diff --git a/dunst/.config/dunst/dunstrc b/dunst/.config/dunst/dunstrc
index d7ee24a5..63504cf9 100644
--- a/dunst/.config/dunst/dunstrc
+++ b/dunst/.config/dunst/dunstrc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ shrink = no
 # The transparency of the window.  Range: [0; 100].
 # This option will only work if a compositing windowmanager is
 # present (e.g. xcompmgr, compiz, etc.).
-transparency = 5
+transparency = 10
 
 # Don't remove messages, if the user is idle (no mouse or keyboard input)
 # for longer than idle_threshold seconds.