diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c81c5ec..a9820aa 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,17 @@
           #background = ./GitS_other_alley_zoom.png;
           #background = ./GitS_alley_to_water_zoom.png;
           #background = ./waneella/Destination_waneella.png;
-          background = ./waneella/Apr_05-21.png;
+          # background = ./waneella/Apr_05-21.png;
+          background = ./waneella/Early-days_waneella.gif;
+          mk_static = (pkgs: background: (derivation {
+            name = "static_background";
+            system = "x86_64-linux";
+            # builder = "${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/magick";
+            # args = ["${background}[0]" "-coalesce" "png:$out"];
+            builder = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
+            # args = ["-c" "${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/magick" "${background}[0]" "-coalesce" "png:$out"];
+            args = ["-c" "${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/magick ${background}[0] -coalesce png:$out"];
+          }));
           homeManagerSharedModule = {
               home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
               home-manager.users.nathan = ((import ./home-manager/home.nix) { username = "nathan"; homeDirectory = "/home/nathan"; backgroundImg = background; email = "miloignis@gmail.com"; });
@@ -114,7 +124,7 @@
                     #image = ./ruinedmansion.jpg;
                     #image = ./130_1zhJtUA.jpeg; #the city street
                     #image = ./GitS_alley_to_water_zoom.png;
-                    image = background;
+                    image = (mk_static pkgs background);
                     #image = pkgs.fetchurl {
                     #  url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kiedtl/walls/refs/heads/master/green-tea.jpg";
                     #  sha256 = "sha256-+NcZMBnbEWurmkOkzdrxGwBlxzUO3Sitt6Uoq9plc7o=";
diff --git a/home-manager/home.nix b/home-manager/home.nix
index b31d28c..fdcf9e0 100644
--- a/home-manager/home.nix
+++ b/home-manager/home.nix
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
                       {
                         matches = [{is-focused = false;}];
                         #opacity = 0.85;
-                        #opacity = 0.95;
+                        opacity = 0.95;
                       }
                     ];
                     layout = {
diff --git a/waneella/Early-days_waneella.gif b/waneella/Early-days_waneella.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cb1ac0
Binary files /dev/null and b/waneella/Early-days_waneella.gif differ