diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml
index 49e9576bd..79b3c7895 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ Singleton {
     property string syntaxHighlightingTheme
 
     // Extremely conservative transparency values for consistency and readability
-    property real transparency: 0
-    property real contentTransparency: 0
-    // property real transparency: m3colors.darkmode ? 0.05 : 0
-    // property real contentTransparency: m3colors.darkmode ? 0.18 : 0
+    property real transparency: ConfigOptions?.appearance.transparency ? (m3colors.darkmode ? 0.1 : 0) : 0
+    property real contentTransparency: ConfigOptions?.appearance.transparency ? (m3colors.darkmode ? 0.55 : 0) : 0
 
     m3colors: QtObject {
         property bool darkmode: false
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/ConfigOptions.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/ConfigOptions.qml
index 339ed1509..b936ec220 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/ConfigOptions.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/ConfigOptions.qml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Singleton {
 
     property QtObject appearance: QtObject {
         property int fakeScreenRounding: 2 // 0: None | 1: Always | 2: When not fullscreen
+        property bool transparency: false
     }
 
     property QtObject audio: QtObject { // Values in %