diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scale b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scale
deleted file mode 100755
index 1d9d5aae..00000000
--- a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scale
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# omarchy:summary=Print the monitor scale of the internal monitor or first other monitor
-
-hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '([.[] | select(.name | contains("eDP"))][0] // .[0]).scale // empty | tonumber | if . == floor then floor else . end'
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..004a2743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Show, set, or adjust focused Hyprland monitor scaling
+# omarchy:args=[up|down|1|1.25|1.6|2|3|4]
+# omarchy:examples=omarchy hyprland monitor scaling | omarchy hyprland monitor scaling 1.6 | omarchy hyprland monitor scaling up | omarchy hyprland monitor scaling down
+
+SCALES=(1 1.25 1.6 2 3 4)
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling [up|down|1|1.25|1.6|2|3|4]"
+}
+
+focused_monitor_scale() {
+  hyprctl monitors -j | jq -er '.[] | select(.focused == true) | .scale'
+}
+
+set_scale() {
+  local new_scale="$1"
+  local monitor_info="$(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -e -c '.[] | select(.focused == true)')"
+  local active_monitor="$(echo "$monitor_info" | jq -r '.name')"
+  local width="$(echo "$monitor_info" | jq -r '.width')"
+  local height="$(echo "$monitor_info" | jq -r '.height')"
+  local refresh_rate="$(echo "$monitor_info" | jq -r '.refreshRate')"
+  local monitor_lua="$HOME/.config/hypr/monitors.lua"
+
+  hyprctl eval "hl.monitor({ output = \"$active_monitor\", mode = \"${width}x${height}@${refresh_rate}\", position = \"auto\", scale = $new_scale })" >/dev/null
+
+  # Persist to monitors.lua if the user still has Omarchy's generic catch-all
+  # defaults, so the scale survives reboots.
+  if [[ -f $monitor_lua ]] && grep -q '^local omarchy_monitor_scale = ' "$monitor_lua"; then
+    sed -i -E \
+      -e "s|^local omarchy_monitor_scale = .*|local omarchy_monitor_scale = ${new_scale}|" \
+      -e "s|^local omarchy_gdk_scale = .*|local omarchy_gdk_scale = ${new_scale}|" \
+      "$monitor_lua"
+  elif [[ -f $monitor_lua ]] && grep -Eq '^hl\.monitor\(\{ output = "", mode = "preferred", position = "auto", scale = ("auto"|[0-9.]+) \}\)' "$monitor_lua"; then
+    sed -i -E \
+      -e "s|^(hl\.monitor\(\{ output = \"\", mode = \"preferred\", position = \"auto\", scale = )([^ ]+)( \}\))|\\1${new_scale}\\3|" \
+      -e 's|^hl\.env\("GDK_SCALE", ".*"\)|hl.env("GDK_SCALE", "'"$new_scale"'")|' \
+      "$monitor_lua"
+  fi
+}
+
+scale_from_current() {
+  local direction="${1:-}"
+
+  # Find the preset closest to the current scale (Hyprland may snap fractional
+  # scales to nearby values, so we can't match exactly).
+  awk -v direction="$direction" -v list="${SCALES[*]}" '
+    NR == 1 { scale = $0; found = 1 }
+    END {
+      if (!found) exit 1
+
+      n = split(list, scales, " ")
+      best = 1; best_diff = 1e9
+      for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
+        diff = scale - scales[i]; if (diff < 0) diff = -diff
+        if (diff < best_diff) { best_diff = diff; best = i }
+      }
+
+      if (direction == "next" && best < n) best++
+      else if (direction == "previous" && best > 1) best--
+
+      print scales[best]
+    }'
+}
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+"")
+  focused_monitor_scale | scale_from_current
+  ;;
+-h | --help)
+  usage
+  ;;
+up)
+  set_scale "$(focused_monitor_scale | scale_from_current next)"
+  ;;
+down)
+  set_scale "$(focused_monitor_scale | scale_from_current previous)"
+  ;;
+1 | 1.25 | 1.6 | 2 | 3 | 4)
+  set_scale "$1"
+  ;;
+*)
+  usage >&2
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle
deleted file mode 100755
index ce66c564..00000000
--- a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# omarchy:summary=Cycle focused Hyprland monitor scaling through 1x, 1.25x, 1.6x, 2x, 3x, and 4x
-# omarchy:args=[--reverse]
-# omarchy:examples=omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle | omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle --reverse
-
-CURRENT_SCALE=$(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true) | .scale')
-
-SCALES=(1 1.25 1.6 2 3 4)
-
-# Find the index of the scale closest to the current one (Hyprland may
-# snap fractional scales to nearby values, so we can't match exactly).
-CURRENT_IDX=$(awk -v s="$CURRENT_SCALE" -v list="${SCALES[*]}" 'BEGIN {
-  n = split(list, arr, " ")
-  best = 0; best_diff = 1e9
-  for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
-    d = s - arr[i]; if (d < 0) d = -d
-    if (d < best_diff) { best_diff = d; best = i - 1 }
-  }
-  print best
-}')
-
-if [[ $1 == "--reverse" ]]; then
-  NEW_IDX=$(( (CURRENT_IDX - 1 + ${#SCALES[@]}) % ${#SCALES[@]} ))
-else
-  NEW_IDX=$(( (CURRENT_IDX + 1) % ${#SCALES[@]} ))
-fi
-
-exec omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set "${SCALES[$NEW_IDX]}"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-get b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-get
deleted file mode 100755
index f3ccb655..00000000
--- a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-get
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# omarchy:summary=Get focused Hyprland monitor scaling
-# omarchy:examples=omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-get
-
-hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true) | .scale'
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set
deleted file mode 100755
index 056326f6..00000000
--- a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# omarchy:summary=Set focused Hyprland monitor scaling to a specific value
-# omarchy:args=<1|1.25|1.6|2|3|4>
-# omarchy:examples=omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set 1.6 | omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set 2
-
-NEW_SCALE="$1"
-
-case "$NEW_SCALE" in
-  1)    NEW_GDK_SCALE=1 ;;
-  1.25) NEW_GDK_SCALE=1.25 ;;
-  1.6)  NEW_GDK_SCALE=1.75 ;;
-  2)    NEW_GDK_SCALE=2 ;;
-  3)    NEW_GDK_SCALE=3 ;;
-  4)    NEW_GDK_SCALE=4 ;;
-  *)
-    echo "Usage: omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set <1|1.25|1.6|2|3|4>" >&2
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-MONITOR_INFO=$(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true)')
-ACTIVE_MONITOR=$(echo "$MONITOR_INFO" | jq -r '.name')
-WIDTH=$(echo "$MONITOR_INFO" | jq -r '.width')
-HEIGHT=$(echo "$MONITOR_INFO" | jq -r '.height')
-REFRESH_RATE=$(echo "$MONITOR_INFO" | jq -r '.refreshRate')
-
-hyprctl eval "hl.monitor({ output = \"$ACTIVE_MONITOR\", mode = \"${WIDTH}x${HEIGHT}@${REFRESH_RATE}\", position = \"auto\", scale = $NEW_SCALE })" >/dev/null
-
-# Persist to monitors.lua if the user still has Omarchy's generic catch-all
-# defaults, so the scale survives reboots.
-MONITOR_LUA="$HOME/.config/hypr/monitors.lua"
-if [[ -f $MONITOR_LUA ]] && grep -q '^local omarchy_monitor_scale = ' "$MONITOR_LUA"; then
-  sed -i -E \
-    -e "s|^local omarchy_monitor_scale = .*|local omarchy_monitor_scale = ${NEW_SCALE}|" \
-    -e "s|^local omarchy_gdk_scale = .*|local omarchy_gdk_scale = ${NEW_GDK_SCALE}|" \
-    "$MONITOR_LUA"
-elif [[ -f $MONITOR_LUA ]] && grep -Eq '^hl\.monitor\(\{ output = "", mode = "preferred", position = "auto", scale = ("auto"|[0-9.]+) \}\)' "$MONITOR_LUA"; then
-  sed -i -E \
-    -e "s|^(hl\.monitor\(\{ output = \"\", mode = \"preferred\", position = \"auto\", scale = )([^ ]+)( \}\))|\\1${NEW_SCALE}\\3|" \
-    -e 's|^hl\.env\("GDK_SCALE", ".*"\)|hl.env("GDK_SCALE", "'"$NEW_GDK_SCALE"'")|' \
-    "$MONITOR_LUA"
-fi
diff --git a/default/hypr/bindings/tiling-v2.lua b/default/hypr/bindings/tiling-v2.lua
index 04022b2e..058780a1 100644
--- a/default/hypr/bindings/tiling-v2.lua
+++ b/default/hypr/bindings/tiling-v2.lua
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ for index = 1, 5 do
   o.bind("SUPER + ALT + code:" .. tostring(index + 9), "Switch to group window " .. index, hl.dsp.group.active({ index = index }))
 end
 
-o.bind("SUPER + code:61", "Cycle monitor scaling", "omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle")
-o.bind("SUPER + ALT + code:61", "Cycle monitor scaling backwards", "omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle --reverse")
+o.bind("SUPER + code:61", "Monitor scaling up", "omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling up")
+o.bind("SUPER + ALT + code:61", "Monitor scaling down", "omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling down")
diff --git a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
index afda36b9..925dbc3c 100644
--- a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
+++ b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
   "trigger.toggle.workspace-layout": {"icon":"󱂬","label":"Workspace Layout","action":"omarchy-hyprland-workspace-layout-toggle"},
   "trigger.toggle.window-gaps": {"icon":"","label":"Window Gaps","action":"omarchy-hyprland-window-gaps-toggle"},
   "trigger.toggle.one-window-ratio": {"icon":"","label":"1-Window Ratio","keywords":"square","action":"omarchy-hyprland-window-single-square-aspect-toggle"},
-  "trigger.toggle.monitor-scaling": {"icon":"󰍹","label":"Monitor Scaling","keywords":"display","action":"omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-cycle"},
   "trigger.toggle.direct-boot": {"icon":"","label":"Direct Boot","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-config-direct-boot"},
   "trigger.toggle.passwordless-sudo": {"icon":"󰟵","label":"Passwordless Sudo","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-sudo-passwordless"},
 
diff --git a/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/widgets/monitorPanel.qml b/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/widgets/monitorPanel.qml
index 11998158..9d84a399 100644
--- a/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/widgets/monitorPanel.qml
+++ b/default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/plugins/bar/widgets/monitorPanel.qml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Item {
   }
 
   function setScale(scale) {
-    actionProc.command = ["bash", "-lc", "omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-set " + scale]
+    actionProc.command = ["bash", "-lc", "omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling " + scale]
     if (!actionProc.running) actionProc.running = true
   }
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Item {
 
   Process {
     id: stateProc
-    command: ["bash", "-lc", "omarchy-brightness-display 2>/dev/null || true; monitors_json=$(hyprctl monitors all -j); printf '%s\\n' \"$monitors_json\" | jq -r 'def internal: test(\"^(eDP|LVDS|DSI)-\"); ([.[] | select(.name | internal)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) | not)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .disabled != true)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .mirrorOf != \"none\")][0].mirrorOf // \"\")'; omarchy-hyprland-monitor-focused 2>/dev/null || echo; omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling-get 2>/dev/null || echo; printf '%s\\n' \"$monitors_json\" | jq -c '[.[] | {name, enabled:(.disabled != true), focused:(.focused == true)}]'"]
+    command: ["bash", "-lc", "omarchy-brightness-display 2>/dev/null || true; monitors_json=$(hyprctl monitors all -j); printf '%s\\n' \"$monitors_json\" | jq -r 'def internal: test(\"^(eDP|LVDS|DSI)-\"); ([.[] | select(.name | internal)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) | not)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .disabled != true)][0].name // \"\"), ([.[] | select((.name | internal) and .mirrorOf != \"none\")][0].mirrorOf // \"\")'; omarchy-hyprland-monitor-focused 2>/dev/null || echo; omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling 2>/dev/null || echo; printf '%s\\n' \"$monitors_json\" | jq -c '[.[] | {name, enabled:(.disabled != true), focused:(.focused == true)}]'"]
     stdout: StdioCollector {
       waitForEnd: true
       onStreamFinished: {
diff --git a/install/first-run/gdk-scale.sh b/install/first-run/gdk-scale.sh
index 6cc23577..ba39e92a 100644
--- a/install/first-run/gdk-scale.sh
+++ b/install/first-run/gdk-scale.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Set the default GDK_SCALE from what the monitor is currently reporting
 
-sed -i -E "s|^([[:space:]]*env[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*GDK_SCALE,).*|\\1$(omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scale)|" ~/.config/hypr/monitors.conf
+sed -i -E "s|^([[:space:]]*env[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*GDK_SCALE,).*|\\1$(omarchy-hyprland-monitor-scaling)|" ~/.config/hypr/monitors.conf