diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 9b73b70..62be634 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ static const char *fonts[] = {
 	"Olympe Mono Hacked:size=10",
 	"NotoColorEmoji:size=10:antialias=true:autohint=true"
 };
-static const unsigned int bgalpha = 0xe0;
+// static const unsigned int bgalpha = 0xe0;
+static const unsigned int bgalpha = OPAQUE;
 static const unsigned int fgalpha = OPAQUE;
 static const char *prompt      = NULL;      /* -p  option; prompt to the left of input field */
 static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {