diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/Notification.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/Notification.kt
index a3eae9157..7dd257528 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/Notification.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/Notification.kt
@@ -48,12 +48,9 @@ class Notification : UICanvas() {
         }
     }
 
-    private val drawColor = Color(1f, 1f, 1f, 1f)
-
     override fun renderUI(batch: SpriteBatch, camera: Camera) {
         blendNormalStraightAlpha(batch)
-        drawColor.a = handler.opacity
-        fontCol.a = handler.opacity
+        fontCol.a = handler.opacity * OPACITY
 
         val realTextWidth = 12 + if (message.size == 1)
             App.fontGame.getWidth(message[0])
@@ -63,12 +60,11 @@ class Notification : UICanvas() {
 
         // force the UI to the centre of the screen
         this.posX = (App.scr.width - displayedTextWidth) / 2
-
         val textHeight = message.size * App.fontGame.lineHeight
 
-        batch.color = drawColor
 
-        Toolkit.drawBaloon(batch, 0f, -textHeight, displayedTextWidth.toFloat(), textHeight)
+
+        Toolkit.drawBaloon(batch, 0f, -textHeight, displayedTextWidth.toFloat(), textHeight, handler.opacity * OPACITY)
 
         batch.color = fontCol
         message.forEachIndexed { index, s ->
@@ -79,7 +75,6 @@ class Notification : UICanvas() {
 
 
         // dunno why, it doesn't work without this.
-        drawColor.a = 1f
         fontCol.a = 1f
     }
 
@@ -111,6 +106,7 @@ class Notification : UICanvas() {
 
     companion object {
         // private int messagesShowingIndex = 0;
-        val OPEN_CLOSE_TIME = 0.16f
+        const val OPEN_CLOSE_TIME = 0.16f
+        const val OPACITY = 0.9f
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UITooltip.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UITooltip.kt
index 269c56ca8..de7dae4b7 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UITooltip.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UITooltip.kt
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ class UITooltip : UICanvas() {
         batch.color = tooltipBackCol
 
         Toolkit.drawBaloon(batch,
-                tooltipX - textMarginX,
-                tooltipY,
-                tooltipW,
-                font.lineHeight * msgBuffer.size
+            tooltipX - textMarginX,
+            tooltipY,
+            tooltipW,
+            font.lineHeight * msgBuffer.size,
+            Notification.OPACITY
         )
 
         batch.color = tooltipForeCol
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/Toolkit.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/Toolkit.kt
index 58c96b221..61aa22cc0 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/Toolkit.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/Toolkit.kt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ object Toolkit : Disposable {
         (batch as FlippingSpriteBatch).drawFlipped(fboBlur.colorBufferTexture, x.toFloat(), y.toFloat())
     }
 
-    fun drawBaloon(batch: SpriteBatch, x: Float, y: Float, w: Float, h: Float) {
+    fun drawBaloon(batch: SpriteBatch, x: Float, y: Float, w: Float, h: Float, opacity: Float = 1f) {
         // centre area
         /*batch.draw(baloonTile.get(1, 1), x, y, w, h)
 
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ object Toolkit : Disposable {
         batch.draw(baloonTile.get(0, 2), x - baloonTile.tileW, y + h)*/
 
 
-        batch.color = Theme.COL_CELL_FILL_OPAQUE
+        batch.color = Theme.COL_CELL_FILL_OPAQUE.cpy().mul(1f,1f,1f,opacity)
         fillArea(batch, x - 4, y - 4, w + 8, h + 8)
-        batch.color = Theme.COL_INACTIVE
+        batch.color = Theme.COL_INACTIVE.cpy().mul(1f,1f,1f,opacity)
         drawBoxBorder(batch, x - 4, y - 4, w + 8, h + 8)
     }