diff --git a/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp b/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp
index fde8173d..27bc3c2d 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ inline static const std::vector<SConfigOptionDescription> CONFIG_OPTIONS = {
         .value       = "blur:ignore_opacity",
         .description = "make the blur layer ignore the opacity of the window",
         .type        = CONFIG_OPTION_BOOL,
-        .data        = SConfigOptionDescription::SBoolData{false},
+        .data        = SConfigOptionDescription::SBoolData{true},
     },
     SConfigOptionDescription{
         .value       = "blur:new_optimizations",
diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index fbbc8dbd..b768fda3 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ CConfigManager::CConfigManager() {
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:enabled", Hyprlang::INT{1});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:size", Hyprlang::INT{8});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:passes", Hyprlang::INT{1});
-    m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:ignore_opacity", Hyprlang::INT{0});
+    m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:ignore_opacity", Hyprlang::INT{1});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:new_optimizations", Hyprlang::INT{1});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:xray", Hyprlang::INT{0});
     m_pConfig->addConfigValue("decoration:blur:contrast", {0.8916F});