diff --git a/src/.config/picom/picom.conf b/src/.config/picom/picom.conf
index 9d63b4e..e5237e2 100644
--- a/src/.config/picom/picom.conf
+++ b/src/.config/picom/picom.conf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ animation-for-next-tag = "slide-in-center";
 enable-fading-next-tag = true;
 
 # enable vsync
-vsync = true;
+vsync = false;
 
 # shadow
 shadow = false;
diff --git a/src/.config/picom/shaders/bloom.glsl b/src/.config/picom/shaders/bloom.glsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a5c705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.config/picom/shaders/bloom.glsl
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// https://github.com/ikz87/picom-shaders
+
+#version 430
+
+in vec2 texcoord;// texture coordinate of the fragment
+
+uniform sampler2D tex;// texture of the window
+
+uniform float cutoff = 0.55;// Brightness value that should be considered as a "bright" pixel
+
+uniform float light_brightness = 1;// Scaling value for the brightness of the bloom effect
+
+uniform float base_brightness = 1.2;// Scaling value for the brightness of the bright pixels
+
+// Here are some kerneles you can use for the gaussian blur
+uniform float kernel1[5][5] = { { 0.003, 0.013, 0.022, 0.013, 0.003 },
+{ 0.013, 0.059, 0.097, 0.059, 0.013 },
+{ 0.022, 0.097, 0.159, 0.097, 0.022 },
+{ 0.013, 0.059, 0.097, 0.059, 0.013 },
+{ 0.003, 0.013, 0.022, 0.013, 0.003 } };
+
+uniform float kernel2[7][7] = {
+{ 0.0051, 0.0094, 0.0135, 0.0153, 0.0135, 0.0094, 0.0051 },
+{ 0.0094, 0.0173, 0.0250, 0.0282, 0.0250, 0.0173, 0.0094 },
+{ 0.0135, 0.0250, 0.0361, 0.0407, 0.0361, 0.0250, 0.0135 },
+{ 0.0153, 0.0282, 0.0407, 0.0461, 0.0407, 0.0282, 0.0153 },
+{ 0.0135, 0.0250, 0.0361, 0.0407, 0.0361, 0.0250, 0.0135 },
+{ 0.0094, 0.0173, 0.0250, 0.0282, 0.0250, 0.0173, 0.0094 },
+{ 0.0051, 0.0094, 0.0135, 0.0153, 0.0135, 0.0094, 0.0051 },
+};
+
+uniform float kernel3[15][15] = {
+{ 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0002, 0.0003, 0.0004, 0.0005, 0.0004, 0.0003, 0.0002, 0.0001, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0003, 0.0006, 0.0011, 0.0016, 0.0018, 0.0016, 0.0011, 0.0006, 0.0003, 0.0001, 0.0000, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0003, 0.0008, 0.0018, 0.0034, 0.0049, 0.0055, 0.0049, 0.0034, 0.0018, 0.0008, 0.0003, 0.0001, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0002, 0.0006, 0.0018, 0.0043, 0.0079, 0.0115, 0.0130, 0.0115, 0.0079, 0.0043, 0.0018, 0.0006, 0.0002, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0001, 0.0003, 0.0011, 0.0034, 0.0079, 0.0146, 0.0211, 0.0239, 0.0211, 0.0146, 0.0079, 0.0034, 0.0011, 0.0003, 0.0001 },
+{ 0.0001, 0.0004, 0.0016, 0.0049, 0.0115, 0.0211, 0.0305, 0.0345, 0.0305, 0.0211, 0.0115, 0.0049, 0.0016, 0.0004, 0.0001 },
+{ 0.0001, 0.0005, 0.0018, 0.0055, 0.0130, 0.0239, 0.0345, 0.0390, 0.0345, 0.0239, 0.0130, 0.0055, 0.0018, 0.0005, 0.0001 },
+{ 0.0001, 0.0004, 0.0016, 0.0049, 0.0115, 0.0211, 0.0305, 0.0345, 0.0305, 0.0211, 0.0115, 0.0049, 0.0016, 0.0004, 0.0001 },
+{ 0.0001, 0.0003, 0.0011, 0.0034, 0.0079, 0.0146, 0.0211, 0.0239, 0.0211, 0.0146, 0.0079, 0.0034, 0.0011, 0.0003, 0.0001 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0002, 0.0006, 0.0018, 0.0043, 0.0079, 0.0115, 0.0130, 0.0115, 0.0079, 0.0043, 0.0018, 0.0006, 0.0002, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0003, 0.0008, 0.0018, 0.0034, 0.0049, 0.0055, 0.0049, 0.0034, 0.0018, 0.0008, 0.0003, 0.0001, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0003, 0.0006, 0.0011, 0.0016, 0.0018, 0.0016, 0.0011, 0.0006, 0.0003, 0.0001, 0.0000, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0002, 0.0003, 0.0004, 0.0005, 0.0004, 0.0003, 0.0002, 0.0001, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000 },
+{ 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000 }
+};
+
+float blur_kernel[7][7] = kernel2;// Kernel to use for the gaussian blur
+
+// Default window post-processing:
+// 1) invert color
+// 2) opacity / transparency
+// 3) max-brightness clamping
+// 4) rounded corners
+vec4 default_post_processing(vec4 c);
+
+// Returns the brightness of a pixel
+float get_brightness(vec4 color)
+{
+    return (color.x+color.y+color.z)/3;
+}
+
+// Default window shader:
+// 1) fetch the specified pixel
+// 2) apply default post-processing
+vec4 window_shader() {
+    // Variable where we will store the sum from the convolution with the kernel
+    vec4 total = vec4(0);
+
+    // Radius of the kernel
+    int radius = int(floor(blur_kernel[0].length()/2));
+
+    // Apply convolution
+    for (int y = -radius; y <=radius; y++)
+    {
+        for (int x = -radius; x <=radius; x++)
+        {
+            // Fetch pixel
+            vec4 c = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(texcoord.x+x, texcoord.y+y), 0);
+            c = default_post_processing(c);
+
+            // If the brightness is below our cutoff, set the pixel
+            // as an empty one
+            if (get_brightness(c) < cutoff)
+            {
+                c = vec4(0);
+            }
+
+            // Convolve and multiply by the light brightness
+            c *= blur_kernel[x+radius][y+radius];
+            c.xyz *= light_brightness;
+            total.xyzw += c;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Scale the brightness of the pixel with clamping
+    vec4 c = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(texcoord), 0);
+    if (get_brightness(c) >= cutoff)
+    {
+        c.xyz = min(c.xyz*base_brightness, 1);
+    }
+
+    // Apply screen blending mode
+    c.xyzw = 1-(1-total.xyzw)*(1-c.xyzw);
+    return default_post_processing(c);
+}
diff --git a/src/.config/picom/shaders/chroma.glsl b/src/.config/picom/shaders/chroma.glsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68d866c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.config/picom/shaders/chroma.glsl
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// https://github.com/ikz87/picom-shaders
+
+#version 330
+
+
+// Offsets in pixels for each color
+vec2 uvr = vec2(3,0);
+vec2 uvg = vec2(0,3);
+vec2 uvb = vec2(-3,0);
+
+// Scaling of the effect. This makes the effect stronger
+// on pixels further away from the center of the window 
+// and weaker on pixels close to it
+// Set as 0 to disable
+float scaling_factor = 1;
+
+// Base strength of the effect. To be used along the scaling_factor
+// Tells how strong the effect is at the center
+float base_strength = 0;
+
+in vec2 texcoord;             // texture coordinate of the fragment
+
+uniform sampler2D tex;        // texture of the window
+ivec2 window_size = textureSize(tex, 0);
+ivec2 window_center = ivec2(window_size.x/2, window_size.y/2);
+
+// Default window post-processing:
+// 1) invert color
+// 2) opacity / transparency
+// 3) max-brightness clamping
+// 4) rounded corners
+vec4 default_post_processing(vec4 c);
+
+vec4 window_shader() {
+    if (scaling_factor != 0)
+    {
+        // Calculate the scale for the current coordinates 
+        vec2 scale; 
+        scale.xy = base_strength+scaling_factor*((texcoord.xy - window_center.xy)/window_size.xy);
+
+        // Scale offsets
+        uvr.xy *= scale.xy;
+        uvg.xy *= scale.xy;
+        uvb.xy *= scale.xy;
+    }
+
+    // Calculate offset coords
