diff --git a/resources/window.blp b/resources/window.blp
index 5ec38e1..92a3652 100644
--- a/resources/window.blp
+++ b/resources/window.blp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ template $AudreyUiWindow: Adw.ApplicationWindow {
   default-height: 600;
 
   Adw.ToolbarView {
-    top-bar-style: raised;
-    bottom-bar-style: raised;
 
     [top]
     Adw.HeaderBar {
diff --git a/src/ui/window.rs b/src/ui/window.rs
index e474213..2cfc3bb 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ mod imp {
 
         #[property(get, set, nullable)]
         playing_cover_art: RefCell<Option<gdk::Paintable>>,
+        #[property(get, set, nullable)]
+        background: RefCell<Option<gdk::Paintable>>,
 
         #[property(type = Option<Song>, get = Self::song, nullable)]
         _song: (),
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ mod imp {
                 play_queue: Default::default(),
                 can_click_shuffle_all: Cell::new(false),
                 playing_cover_art: Default::default(),
+                background: Default::default(),
                 _song: (),
                 setup: Default::default(),
                 api: Default::default(),
@@ -273,7 +276,18 @@ mod imp {
         }
     }
 
-    impl WidgetImpl for Window {}
+    impl WidgetImpl for Window {
+        fn snapshot(&self, snapshot: &gtk::Snapshot) {
+            if let Some(background) = self.background.borrow().as_ref() {
+                background.snapshot(
+                    snapshot,
+                    self.obj().width() as f64,
+                    self.obj().height() as f64,
+                );
+            }
+            self.parent_snapshot(snapshot);
+        }
+    }
 
     impl WindowImpl for Window {}
 
@@ -533,7 +547,30 @@ mod imp {
                         Some(song) if song.id() == song_id => {
                             let texture = gdk::Texture::from_bytes(&glib::Bytes::from_owned(bytes))
                                 .expect("could not create texture from cover art for {song_id}");
-                            window.set_playing_cover_art(Some(texture));
+                            window.set_playing_cover_art(Some(&texture.clone().into()));
+
+                            // from g4music
+                            let snapshot = gtk::Snapshot::new();
+                            snapshot.push_blur(512.0 * 0.2);
+                            snapshot.push_opacity(0.5);
+                            texture.snapshot(&snapshot, 512.0, 512.0);
+                            snapshot.pop();
+                            snapshot.pop();
+
+                            use gtk::graphene;
+                            let rect = graphene::Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, 512.0, 512.0);
+                            if let Some(node) = snapshot.clone().to_node() {
+                                window.set_background(Some(
+                                    window
+                                        .native()
+                                        .unwrap()
+                                        .renderer()
+                                        .unwrap()
+                                        .render_texture(node, Some(&rect)),
+                                ));
+                            } else {
+                                todo!();
+                            }
                         }
                         _ => {
                             event!(