diff --git a/src/backend/render/mod.rs b/src/backend/render/mod.rs
index 88b34d09..5a51f37e 100644
--- a/src/backend/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/render/mod.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ impl IndicatorShader {
             .clone()
     }
 
+    pub fn focus_element<R: AsGlowRenderer>(
+        renderer: &R,
+        key: impl Into<Key>,
+        mut element_geo: Rectangle<i32, Logical>,
+        thickness: u8,
+        alpha: f32,
+        color: [f32; 3],
+    ) -> PixelShaderElement {
+        let t = thickness as i32;
+        element_geo.loc -= (t, t).into();
+        element_geo.size += (t * 2, t * 2).into();
+
+        IndicatorShader::element(renderer, key, element_geo, thickness, alpha, color)
+    }
+
     pub fn element<R: AsGlowRenderer>(
         renderer: &R,
         key: impl Into<Key>,
@@ -174,12 +189,6 @@ impl IndicatorShader {
             .is_none()
         {
             let thickness: f32 = thickness as f32;
-            let thickness_loc = (thickness as i32, thickness as i32);
-            let thickness_size = ((thickness * 2.0) as i32, (thickness * 2.0) as i32);
-            let geo = Rectangle::from_loc_and_size(
-                geo.loc - Point::from(thickness_loc),
-                geo.size + Size::from(thickness_size),
-            );
             let shader = Self::get(renderer);
 
             let elem = PixelShaderElement::new(
diff --git a/src/backend/render/shaders/focus_indicator.frag b/src/backend/render/shaders/focus_indicator.frag
index cebaf8db..f94aa116 100644
--- a/src/backend/render/shaders/focus_indicator.frag
+++ b/src/backend/render/shaders/focus_indicator.frag
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ float rounded_box(vec2 center, vec2 size, float radius) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-    vec2 center = size / 2.0 - vec2(0.5);
+    vec2 center = size / 2.0;
     vec2 location = v_coords * size;
     vec4 mix_color;
 
     float distance = rounded_box(location - center, size / 2.0 - vec2(thickness / 2.0), radius);
-    float smoothedAlpha = 1.0 - smoothstep(0.0, 2.0, abs(distance) - (thickness / 2.0));
+    float smoothedAlpha = 1.0 - smoothstep(0.0, 1.0, abs(distance) - (thickness / 2.0));
     
     mix_color = mix(vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0), vec4(color, alpha), smoothedAlpha);
     
diff --git a/src/shell/layout/floating/mod.rs b/src/shell/layout/floating/mod.rs
index 73c1b173..8e88bb60 100644
--- a/src/shell/layout/floating/mod.rs
+++ b/src/shell/layout/floating/mod.rs
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ impl FloatingLayout {
                 );
                 if focused == Some(elem) {
                     if indicator_thickness > 0 {
-                        let element = IndicatorShader::element(
+                        let element = IndicatorShader::focus_element(
                             renderer,
                             elem.clone(),
                             Rectangle::from_loc_and_size(
diff --git a/src/shell/layout/tiling/mod.rs b/src/shell/layout/tiling/mod.rs
index 5fcb7683..619c312a 100644
--- a/src/shell/layout/tiling/mod.rs
+++ b/src/shell/layout/tiling/mod.rs
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ where
 
                 if focused == Some(mapped) {
                     if indicator_thickness > 0 {
-                        let element = IndicatorShader::element(
+                        let element = IndicatorShader::focus_element(
                             renderer,
                             mapped.clone(),
                             geo,