diff --git a/modules/BackgroundOverlay.qml b/modules/BackgroundOverlay.qml
index 696131c..6a47233 100644
--- a/modules/BackgroundOverlay.qml
+++ b/modules/BackgroundOverlay.qml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import QtQuick
-import QtQuick.Effects
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Wayland
 import "." as M
@@ -28,163 +27,69 @@ PanelWindow {
 
     Column {
         anchors.centerIn: parent
-        spacing: 12
+        spacing: 8
 
-        // Neon clock
-        Item {
+        Row {
             anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
-            width: clockRow.width
-            height: clockRow.height
 
-            // Glow layer — rendered offscreen, only its neon halo is visible
-            Row {
-                id: glowSource
-                visible: false
-                anchors.centerIn: parent
-
-                Text {
-                    text: Qt.formatDateTime(clock.date, "HH")
-                    color: M.Theme.base0D
-                    font.pixelSize: 72
-                    font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
-                    font.bold: true
-                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                }
-                Text {
-                    text: ":"
-                    color: colon._colors[colon._colorIdx % colon._colors.length]
-                    font.pixelSize: 72
-                    font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
-                    font.bold: true
-                    opacity: colon.opacity
-                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                }
-                Text {
-                    text: Qt.formatDateTime(clock.date, "mm")
-                    color: M.Theme.base0E
-                    font.pixelSize: 72
-                    font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
-                    font.bold: true
-                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                }
+            Text {
+                text: Qt.formatDateTime(clock.date, "HH")
+                color: M.Theme.base05
+                opacity: 0.7
+                font.pixelSize: 72
+                font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
+                font.bold: true
             }
+            Text {
+                id: colon
+                text: ":"
+                font.pixelSize: 72
+                font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
+                font.bold: true
 
-            MultiEffect {
-                source: glowSource
-                anchors.fill: glowSource
-                shadowEnabled: true
-                shadowColor: M.Theme.base0D
-                shadowBlur: 1.0
-                shadowVerticalOffset: 0
-                shadowHorizontalOffset: 0
-            }
+                property int _colorIdx: 0
+                readonly property var _colors: [M.Theme.base08, M.Theme.base09, M.Theme.base0A, M.Theme.base0B, M.Theme.base0C, M.Theme.base0D, M.Theme.base0E, M.Theme.base05]
+                color: _colors[_colorIdx % _colors.length]
 
-            // Actual visible text on top of the glow
-            Row {
-                id: clockRow
-                anchors.centerIn: parent
-
-                Text {
-                    text: Qt.formatDateTime(clock.date, "HH")
-                    color: M.Theme.base0D
-                    opacity: 0.85
-                    font.pixelSize: 72
-                    font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
-                    font.bold: true
-                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                }
-                Text {
-                    id: colon
-                    text: ":"
-                    font.pixelSize: 72
-                    font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
-                    font.bold: true
-                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-
-                    property int _colorIdx: 0
-                    readonly property var _colors: [M.Theme.base08, M.Theme.base09, M.Theme.base0A, M.Theme.base0B, M.Theme.base0C, M.Theme.base0D, M.Theme.base0E, M.Theme.base05]
-                    color: _colors[_colorIdx % _colors.length]
-
-                    SequentialAnimation {
-                        loops: Animation.Infinite
-                        running: true
-                        NumberAnimation {
-                            target: colon
-                            property: "opacity"
-                            to: 0.1
-                            duration: 1000
-                            easing.type: Easing.InOutSine
-                        }
-                        ScriptAction {
-                            script: colon._colorIdx++
-                        }
-                        NumberAnimation {
-                            target: colon
-                            property: "opacity"
-                            to: 0.85
-                            duration: 1000
-                            easing.type: Easing.InOutSine
-                        }
+                SequentialAnimation {
+                    loops: Animation.Infinite
+                    running: true
+                    NumberAnimation {
+                        target: colon
+                        property: "opacity"
+                        to: 0.1
+                        duration: 1000
+                        easing.type: Easing.InOutSine
+                    }
+                    ScriptAction {
+                        script: colon._colorIdx++
+                    }
+                    NumberAnimation {
+                        target: colon
+                        property: "opacity"
+                        to: 0.7
+                        duration: 1000
+                        easing.type: Easing.InOutSine
                     }
                 }
-                Text {
-                    text: Qt.formatDateTime(clock.date, "mm")
-                    color: M.Theme.base0E
-                    opacity: 0.85
-                    font.pixelSize: 72
-                    font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
-                    font.bold: true
-                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                }
+            }
+            Text {
+                text: Qt.formatDateTime(clock.date, "mm")
+                color: M.Theme.base05
+                opacity: 0.7
+                font.pixelSize: 72
+                font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
+                font.bold: true
             }
         }
 
-        // Date with subtle glow
         Text {
-            id: dateText
             anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
             text: Qt.formatDateTime(clock.date, "dddd, dd MMMM yyyy")
             color: M.Theme.base05
             opacity: 0.5
             font.pixelSize: 18
             font.family: M.Theme.fontFamily
-            font.letterSpacing: 4
-
-            layer.enabled: true
-            layer.effect: MultiEffect {
-                shadowEnabled: true
-                shadowColor: M.Theme.base0D
-                shadowBlur: 0.4
-                shadowVerticalOffset: 0
-                shadowHorizontalOffset: 0
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Seconds as a thin animated progress bar
-        Item {
-            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
-            width: clockRow.width
-            height: 2
-
-            Rectangle {
-                anchors.fill: parent
-                color: M.Theme.base02
-                radius: 1
-                opacity: 0.3
-            }
-            Rectangle {
-                width: parent.width * (clock.date.getSeconds() / 59)
-                height: parent.height
-                color: colon._colors[colon._colorIdx % colon._colors.length]
-                radius: 1
-                opacity: 0.6
-
-                Behavior on width {
-                    NumberAnimation {
-                        duration: 300
-                    }
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 }