diff --git a/home/programs/gui/helium/default.nix b/home/programs/gui/helium/default.nix
index b8a094f2..c1c92377 100644
--- a/home/programs/gui/helium/default.nix
+++ b/home/programs/gui/helium/default.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     nativeBuildInputs = [pkgs.makeWrapper];
     postBuild = ''
       wrapProgram $out/bin/helium \
+        --set-default GTK_USE_PORTAL 1 \
         --run ${lib.escapeShellArg (toString patchScript)}
     '';
   };
diff --git a/home/system/termfilechooser/default.nix b/home/system/termfilechooser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a85ab280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/system/termfilechooser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Use yazi as the file picker for portal dialogs (browser "select file(s)" and
+# "save download to..."). The backend is xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser,
+# enabled system-wide in nixos/utils.nix (extraPortals + FileChooser routing).
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  wrapper = "${pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser}/share/xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser/yazi-wrapper.sh";
+  # ghostty must run in the foreground instead of handing off to the
+  # single-instance daemon, otherwise the wrapper returns before you've picked
+  # anything and the portal reads an empty selection.
+  termcmd = "ghostty --gtk-single-instance=false --title=termfilechooser -e";
+in {
+  xdg.configFile."xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser/config".text = ''
+    [filechooser]
+    cmd=${wrapper}
+    default_dir=$HOME
+    open_mode=suggested
+    save_mode=suggested
+    env=TERMCMD=${termcmd}
+        PATH=${config.home.profileDirectory}/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/wrappers/bin
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/hosts/laptop/home.nix b/hosts/laptop/home.nix
index a6c225a5..6960493d 100644
--- a/hosts/laptop/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/laptop/home.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     ../../home/system/swaync
     ../../home/system/tofi
     ../../home/system/mime
+    ../../home/system/termfilechooser
     ../../home/system/udiskie
     ../../home/system/clipboard
     ../../home/system/hypridle
diff --git a/hosts/work/home.nix b/hosts/work/home.nix
index a0b9dcfd..430940b5 100644
--- a/hosts/work/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/work/home.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     ../../home/system/swaync
     ../../home/system/tofi
     ../../home/system/mime
+    ../../home/system/termfilechooser
     ../../home/system/udiskie
     ../../home/system/clipboard
     ../../home/system/hypridle
diff --git a/nixos/utils.nix b/nixos/utils.nix
index 6e62989b..cec705c1 100644
--- a/nixos/utils.nix
+++ b/nixos/utils.nix
@@ -119,13 +119,20 @@ in {
     xdgOpenUsePortal = true;
     config = {
       common.default = ["gtk"];
-      hyprland.default = [
-        "gtk"
-        "hyprland"
-      ];
+      hyprland = {
+        default = [
+          "gtk"
+          "hyprland"
+        ];
+        # Pick files / choose download paths with yazi instead of the GTK dialog
+        "org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser" = ["termfilechooser"];
+      };
     };
 
-    extraPortals = [pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk];
+    extraPortals = [
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
+      pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser
+    ];
   };
 
   security.rtkit.enable = true;
diff --git a/todo b/todo
index 4d496c53..1a0d3440 100644
--- a/todo
+++ b/todo
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 - Check claude: Sécu, mots en français, faute, ...
 - LOW BATTERY OSD
 - a jour ./docs/NEOVIM.md
+yazi as a file chooser