Hyprpaper fails to boot

Hyprland version
Hyprland 0.55.4 built from branch v0.55.4 at commit a0136d8c04687bb36eb8a28eb9d1ff92aea99704 clean ([gha] Nix: update inputs).
Date: Thu Jun 11 17:10:04 2026
Tag: v0.55.4, commits: 7378

Libraries:
Hyprgraphics: built against 0.5.1, system has 0.5.1
Hyprutils: built against 0.13.1, system has 0.13.1
Hyprcursor: built against 0.1.13, system has 0.1.13
Hyprlang: built against 0.6.8, system has 0.6.8
Aquamarine: built against 0.12.1, system has 0.12.1

Version ABI string: a0136d8c04687bb36eb8a28eb9d1ff92aea99704_aq_0.12_hu_0.13_hg_0.5_hc_0.1_hlg_0.6
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Describe your issue / feature…

I’m using Hyprland on void and hyprpaper doesn’t launch at startup and when attempting to run manually it gives this error:

DEBUG ]: Welcome to hyprpaper!
built from commit  ()
DEBUG ]: Found 1 output(s)

==========================================================================================
ASSERTION FAILED! 

[core] Disconnected from pollfd id 0

at: line 367 in Backend.cpp[HT] Assertion failed!Aborted                    hyprpaper

Here is my config file (even though I don’t believe it has anything to do with this):

wallpaper{
     monitor = eDP-1
     path = ~/Pictures/Backgrounds/csrice.jpg
     fit_mode = cover
}

splash = false

If anymore information is needed, I will be happy to provide it! Thank you in advance!