diff --git a/src/backend/render/mod.rs b/src/backend/render/mod.rs
index 8aedca71..fd4c7654 100644
--- a/src/backend/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/render/mod.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ impl IndicatorShader {
         alpha: f32,
         active_window_hint: [f32; 3],
     ) -> PixelShaderElement {
-        let t = (thickness as i32) / 2;
+        let t = thickness as i32;
         element_geo.loc -= (t, t).into();
         element_geo.size += (t * 2, t * 2).into();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/render/shaders/rounded_outline.frag b/src/backend/render/shaders/rounded_outline.frag
index 75cfeef1..05756d50 100644
--- a/src/backend/render/shaders/rounded_outline.frag
+++ b/src/backend/render/shaders/rounded_outline.frag
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ void main() {
     vec4 mix_color;
 
     float distance = rounded_box(location - center, (size / 2.0) - (thickness / 2.0), radius);
-    float smoothedAlpha = 1.0 - smoothstep(0.0, 1.0, abs(distance) - (thickness / 2.0));
-    
+    float smoothedAlpha = 1.0 - smoothstep(-0.5, 0.5, abs(distance) - (thickness / 2.0));
+
     mix_color = mix(vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0), vec4(color, alpha), smoothedAlpha);
     
 #if defined(DEBUG_FLAGS)