diff --git a/src/helpers/Color.hpp b/src/helpers/Color.hpp
index ffd6d2d86..98ffa4768 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Color.hpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Color.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 class CColor {
   public:
     CColor();
-    CColor(float, float, float, float);
+    CColor(float r, float g, float b, float a);
     CColor(uint64_t);
 
     float    r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 1.f;
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ class CColor {
     bool operator==(const CColor& c2) const {
         return r == c2.r && g == c2.g && b == c2.b && a == c2.a;
     }
+
+    CColor stripA() const {
+        return {r, g, b, 1};
+    }
 };
diff --git a/src/render/decorations/CHyprDropShadowDecoration.cpp b/src/render/decorations/CHyprDropShadowDecoration.cpp
index 68a82c3a1..ac6c5b43e 100644
--- a/src/render/decorations/CHyprDropShadowDecoration.cpp
+++ b/src/render/decorations/CHyprDropShadowDecoration.cpp
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ void CHyprDropShadowDecoration::draw(CMonitor* pMonitor, float a, const Vector2D
         // first, clear with black (fully transparent)
         g_pHyprOpenGL->clear(CColor(0, 0, 0, 1));
 
-        // render white shadow
-        g_pHyprOpenGL->renderRoundedShadow(&fullBox, ROUNDING * pMonitor->scale, *PSHADOWSIZE * pMonitor->scale, CColor(1, 1, 1, 1), a);
+        // render white shadow with the alpha of the shadow color (otherwise we clear with alpha later and shit it to 2 bit)
+        g_pHyprOpenGL->renderRoundedShadow(&fullBox, ROUNDING * pMonitor->scale, *PSHADOWSIZE * pMonitor->scale, CColor(1, 1, 1, m_pWindow->m_cRealShadowColor.col().a), a);
 
         // render black window box ("clip")
         g_pHyprOpenGL->renderRect(&windowBox, CColor(0, 0, 0, 1.0), ROUNDING * pMonitor->scale);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void CHyprDropShadowDecoration::draw(CMonitor* pMonitor, float a, const Vector2D
         alphaSwapFB.bind();
 
         // alpha swap just has the shadow color. It will be the "texture" to render.
-        g_pHyprOpenGL->clear(m_pWindow->m_cRealShadowColor.col());
+        g_pHyprOpenGL->clear(m_pWindow->m_cRealShadowColor.col().stripA());
 
         LASTFB->bind();