diff --git a/src/dot_config/alacritty/alacritty.toml.tmpl b/src/dot_config/alacritty/alacritty.toml.tmpl
index a98c810..dcbeca0 100644
--- a/src/dot_config/alacritty/alacritty.toml.tmpl
+++ b/src/dot_config/alacritty/alacritty.toml.tmpl
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-{{if eq .chezmoi.os "windows" }}
+{{- if eq .chezmoi.os "windows" }}
 shell = "nu"
-{{end}}
-
+{{end -}}
 [window]
 padding = { x = 8, y = 8 }
 dimensions = { columns = 120, lines = 70 }
-{{if eq .chezmoi.os "linux" -}}
-opacity = 0.0
-{{- else -}}
-opacity = 1.0
-{{- end}}
+opacity = 0.6
 
 [font]
 normal = { family = "JetBrainsMono" }
@@ -47,8 +42,8 @@ bindings = [
 
 [bell]
 animation = "EaseOutQuint"
-duration = 150
-color = "#000000"
+duration = 250
+color = "#666666"
 
 # uRls
 [[hints.enabled]]
diff --git a/src/dot_config/dunst/dunstrc b/src/dot_config/dunst/dunstrc
index 02232ee..fd0d42c 100644
--- a/src/dot_config/dunst/dunstrc
+++ b/src/dot_config/dunst/dunstrc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	gap_size = 5
 
 	frame_width = 2
+	corner_radius = 10
 
 	origin = bottom-right
 	offset = 60x70
diff --git a/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/frontend.lua b/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/frontend.lua
index 4024ab5..1d8bde4 100644
--- a/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/frontend.lua
+++ b/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/frontend.lua
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ if vim.g.neovide then
 	vim.g.neovide_padding_top = 8
 	vim.g.neovide_padding_bottom = 8
 	vim.g.neovide_padding_left = 8
-	vim.g.neovide_transparency = 1.0
+	vim.g.neovide_transparency = 0.6
 	vim.g.neovide_background_color = "#000000" .. 0
 
 	vim.g.neovide_cursor_trail_size = 0.1
 	vim.g.neovide_cursor_animate_in_insert_mode = true
+	vim.g.pumblend = 60
+	vim.g.winblend = 60
 
 	-- hack to unscrew the scaling issues
 	-- sometimes opening neovide on a tiling wm makes it not occupy the entire window until resized
diff --git a/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/theme.lua b/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/theme.lua
index 5dfe1e6..71228ca 100644
--- a/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/theme.lua
+++ b/src/dot_config/nvim/lua/theme.lua
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ local styles = colorbuddy.styles
 Group.new("Normal", colors.noir_4, colors.none, nil)
 Group.new("StatusLine", colors.noir_4, colors.none, styles.bold)
 Group.link("MsgArea", groups.Normal)
--- not selected statusline
 Group.new("StatusLineNC", colors.noir_7, colors.none)
 Group.link("Gutter", groups.normal)
 Group.new("LineNr", colors.noir_8, colors.none, nil)
@@ -59,6 +58,8 @@ Group.new("NormalFloat", colors.noir_1, colors.none, nil)
 
 Group.new("NonText", colors.noir_9, nil, nil)
 
+Group.new("LineNr", colors.noir_7, colors.none, nil)
+
 -- swap undercurls and underlines
 for _, v in ipairs({ "Error", "Info", "Hint", "Warn" }) do
 	local col_name = "diagnostic_" .. string.lower(v)
diff --git a/src/dot_config/picom/picom.conf b/src/dot_config/picom/picom.conf
index d911b8b..5ffae00 100644
--- a/src/dot_config/picom/picom.conf
+++ b/src/dot_config/picom/picom.conf
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ shadow-offset-x = -7;
 shadow-offset-y = -7;
 
 # fading
-fading = false;
-fade-in-step = 0.05;
+fading = true;
+fade-in-step = 1;
 fade-out-step = 0.05;
 fade-delta = 5;
 
 # corner
-corner-radius = 5;
+corner-radius = 10;
 
-# blur: {
-# 	method = "dual_kawase",
-# 	strength = 5,
-# };
+blur: {
+	method = "dual_kawase",
+	strength = 8,
+};
diff --git a/src/dot_config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl b/src/dot_config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl
index 9782f6a..e8e5083 100644
--- a/src/dot_config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl
+++ b/src/dot_config/picom/shaders/transparency.glsl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 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;
+uniform float min_opacity = 0.6;
 // exponent for the gradient (e.g. 1 for linear, 2 for quadratic, etc)
 uniform int power = 2;
 // use mean for a different effect
diff --git a/src/dot_config/zathura/zathurarc b/src/dot_config/zathura/zathurarc
index 037c804..05b6ae1 100644
--- a/src/dot_config/zathura/zathurarc
+++ b/src/dot_config/zathura/zathurarc
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ set adjust-open width
 set font "Liberation Sans 13"
 
 set recolor-darkcolor "#dddddd"
-set recolor-lightcolor rgba(0,0,0,0)
-set recolor false
+set recolor-lightcolor rgba(0,0,0,0.6)
+set recolor true
 set recolor-keephue true
 set recolor-reverse-video true
 
-set default-bg "#000000ff"
+set default-bg "#00000099"
 set index-bg "#000000"
 set index-active-bg "#111111"
 set index-active-fg "#FFFFFF"
-set inputbar-bg rgba(0,0,0,0.5)
+set inputbar-bg rgba(0,0,0,0.6)
 set inputbar-fg "#CCCCCC"
-set statusbar-bg rgba(0,0,0,0.5)
+set statusbar-bg rgba(0,0,0,0.6)
 
 set render-loading false