diff --git a/dot_config/picom/picom.conf b/dot_config/picom/picom.conf
index 8623587..e3b4b6e 100644
--- a/dot_config/picom/picom.conf
+++ b/dot_config/picom/picom.conf
@@ -126,9 +126,12 @@ blur-background-exclude = [
     "window_type = 'desktop'"
 ];
 blur-size = 10;
-blur-method = "gaussian"
+# makes everything smeared out
+blur-deviation = 100.0;
+blur-method = "gaussian";
+#blur-kern = "3x3box";
 # this supposedly fixes blur artifacts in terminal (saw some black lines)
-use-damage = false
+use-damage = false;
 
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