17d8ecd"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0c702b9..ef98aa2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ futures-util = "0.3"
 launch-pad = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/launch-pad", branch = "stdin-msg" }
 libc = "0.2"
 log-panics = { version = "2", features = ["with-backtrace"] }
-nix = { version = "0.25", features = ["fs"], default-features = false }
+nix = { version = "0.26", features = ["fs"], default-features = false }
 scopeguard = "1"
 sendfd = { version = "0.4", features = ["tokio"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
-systemd_client = "0.2"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [
   "fs",
   "io-util",
@@ -37,5 +36,5 @@ tokio-util = "0.7"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-journald = "0.3"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
-zbus = { version = "2", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"] }
+zbus = { version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"] }
 cosmic-notifications-util = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-notifications"}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4a50c56..37c4d9d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 		.expect("failed to start settings daemon");
 
 	let (exit_tx, exit_rx) = oneshot::channel();
-	let _ = ConnectionBuilder::session()?
+	let _conn = ConnectionBuilder::session()?
 		.name("com.system76.CosmicSession")?
 		.serve_at(
 			"/com/system76/CosmicSession",
@@ -222,19 +222,22 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 	loop {
 		tokio::select! {
 			_ = compositor_handle => {
-				info!("compositor exited");
+				info!("EXITING: compositor exited");
 				break;
 			},
-			_ = exit_rx => {
-				info!("session exited by request");
+			res = exit_rx => {
+                if res.is_err() {
+                    warn!("exit channel dropped session");
+                }
+				info!("EXITING: session exited by request");
 				break;
 			},
 			signal = signals.next() => match signal {
 				Some(libc::SIGTERM | libc::SIGINT) => {
-					info!("received request to terminate");
+					info!("EXITING: received request to terminate");
 					break;
 				}
-				Some(signal) => unreachable!("received unhandled signal {}", signal),
+				Some(signal) => unreachable!("EXITING: received unhandled signal {}", signal),
 				None => break,
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/systemd.rs b/src/systemd.rs
index c2f643e..75e63c6 100644
--- a/src/systemd.rs
+++ b/src/systemd.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
 use color_eyre::{eyre::WrapErr, Result};
-use systemd_client::manager::{SystemdManagerProxy, SystemdManagerProxyBlocking};
 
 pub async fn start_systemd_target() -> Result<()> {
-	let connection = zbus::Connection::session().await?;
-	let manager = SystemdManagerProxy::new(&connection)
-		.await
-		.wrap_err("failed to connect to org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager")?;
-	manager
-		.start_unit("cosmic-session.target", "replace")
-		.await
-		.wrap_err("failed to start cosmic-session.target")?;
+	let _ = std::process::Command::new("systemctl")
+		.arg("start")
+		.arg("--user")
+		.arg("cosmic-session.target")
+		.spawn()
+		.wrap_err("Failed to start multi-user.target")?;
 	Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn stop_systemd_target() -> Result<()> {
-	let connection = zbus::blocking::Connection::session().wrap_err("failed to connect to zbus")?;
-	let manager = SystemdManagerProxyBlocking::new(&connection)
-		.wrap_err("failed to connect to org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager")?;
-	manager
-		.stop_unit("cosmic-session.target", "replace")
-		.wrap_err("failed to stop cosmic-session.target")?;
+	let _ = std::process::Command::new("systemctl")
+		.arg("stop")
+		.arg("--user")
+		.arg("cosmic-session.target")
+		.spawn()
+		.wrap_err("Failed to stop multi-user.target")?;
 	Ok(())
 }