diff --git a/.config/picom/picom.conf b/.config/picom/picom.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7bc548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/picom/picom.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#################################
+#             Shadows           #
+#################################
+
+shadow = true;
+shadow-radius = 7;
+shadow-offset-x = -7;
+shadow-offset-y = -7;
+shadow-exclude = [
+  "name = 'Notification'",
+  "class_g = 'Conky'",
+  "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
+  "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'",
+  "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c"
+];
+
+#################################
+#           Fading              #
+#################################
+fading = true;
+fade-delta = 4;
+no-fading-openclose = false;
+fade-in-step = 0.03;
+fade-out-step = 0.03;
+
+#################################
+#   Transparency / Opacity      #
+#################################
+inactive-opacity = 0.8;
+frame-opacity = 0.7;
+inactive-opacity-override = false;
+focus-exclude = [ "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'" ];
+
+#################################
+#           Corners             #
+#################################
+corner-radius = 4;
+rounded-corners-exclude = [
+  "window_type = 'dock'",
+  "window_type = 'desktop'"
+];
+
+#################################
+#     Background-Blurring       #
+#################################
+
+blur-method = "dual_kawase";
+blur-background = false;
+blur-strength = 6;
+blur-kern = "3x3box";
+blur-background-exclude = [
+  "window_type = 'dock'",
+  "window_type = 'desktop'",
+  "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c"
+];
+
+#################################
+#       General Settings        #
+#################################
+# dbus = true
+# daemon = false
+backend = "glx";
+vsync = true;
+mark-wmwin-focused = true;
+mark-ovredir-focused = true;
+detect-rounded-corners = true;
+detect-client-opacity = true;
+log-level = "warn";
+wintypes:
+{
+  tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = true; opacity = 0.75; focus = true; full-shadow = false; };
+  dock = { shadow = false; clip-shadow-above = true; }
+  dnd = { shadow = false; }
+  popup_menu = { opacity = 0.8; }
+  dropdown_menu = { opacity = 0.8; }
+};
diff --git a/.xmonad/xmonad.hs b/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
index 303f451..0e310da 100644
--- a/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
+++ b/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ myWorkspaces :: [String]
 
 
 -- myWorkspaces = [" 1 ", " 2 ", " 3 ", " 4 ", " 5 ", " 6 ", " 7 ", " 8 ", " 9 "]
-myWorkspaces = ["web", "game", "dev", "doc", "mus", "vid", "sys", "chat", "virt"]
+myWorkspaces = ["web", "game", "dev", "doc", "mus", "vid", "sys", "chat", "mail"]
 myWorkspaceIndices = M.fromList $ zip myWorkspaces [1..] -- (,) == \x y -> (x,y)
 
 clickable ws = "<action=xdotool key super+"++show i++">"++ws++"</action>"
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ myStandardEZKeys =
 myLaptopEZKeys :: [(String, X ())]
 myLaptopEZKeys =
     --NOTE backlight controls
-    [ ("<XF86MonBrightnessUp>", spawn "mod_backlight +10") -- increase backlight brightness by 10
-    , ("<XF86MonBrightnessDown>", spawn "mod_backlight -10") -- decrease backlight brightness by 10
+    [ ("<XF86MonBrightnessUp>", spawn "mod_backlight up") -- increase backlight brightness by 10
+    , ("<XF86MonBrightnessDown>", spawn "mod_backlight down") -- decrease backlight brightness by 10
     ]