diff --git a/settings/hyprland.nix b/settings/hyprland.nix
index a0308d4..30a4b8b 100644
--- a/settings/hyprland.nix
+++ b/settings/hyprland.nix
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ in
               shadow.color = rgba c.base00 "99";
             };
 
+            layerrule = [
+              "blur, quickshell-bar"
+              "blur, quickshell-toast"
+              "ignorealpha 0.3, quickshell-bar"
+              "ignorealpha 0.3, quickshell-toast"
+            ];
+
             group = {
               "col.border_active"        = rgb c.base0D;
               "col.border_inactive"      = rgb c.base03;
@@ -531,7 +538,7 @@ in
                 readonly property color base0B: "#${c.base0B}"
                 readonly property color base0C: "#${c.base0C}"
                 readonly property color base0D: "#${c.base0D}"
-                readonly property color barBg: "#D1${c.base00}"
+                readonly property color barBg: "#B3${c.base00}"
                 readonly property color toastBg: "#E6${c.base00}"
             }
           '';
@@ -599,6 +606,7 @@ in
           text = ''
             import Quickshell
             import Quickshell.Hyprland
+            import Quickshell.Wayland
             import Quickshell.Services.SystemTray
             import Quickshell.Services.Notifications
             import Quickshell.Services.Pipewire
@@ -613,6 +621,7 @@ in
                 required property var modelData
                 required property NotificationServer notifServer
                 screen: modelData
+                WlrLayershell.namespace: "quickshell-bar"
 
                 anchors {
                     top: true