diff --git a/config/picom/picom.conf b/config/picom/picom.conf
index 6226322..3f837cc 100644
--- a/config/picom/picom.conf
+++ b/config/picom/picom.conf
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ corner-radius = 10.0;
 blur-background = true;
 blur-background-frame = false;
 blur-background-fixed = false;
-blur-kern = "3x3box";
+blur-kern = "3x3gaussian";
 blur-method = "dual_kawase";
 blur-strength = 10;
 blur-background-exclude = [ "class_g = 'slop'", "class_g = 'Peek'", "class_g = 'kdeconnect.daemon'", "window_type = 'desktop'" ];