diff --git a/apply.sh b/apply.sh
index 5428f52..9a90733 100755
--- a/apply.sh
+++ b/apply.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ fi
 echo "Copying alacritty config..."
 cp alacritty/* "$CONFIG_DIR/alacritty"
 
+echo "Copying picom config..."
+cp picom/* "$CONFIG_DIR/picom"
+
 echo "Done"
diff --git a/herbstluftwm/autostart b/herbstluftwm/autostart
index a6fcad1..ad2a3b9 100755
--- a/herbstluftwm/autostart
+++ b/herbstluftwm/autostart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # this is a simple config for herbstluftwm
 
-. ./colors.sh
+source "$HOME/.config/herbstluftwm/colors.sh"
 
 hc() {
     herbstclient "$@"
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ hc() {
 
 hc emit_hook reload
 
+# set background
+/home/alex/.fehbg
+
 # remove all existing keybindings
 hc keyunbind --all
 
@@ -184,3 +187,7 @@ for monitor in $(hc list_monitors | cut -d: -f1) ; do
     # start it on each monitor
     "$panel" "$monitor" &
 done
+
+
+# Start picom
+picom --experimental-backends --backend glx &
diff --git a/picom/picom.conf b/picom/picom.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f110a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/picom/picom.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+blur:
+{
+    method = "gaussian";
+    size = 35
+    deviation = 15.0;
+};