diff --git a/profile.d/compress.sh b/profile.d/compress.sh
index ee2ee69..42d294e 100644
--- a/profile.d/compress.sh
+++ b/profile.d/compress.sh
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ taz()
         disp W "xz format is not suited for long term archiving."
         disp I "See https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html for details."
 
-        # Compresse to xz (lzma2) - Deprecated
+        # Compress with xz (lzma2) - Deprecated
         xz "${verb[@]}" --compress --keep "-$3" -T "$2" "$1"
         return $?
     }
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ taz()
         [[ $4 ]] && opt=('-vv')
         opt+=("$procopt")
 
-        # Compresse au format lzip (lzma)
+        # Compress with lzip (lzma)
         $command "${opt[@]}" --keep "-$3" "$1"
         return $?
     }
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ taz()
         [[ $4 ]] && opt=('-v')
         opt+=("$procopt")
 
-        # Compresse au format bz2
+        # Compress with bz2
         $command "${opt[@]}" --compress --keep "-$3" "$1"
         return $?
     }
diff --git a/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme b/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme
index b3f16d2..b55e2a5 100644
--- a/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme
+++ b/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Green="\e[0;96m"        # teal           (ICyan — abyss string colour)
 Yellow="\e[0;93m"       # bright gold    (IYellow — abyss constant colour)
 
 PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$ICyan"            # electric teal clock
-PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="\e[48;2;0;40;45m"  # very dark cyan bg for time
+PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="\e[48;2;0;60;70m"  # very dark cyan bg for time
 PROMPT_COLOR_BAR_BG="\e[48;2;0;30;70m"   # deep navy bar (24-bit)
 
 PROMPT_COLOR_OK_FG="$ICyan"          # teal on success
diff --git a/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme b/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme
index 0af2b46..773f48f 100644
--- a/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme
+++ b/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Blue="\e[0;94m"         # electric blue  (IBlue)
 Purple="\e[0;95m"       # vivid magenta  (IPurple — Plasma's signature colour)
 Cyan="\e[0;96m"         # electric cyan  (ICyan)
 
-PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$IPurple"             # vivid purple clock text
-PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="\e[48;2;30;30;35m"    # deep charcoal (darker than On_IBlack)
+PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$BIPurple"             # vivid purple clock text
+PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="\e[48;2;50;50;55m"    # deep charcoal (darker than On_IBlack)
 PROMPT_COLOR_BAR_BG="\e[48;2;75;0;130m"     # deep indigo-purple (24-bit) — darker than On_Purple
 
 PROMPT_COLOR_OK_FG="$ICyan"          # electric cyan on success
diff --git a/profile.sh b/profile.sh
index 6834a52..34141d9 100644
--- a/profile.sh
+++ b/profile.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ load_conf()
 {
     local section_name="CONF_$1"
 
-    [[ "$(declare -p "$section_name" 2>/dev/null)" != "declare -A"* ]] && return 1
+    # Missing section is not an error: modules can rely on built-in defaults.
+    [[ "$(declare -p "$section_name" 2>/dev/null)" != "declare -A"* ]] && return 0
 
     local -n current_vars="$section_name"
 
@@ -215,12 +216,12 @@ if [[ ! -e "$MYPATH/profile.sh" ]]; then
     echo "[ Warning ] Path detection failed, trying to use pwd..."
     MYPATH=$(pwd)
     if [[ ! -e "$MYPATH/profile.sh" ]]; then
-        echo "[ Error ] Impossible to determine installation path, pretty much nothing will work."
+        echo "[ Error ] Unable to determine installation path, pretty much nothing will work."
     fi
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -s "$MYPATH/version" ]]; then
-    echo "[ Warning ] Impossible to determine running version of profile, your installation might be broken."
+    echo "[ Warning ] Unable to determine running profile version; your installation might be broken."
 fi
 PROFVERSION=$(cat "$MYPATH"/version)
 export PROFVERSION
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ if [[ $INTERACTIVE ]]; then
     fi
     showinfo && printf "\n"
     check_updates -q
-    disp I "Profile version $PROFVERSION chargé..."
+    disp I "Profile version $PROFVERSION loaded..."
 fi
 
 # Cleanup
diff --git a/version b/version
index eb70128..fcdb2e1 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.99.2-4_rc_2
+4.0.0