diff --git a/styles/AmberNight/style.css b/styles/AmberNight/style.css
index de538da..9534b7a 100644
--- a/styles/AmberNight/style.css
+++ b/styles/AmberNight/style.css
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ body {
 }
 
 #background {
-  background-color: var(--md-surface-variant);
 }
 
 /* Container */
diff --git a/styles/launcher/config.toml b/styles/launcher/config.toml
index ce59c4c..d08579b 100644
--- a/styles/launcher/config.toml
+++ b/styles/launcher/config.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ content_halign="Center"
 height="105%"
 width="100%"
 valign="Start"
-blurred_background=false
+blurred_background=true
 line_max_chars=32
 key_detection_type="Code"
 term="kitty -e"
diff --git a/styles/launcher/style.css b/styles/launcher/style.css
index def5974..8e8d367 100644
--- a/styles/launcher/style.css
+++ b/styles/launcher/style.css
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 }
 
 #background {
-  background-color: rgba(33, 33, 33, 0.25);
+  background-color: rgba(33, 33, 33, 0.1);
   backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
   width: 100vw;
   height: 100vh;
@@ -29,16 +29,13 @@
 
 #window {
   all: unset;
-  background-color: rgba(33, 33, 33, 0.1); /* #212121BB */
+  background-color: transparent;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
   width: 100%;
   max-width: 1200px;
-  margin-top: 2em;
-  margin-left: 15em;
-  margin-right: 15em;
-  margin-bottom: 5em;
+  margin: 2em 15em 5em;
 }
 
 /* Outer-box is the app container grid */
@@ -63,10 +60,7 @@
   border-radius: 6px;
   text-align: center;
   outline: none;
-  margin-left: 25em;
-  margin-right: 25em;
-  margin-bottom: 5em;
-  margin-top: 2em;
+  margin: 2em 25em 5em;
 }
 
 #input:focus,
diff --git a/worf/src/lib/gui.rs b/worf/src/lib/gui.rs
index 06ebf0c..f90a7ac 100644
--- a/worf/src/lib/gui.rs
+++ b/worf/src/lib/gui.rs
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ struct MetaData<T: Clone + Send> {
 struct UiElements<T: Clone> {
     app: Application,
     window: ApplicationWindow,
+    background: Option<ApplicationWindow>,
     search: SearchEntry,
     main_box: FlowBox,
     menu_rows: ArcMenuMap<T>,
@@ -663,9 +664,12 @@ fn build_ui<T, P>(
         .default_height(1)
         .build();
 
+    let background = create_background(config);
+
     let ui_elements = Rc::new(UiElements {
         app,
         window,
+        background,
         search: SearchEntry::new(),
         main_box: FlowBox::new(),
         menu_rows: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
@@ -742,6 +746,16 @@ fn build_ui<T, P>(
 
     let window_start = Instant::now();
     ui_elements.window.present();
+    if let Some(background) = &ui_elements.background {
+        background.present();
+    }
+
+    log::debug!("window show took {:?}", window_start.elapsed());
+
+    log::debug!("Building UI took {:?}", start.elapsed(),);
+}
+
+fn create_background(config: &Config) -> Option<ApplicationWindow> {
     if config.blurred_background() {
         let background = ApplicationWindow::builder()
             .decorated(false)
@@ -753,14 +767,12 @@ fn build_ui<T, P>(
             .build();
         background.set_widget_name("background");
         background.set_namespace(Some("worf"));
-
-        background.present();
+        Some(background)
+    } else {
+        None
     }
-
-    log::debug!("window show took {:?}", window_start.elapsed());
-
-    log::debug!("Building UI took {:?}", start.elapsed(),);
 }
+
 fn build_main_box<T: Clone + 'static>(config: &Config, ui_elements: &Rc<UiElements<T>>) {
     ui_elements.main_box.set_widget_name("inner-box");
     ui_elements.main_box.set_css_classes(&["inner-box"]);
@@ -1359,6 +1371,9 @@ fn send_selected_item<T>(
             log::error!("failed to send message {e}");
         }
     });
+    if let Some(background) = &ui.background {
+        background.hide();
+    }
     ui.window.hide();
     close_gui(&ui_clone.app);
 }