diff --git a/profiles/base/cli-tools/zellij-ps.nix b/profiles/base/cli-tools/zellij-ps.nix
index 8dac702..fdef0fe 100644
--- a/profiles/base/cli-tools/zellij-ps.nix
+++ b/profiles/base/cli-tools/zellij-ps.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-# Zellij-ps — project-aware Zellij session manager from m3ta-nixpkgs.
-# Delegates to `cli.zellij-ps` — the home-manager module namespace provided by
-# m3ta-nixpkgs (inputs.m3ta-nixpkgs.nixosModules.default). This is intentional;
-# `cli.*` is the convention used by m3ta-nixpkgs home-manager modules.
+# Zellij-ps — project-aware Zellij session manager.
+# Installs the zellij-ps package directly and sets project folders.
+# Note: Does NOT use the m3ta-nixpkgs cli.zellij-ps module to avoid
+# overlay dependency issues when m3ta-home is used standalone.
 {
   config,
   lib,
+  pkgs,
+  inputs,
   ...
 }:
 with lib; let
@@ -22,9 +24,9 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    cli.zellij-ps = {
-      enable = true;
-      projectFolders = cfg.projectFolders;
-    };
+    home.packages = [
+      (inputs.m3ta-nixpkgs.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.zellij-ps or pkgs.zellij-ps)
+    ];
+    home.sessionVariables.PROJECT_FOLDERS = lib.concatStringsSep ":" (map toString cfg.projectFolders);
   };
 }