diff --git a/resources/play_queue.blp b/resources/play_queue.blp
index 59990c0..f460a27 100644
--- a/resources/play_queue.blp
+++ b/resources/play_queue.blp
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ template $AudreyUiPlayQueue: Adw.Bin {
           Picture {
             valign: center;
 
-            styles [
-              "frame"
-            ]
-
             halign: center;
             paintable: bind template.playing-cover-art;
           }
diff --git a/src/ui/window.rs b/src/ui/window.rs
index 61a961b..a1f9d76 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window.rs
@@ -270,51 +270,34 @@ mod imp {
                     // only send property change notifications after the event queue is drained
                     let freeze_notify = window.freeze_notify();
 
-                    let listener = loop {
-                        let listener = window.imp().mpv.wakeup_listener();
+                    let listener = window.imp().mpv.wakeup_listener();
 
-                        while let Some(event) = window.imp().mpv.wait_event(0.0) {
-                            use crate::mpv::Event;
+                    while let Some(event) = window.imp().mpv.wait_event(0.0) {
+                        use crate::mpv::Event;
 
-                            match event {
-                                Event::PropertyChange(event) => {
-                                    window.imp().on_property_change(event)
-                                }
-                                Event::Hook(event) => window.imp().on_hook(event),
-                                Event::LogMessage(event) => window.imp().on_log_message(event),
+                        match event {
+                            Event::PropertyChange(event) => window.imp().on_property_change(event),
+                            Event::Hook(event) => window.imp().on_hook(event),
+                            Event::LogMessage(event) => window.imp().on_log_message(event),
 
-                                Event::StartFile(_) => window.imp().on_start_file(),
-                                Event::FileLoaded => window.imp().on_file_loaded(),
-                                Event::PlaybackRestart => window.imp().on_playback_restart(),
-                                Event::Seek => window.imp().on_seek(),
-                                Event::EndFile(event) => window.imp().on_end_file(event),
+                            Event::StartFile(_) => window.imp().on_start_file(),
+                            Event::FileLoaded => window.imp().on_file_loaded(),
+                            Event::PlaybackRestart => window.imp().on_playback_restart(),
+                            Event::Seek => window.imp().on_seek(),
+                            Event::EndFile(event) => window.imp().on_end_file(event),
 
-                                Event::Unknown(_) => {
-                                    // either deprecated or future, ignore
-                                }
-
-                                Event::AudioReconfig => {
-                                    // "This is relatively uninteresting, because there is no such thing as audio output embedding."
-                                    // ^ ignore
-                                }
-
-                                _ => event!(Level::DEBUG, "unhandled {event:?}"),
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        match window.imp().state.get() {
-                            State::FileLoaded | State::FileEnded => {
-                                // really annoying intermediary states we're not really interested
-                                // in seeing outside of this loop
-                                // just block until it's done lol
-                                use event_listener::Listener;
-                                event!(Level::INFO, "blocking");
-                                listener.wait();
+                            Event::Unknown(_) => {
+                                // either deprecated or future, ignore
                             }
 
-                            _ => break listener,
+                            Event::AudioReconfig => {
+                                // "This is relatively uninteresting, because there is no such thing as audio output embedding."
+                                // ^ ignore
+                            }
+
+                            _ => event!(Level::DEBUG, "unhandled {event:?}"),
                         }
-                    };
+                    }
 
                     // send property change notifications now
                     drop(freeze_notify);
@@ -649,6 +632,9 @@ mod imp {
             self.duration.set(0.0);
             event!(Level::DEBUG, "duration is now 0 (idle active)");
             self.obj().notify("duration");
+
+            self.obj().set_playing_cover_art(None::<gdk::Texture>);
+            self.obj().set_background(None::<gdk::Texture>);
         }
 
         fn on_start_file(&self) {
@@ -691,7 +677,7 @@ mod imp {
 
                             // from g4music
                             let snapshot = gtk::Snapshot::new();
-                            snapshot.push_blur(512.0 * 0.2);
+                            snapshot.push_blur(512.0 * 0.1);
                             snapshot.push_opacity(0.5);
                             texture.snapshot(&snapshot, 512.0, 512.0);
                             snapshot.pop();
@@ -794,9 +780,6 @@ mod imp {
 
             // cancel queued seek always
             self.queued_seek.set(None);
-
-            self.obj().set_playing_cover_art(None::<gdk::Texture>);
-            self.obj().set_background(None::<gdk::Texture>);
         }
 
         #[template_callback]