diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 78efbb8..083a262 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Log   string
 	Proxy string
 
-	RenderImages bool
+	RenderShadows bool
+	RenderImages  bool
 
 	Systems []SystemConfig
 
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ func SetDefaults(cacheDir string) {
 	viper.SetDefault("Log", path.Join(cacheDir, "neonmodem.log"))
 	viper.SetDefault("Proxy", "")
 
+	viper.SetDefault("RenderShadows", "true")
 	viper.SetDefault("RenderImages", "true")
 
 	// --- Header ---
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a1afce9..c2ccd35 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.23.1
 	github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.6.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.6.0
+	github.com/eliukblau/pixterm v1.3.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.2
 	github.com/hermanschaaf/hackernews v1.0.1
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/eliukblau/pixterm v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/ui/windowmanager/windowmanager.go b/ui/windowmanager/windowmanager.go
index 85a5c93..e63b526 100644
--- a/ui/windowmanager/windowmanager.go
+++ b/ui/windowmanager/windowmanager.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (wm *WM) View(view string, onlyFocused bool) string {
 			wm.stack[i].XYWH[1]+(wm.ctx.Screen[1]-wm.ctx.Content[1]),
 			wm.stack[i].Win.View(),
 			v,
-			true,
+			wm.ctx.Config.RenderShadows,
 		)
 	}