diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 87a22e4..99b36cf 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* Default settings; can be overriden by command line. */
 
 static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
-static const unsigned int alpha = 0xf0;
+static const unsigned int alpha = 0x70;
 static const int border_width = 0;         /* for alpha patch */
 static int fuzzy = 1;                      /* -F  option; if 0, dmenu doesn't use fuzzy matching     */
 /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */