diff --git a/beamerthemeawesome.sty b/beamerthemeawesome.sty
index 275d45e..508068a 100644
--- a/beamerthemeawesome.sty
+++ b/beamerthemeawesome.sty
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ segmentation style={lcr, solid, shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm, line width=\smile@l
 
 \tikzfading[
 	name=title page picture fading,
-	left color=transparent!0,
+	left color=transparent!50,
 	right color=transparent!100,
 ]