+    uvr += texcoord;
+    uvg += texcoord;
+    uvb += texcoord;
+
+    // Fetch colors using offset coords
+    vec3 offset_color;
+    offset_color.x = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(uvr), 0).x;
+    offset_color.y = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(uvg), 0).y;
+    offset_color.z = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(uvb), 0).z;
+    
+    // Set the new color
+    vec4 c;
+    c.w = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(uvr), 0).w;
+    c.xyz = offset_color;
+    return default_post_processing(c);
+}
diff --git a/src/.config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl b/src/.config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9782f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// https://github.com/ikz87/picom-shaders
+
+#version 330
+// rgb value for the maximum transparency
+uniform vec3 median_color = vec3(0, 0, 0);
+// maximum derivation from the median_color of each color channel (rgb)
+uniform vec3 max_derivation = vec3(0.01);
+// e.g. (1,0,0)±(0.2,0.2,0.2) -> gradient from #c00 to #f00 to #f33 with #f00 being the least opaque
+// (0,0,0)±(0.25,0.25,0,25) -> gradient from #000 to #444 with #000 being at min_opacity
+// opacity for the median_color
+uniform float min_opacity = 0.1;
+// exponent for the gradient (e.g. 1 for linear, 2 for quadratic, etc)
+uniform int power = 2;
+// use mean for a different effect
+float get_float (vec3 c) {
+    // maximum
+    return max(max(c.r,c.g),c.b);
+    // mean
+    // return (v.r + v.g + v.b)/3;
+}
+// tweak the above variables and functions for your needs
+
+// texture coordinate of the fragment
+in vec2 texcoord;
+// texture of the window
+uniform sampler2D tex;
+// Default window post-processing:
+// 1) invert color
+// 2) opacity / transparency
+// 3) max-brightness clamping
+// 4) rounded corners
+vec4 default_post_processing(vec4 c);
+
+
+// Default window shader:
+// 1) fetch the specified pixel
+// 2) apply default post-processing
+vec4 window_shader() {
+    vec4 c = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(texcoord), 0);
+
+    // get the each colorchannels derivation from the median_color channels and normalize them
+    vec3 normalized_derivation = abs(c.rgb - median_color)/max_derivation;
+    // only add transparency, if the pixel is not already transparent
+    if (c.a == 1 && get_float(normalized_derivation) < 1) {
+        // apply the gradient curvature
+        normalized_derivation = vec3(1)-pow(vec3(1)-normalized_derivation, vec3(power));
+        // apply transparency to rgb and alpha, because glx uses premultiplied alpha
+        c *= min_opacity + get_float(normalized_derivation) * (1-min_opacity);
+    }
+
+    return default_post_processing( c );
+}
diff --git a/src/.config/xinitrc b/src/.config/xinitrc
index 338614b..c2b3335 100644
--- a/src/.config/xinitrc
+++ b/src/.config/xinitrc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ $SYSTEM_PROFILE = "MINIMAL" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $SYSTEM_PROFILE = "DEFAULT" ]; then
-	picom &
+	picomstart.sh &
 fi
 battwatch.sh &
 xwallpaper --center .config/wall.png
diff --git a/src/.local/bin/picomstart.sh b/src/.local/bin/picomstart.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5ce4608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.local/bin/picomstart.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# misc opts so i don't have to use absolute path in picom config
+
+picom --window-shader-fg-rule "$HOME/.config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl:class_g = 'qutebrowser'"