diff --git a/web/src/App.svelte b/web/src/App.svelte
index 2b74e65..304bd6e 100644
--- a/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@
   />
 {:else}
   <Toaster />
-  <Desktop onOpenConnection={() => (configured = false)} />
+  <Desktop />
 {/if}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/apps.ts b/web/src/lib/apps.ts
index e2fb233..8df7806 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/apps.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/apps.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ import Ops from '../pages/Ops.svelte'
 import Signals from '../pages/Signals.svelte'
 import Knowledge from '../pages/Knowledge.svelte'
 import Learning from '../pages/Learning.svelte'
+import Settings from '../pages/Settings.svelte'
 import ListTodoIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/list-todo'
 import DatabaseIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/database'
 import ShieldCheckIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/shield-check'
 import SirenIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/siren'
 import SearchIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/search'
 import TrendingUpIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/trending-up'
+import SettingsIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/settings'
 
 export interface AppDef {
   id: string
@@ -99,6 +101,16 @@ export const APPS: AppDef[] = [
     height: 600,
     minWidth: 440,
     minHeight: 340
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'settings',
+    title: 'Settings',
+    icon: SettingsIcon,
+    component: Settings,
+    width: 640,
+    height: 480,
+    minWidth: 480,
+    minHeight: 360
   }
 ]
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Desktop.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Desktop.svelte
index ea65339..05092f2 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Desktop.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Desktop.svelte
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
   import Undo2Icon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/undo-2'
   import Redo2Icon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/redo-2'
 
-  let { onOpenConnection }: { onOpenConnection: () => void } = $props()
-
   // Clicking the bare desktop (not an icon, not a window) blurs the focused
   // window — the familiar "click empty desktop to deselect" affordance.
   function onSurfaceClick(e: MouseEvent) {
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@
     <WindowLayer />
   </div>
 
-  <Taskbar {onOpenConnection} />
+  <Taskbar />
 </div>
 
 {#if menuPos}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Taskbar.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Taskbar.svelte
index 49604d1..f51125d 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Taskbar.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/desktop-shell/Taskbar.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   // to the old MinimizedWindowsBar, which only ever showed minimized windows
   // and gave no way to see/switch between windows that were merely
   // unfocused), plus a system tray for theme/connection/version.
-  import { wm, wmState, toggleShowDesktop } from '$lib/stores/windows'
+  import { wm, wmState, toggleShowDesktop, openAppWindow } from '$lib/stores/windows'
   import { appById, appIdFromWindowId } from '$lib/apps'
   import { summary } from '$lib/stores/context'
   import { truncateMiddle } from '$lib/utils'
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
   import LayoutGridIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/layout-grid'
   import XIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/x'
 
-  let { onOpenConnection }: { onOpenConnection: () => void } = $props()
-
   const SESSION_PREFIX = 'session:'
 
