diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/overlay/StyledOverlayWidget.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/overlay/StyledOverlayWidget.qml
index fbd94f5f3..9e13ca934 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/overlay/StyledOverlayWidget.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/overlay/StyledOverlayWidget.qml
@@ -190,15 +190,11 @@ AbstractOverlayWidget {
             fill: parent
             margins: root.resizeMargin
         }
-        color: (root.fancyBorders && GlobalStates.overlayOpen) ? Appearance.colors.colLayer1 : "transparent"
+        color: ColorUtils.transparentize(Appearance.colors.colLayer1, (root.fancyBorders && GlobalStates.overlayOpen) ? 0 : 1)
         radius: root.radius
         border.color: ColorUtils.transparentize(Appearance.colors.colOutlineVariant, GlobalStates.overlayOpen ? 0 : 1)
         border.width: 1
 
-        Behavior on color {
-            animation: Appearance.animation.elementMoveFast.colorAnimation.createObject(this)
-        }
-
         layer.enabled: GlobalStates.overlayOpen
         layer.effect: OpacityMask {
             maskSource: Rectangle {