diff --git a/gui-apps/fnott/fnott-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/fnott/fnott-9999.ebuild
index 86bf7c1fc6..8df5de9e89 100644
--- a/gui-apps/fnott/fnott-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/fnott/fnott-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit meson systemd xdg
+inherit meson systemd verify-sig xdg
 
-DESCRIPTION="Keyboard driven and lightweight Wayland notification daemon."
+DESCRIPTION="Keyboard driven and lightweight Wayland notification daemon"
 HOMEPAGE="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott"
 
 if [[ "${PV}" == "9999" ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott.git"
 else
-	SRC_URI="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}"
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz
+		verify-sig? ( https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz.sig )
+	"
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 fi
 
@@ -38,8 +40,11 @@ DEPEND="
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-util/wayland-scanner
 	app-text/scdoc
+	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-dnkl )
 "
 
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/dnkl.asc
+
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
 		# always install unit