diff --git a/.config/compton/compton.conf b/.config/compton/compton.conf
index d485fd2..11ea9fd 100644
--- a/.config/compton/compton.conf
+++ b/.config/compton/compton.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 backend = "glx";
 blur-method = "kawase";
-blur-strength = 6;
+blur-strength = 10;
 blur-background = true;
diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index fa3d0c4..2b2aa5d 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ for_window [class="st-256color" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
 exec_always i3-msg '[class="St" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] scratchpad show'
 # Show scratchpad-terminal or create one if none exists.
 # Pass current working directory of the focused window but escape spaces.
-bindsym $mod+comma exec ~/.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh -s -c st-256color -n scratchpad-terminal -e "st -d $(xcwd | sed 's/ /\\\\ /g')"
+bindsym $mod+comma exec ~/.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh -s -c st-256color -n scratchpad-terminal -e "st -A 0.45 -d $(xcwd | sed 's/ /\\\\ /g')"
 # hide scratchpad-terminal indepedent of where the focus sits
 bindsym $mod+Shift+comma exec ~/.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh -h -c st-256color -n scratchpad-terminal