diff --git a/assets/style/style.css b/assets/style/style.css
index d2386db..62fbd54 100644
--- a/assets/style/style.css
+++ b/assets/style/style.css
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 }
 
 :root {
-    --background: rgba(150, 150, 150, 0.95);
+    --background: rgba(150, 150, 150, 0.8);
     --main-color:#bf00ff;
     --main-color-dk:#441261;
     --accent-1: #8d0081;
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ ul {
     height:150px;
     padding-bottom:var(--content-spacing);
     margin-bottom:var(--content-spacing);
+    margin-top:var(--content-spacing);
     /* border:var(--border); */
 }
 
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ p.blog {
 
 /* Revised Pseudo-element Styles */
 body::before {
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
     position: fixed;
     top: 0;
     left: 0;
@@ -110,7 +112,6 @@ body::before {
     bottom: 0;
     content: '';
     background-image: var(--background-img);
-    background-color: black;
     background-size: 100% 100%; /* Ensure the image covers the entire element */
     background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Prevent the image from repeating */
     opacity: 0.9; /* Adjust the transparency */
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6d2f8d3..b2bf370 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                         <div class="title"><span class="fa-solid fa-user"></span>   whoami</div>
                         <div class="content">
                             <p>
-                                Software engineer, especializing in algorithms and physics-based models. Passionate about theoretical computer science and low-level programming.
+                                Software engineer, specializing in algorithms and physics-based models. Passionate about theoretical computer science and low-level programming.
                                 As you can see, I am not a web developer.
                             </p>
                         </div>