diff --git a/.Xresources b/.Xresources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77a4ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.Xresources
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.font: Fira Code:pixelsize=20;
+*.alpha: 0.95
diff --git a/.xinitrc b/.xinitrc
index 1163f57..c01f24f 100644
--- a/.xinitrc
+++ b/.xinitrc
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
 fi
 
 # start some nice programs
-
 if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
   [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
  unset f
 fi
 
+xcompmgr -c &
+
 xrandr --output HDMI-0 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 144 --brightness 0.8 --left-of DP-4
 xrandr --output DP-4 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 165 --brightness 0.8 --primary