   const buttons = $derived(
@@ -121,8 +119,8 @@
     <button
       type="button"
       class="flex items-center justify-center rounded-md p-1.5 text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground"
-      onclick={onOpenConnection}
-      title="Server connection settings"
+      onclick={() => openAppWindow('settings')}
+      title="Settings"
     >
       <SettingsIcon class="size-4" />
     </button>
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Settings.svelte b/web/src/pages/Settings.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2dd5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/pages/Settings.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  // The desktop's Settings window — a generic shell (section list + content
+  // pane) so future settings just add a SECTIONS entry instead of a whole
+  // new window/screen. Connection reuses the same config.ts/oidc.ts calls as
+  // pages/Config.svelte (the full-page initial setup screen), just without
+  // that screen's "first run" framing — this is for changing settings while
+  // already inside the desktop.
+  import { Input } from '$lib/components/ui/input'
+  import { Label } from '$lib/components/ui/label'
+  import { Button } from '$lib/components/ui/button'
+  import { Separator } from '$lib/components/ui/separator'
+  import { fetchWithAuth, setConfig, initConfig, getConfig, clearConfig, type OikosConfig } from '$lib/config'
+  import { startLogin, logout as oidcLogout, getUser, isOIDCConfigured } from '$lib/oidc'
+  import { getTheme, setTheme, THEME_LABELS, type Theme } from '$lib/stores/theme.svelte'
+  import { VERSION } from '$lib/version'
+  import { toast } from 'svelte-sonner'
+  import PlugIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/plug'
+  import PaletteIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/palette'
+  import LockIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/lock'
+  import LogInIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/log-in'
+  import ServerIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/server'
+  import CheckIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/check'
+
+  const SECTIONS = [
+    { id: 'connection', label: 'Connection', icon: PlugIcon },
+    { id: 'appearance', label: 'Appearance', icon: PaletteIcon }
+  ] as const
+  type SectionId = (typeof SECTIONS)[number]['id']
+
+  let section = $state<SectionId>('connection')
+
+  const existing = getConfig()
+  let apiUrl = $state(existing.apiUrl ?? '')
+  let token = $state(existing.token ?? '')
+  let saving = $state(false)
+  let error = $state('')
+  let oidcLoggingIn = $state(false)
+  const oidcUser = getUser()
+  const oidcConfigured = isOIDCConfigured()
+
+  async function save() {
+    error = ''
+    if (!token.trim()) {
+      error = 'Token is required'
+      return
+    }
+    saving = true
+    const prev: OikosConfig = getConfig()
+    setConfig({ apiUrl: apiUrl.trim(), token: token.trim() })
+    initConfig({ apiUrl: apiUrl.trim(), token: token.trim() })
+    try {
+      const res = await fetchWithAuth('/api/v1/dashboard/summary')
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        error = res.status === 401 ? 'Invalid token' : `Server responded ${res.status}`
+        setConfig(prev)
+        initConfig(prev)
+        return
+      }
+      toast.success('Connection saved')
+    } catch {
+      error = 'Could not reach server — check the URL'
+      setConfig(prev)
+      initConfig(prev)
+    } finally {
+      saving = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function loginWithAuthentik() {
+    error = ''
+    oidcLoggingIn = true
+    setConfig({ apiUrl: apiUrl.trim(), token: '' })
+    initConfig({ apiUrl: apiUrl.trim(), token: '' })
+    try {
+      await startLogin()
+    } catch (e: unknown) {
+      error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'OIDC login failed'
+      oidcLoggingIn = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Disconnecting invalidates the token every open window's data depends on
+  // — a reload is the simplest way back to a clean state (lands on the
+  // full-page Config screen since isConfigured() is now false).
+  function forgetConnection() {
+    clearConfig()
+    oidcLogout()
+    location.reload()
+  }
+
+  function pickTheme(t: Theme) {
+    setTheme(t)
+  }
+</script>
+
+<div class="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
+<div class="flex min-h-0 flex-1">
+  <nav class="flex w-44 shrink-0 flex-col gap-0.5 border-r bg-muted/20 p-2">
+    {#each SECTIONS as s (s.id)}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        class="flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md px-2.5 py-1.5 text-left text-sm transition-colors {section === s.id
+          ? 'bg-muted font-medium text-foreground'
+          : 'text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted/50 hover:text-foreground'}"
+        onclick={() => (section = s.id)}
+      >
+        <s.icon class="size-4 shrink-0" />
+        {s.label}
+      </button>
+    {/each}
+  </nav>
+
+  <div class="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-6">
+    {#if section === 'connection'}
+      <div class="mx-auto flex max-w-md flex-col gap-5">
+        <div>
+          <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold">Connection</h2>
+          <p class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Where the control room talks to your Oikos server.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        {#if oidcUser}
+          <p class="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            Signed in via Authentik as <span class="font-medium text-foreground">{oidcUser}</span>
+          </p>
+        {/if}
+
+        <div class="flex flex-col gap-1.5">
+          <Label for="settings-server-url" class="text-xs font-medium">Server URL</Label>
+          <div class="relative">
+            <ServerIcon class="pointer-events-none absolute left-3 top-1/2 size-4 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground/50" />
+            <Input id="settings-server-url" type="url" placeholder="https://oikos.hubris.network" class="pl-9" bind:value={apiUrl} />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <Button type="button" variant="secondary" disabled={oidcLoggingIn} onclick={loginWithAuthentik} class="w-full gap-2">
+          <LogInIcon class="size-4" />
+          {oidcLoggingIn ? 'Redirecting…' : oidcConfigured ? 'Switch account with Authentik' : 'Login with Authentik'}
+        </Button>
+
+        <div class="flex items-center gap-3">
+          <Separator decorative class="flex-1" />
+          <span class="text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-muted-foreground/40">or use</span>
+          <Separator decorative class="flex-1" />
+        </div>
+
+        <form class="flex flex-col gap-2.5" onsubmit={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); save() }}>
+          <div class="relative">
+            <LockIcon class="pointer-events-none absolute left-3 top-1/2 size-4 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground/50" />
+            <Input type="password" placeholder="Bearer token" class="pl-9" bind:value={token} />
+          </div>
+          <Button type="submit" disabled={saving} class="w-full">
+            {saving ? 'Saving…' : 'Save'}
+          </Button>
+        </form>
+
+        {#if error}
+          <p class="rounded-lg bg-destructive/10 px-3 py-2 text-center text-sm text-destructive">{error}</p>
+        {/if}
+
+        {#if existing.token || oidcConfigured}
+          <div class="flex justify-center pt-1">
+            <Button type="button" variant="ghost" size="sm" onclick={forgetConnection}>Forget saved connection</Button>
+          </div>
+        {/if}
+      </div>
+    {:else if section === 'appearance'}
+      <div class="mx-auto flex max-w-md flex-col gap-5">
+        <div>
+          <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold">Appearance</h2>
+          <p class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Pick the theme for the whole desktop.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
+          {#each Object.entries(THEME_LABELS) as [id, label] (id)}
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="flex items-center justify-between rounded-lg border px-3.5 py-2.5 text-left text-sm transition-colors {getTheme() === (id as Theme)
+                ? 'border-primary/50 bg-primary/5 text-foreground'
+                : 'text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted/50'}"
+              onclick={() => pickTheme(id as Theme)}
+            >
+              {label}
+              {#if getTheme() === (id as Theme)}<CheckIcon class="size-4 text-primary" />{/if}
+            </button>
+          {/each}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    {/if}
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="shrink-0 border-t px-3 py-1.5 text-right text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">Oikos {VERSION}</div>
+</div>