diff --git a/.config/waybar/config b/.config/waybar/config
index 6030c820..99e9012f 100644
--- a/.config/waybar/config
+++ b/.config/waybar/config
@@ -123,8 +123,12 @@
   // LEFT BAR
   {
     "layer": "top",
+    "mode": "overlay",
+    "exclusive": "false",
+    // "passthrough": true,
+    "gtk-layer-shell": true,
     "name": "leftbar",
-    "width": 16,
+    "width": 14,
     "position": "left",
     "modules-left": [
       "niri/workspaces"
diff --git a/.config/waybar/style.css b/.config/waybar/style.css
index 37dbcb10..64fac8aa 100644
--- a/.config/waybar/style.css
+++ b/.config/waybar/style.css
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ tooltip {
 
 #workspaces button.focused {
   border: none;
-  box-shadow: inset -2px 0 @red_ember;
+  box-shadow: inset 2px 0 @red_ember;
 }
 
 #workspaces button.urgent {