diff --git a/game/screens/__init__.py b/game/screens/__init__.py
index 3bdf442..5eba2e6 100644
--- a/game/screens/__init__.py
+++ b/game/screens/__init__.py
@@ -53,15 +53,21 @@ def main_draw() -> None:
     if not g.screens:
         return
     g.background.clear()
-    g.foreground.clear()
+    g.foreground.rgba["bg"][:] = 0
+    g.foreground.rgba["fg"][:] = 0
     g.screens[-1].on_draw(g.background)
     # g.context.present(g.background)
 
-    g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.background))
+#    g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.background))
+    # g.foreground.blit(g.background, fg_alpha=1.0, bg_alpha=0.0)
+    bg_tex = g.console_render.render(g.background)
+    bg_tex.blend_mode = 1
 
-    g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.foreground))
-    g.foreground.blit(g.background, fg_alpha=1.0, bg_alpha=0.0)
-    g.sdl_renderer.copy(g.console_render.render(g.background))
+    with g.sdl_renderer.set_render_target(bg_tex):
+        fg_tex = g.console_render.render(g.foreground)
+        fg_tex.blend_mode = 1
+        g.sdl_renderer.copy(fg_tex)
+    g.sdl_renderer.copy(bg_tex)
     g.sdl_renderer.present()
 
 
@@ -114,5 +120,7 @@ def draw_previous_screens(screen: Screen, console: tcod.console.Console, dim: bo
         return
     prev_screen.on_draw(console)
     if dim and screen is g.screens[-1]:
-        console.rgb["fg"] //= 4
-        console.rgb["bg"] //= 4
+        g.foreground.rgb["fg"] //= 4
+        g.foreground.rgb["bg"] //= 4
+        g.background.rgb["fg"] //= 4
+        g.background.rgb["bg"] //= 4
diff --git a/game/screens/game_screens.py b/game/screens/game_screens.py
index 0a7ca66..ca5f266 100644
--- a/game/screens/game_screens.py
+++ b/game/screens/game_screens.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class MainScreen(Screen):
                 ch = VERTICAL_WALL_CHAR
                 if map.walkable[map_pos.y+1, map_pos.x] and world_pos+Position(0,1) not in doors:
                     ch = WALL_CHAR
-                console.rgba[["ch","fg"]][j, i] = ch, (255,255,255, 255)
+                console.rgba[["ch", "fg", "bg"]][j, i] = ch, (255,255,255, 255), (0,0,0,0)
 
         # draw all entities that are not actors
         for entity in g.world.Q.all_of(components=[Position, Graphic]).none_of(tags=[IsActor]):
diff --git a/game/tilesetmanager.py b/game/tilesetmanager.py
index e8576f7..2203abd 100644
--- a/game/tilesetmanager.py
+++ b/game/tilesetmanager.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## returns a valid tileset
 
 import tcod.tileset
-
+from numpy.typing import NDArray
 def valid_tileset():
     tileset = tcod.tileset.load_tilesheet(
         "data/Bmac_smooth_16x24.png", columns=16, rows=16, charmap=tcod.tileset.CHARMAP_CP437
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ def valid_tileset():
         "Oryx/oryx_roguelike_2.0/Terrain.png", columns=16, rows=11, charmap=[i for i in range(255)]
     )
 
-    tileset.set_tile(ord('@'), tile=monstertiles.get_tile(1))
+    player = monstertiles.get_tile(1)
+    player = [[[r,g,b,a] if a > 0 else [0,0,0,0]
+                for r,g,b,a in row]
+                    for row in player]
+
+    tileset.set_tile(ord('@'), player)
     tileset.set_tile(ord('/'), terraintiles.get_tile(ord('?')))
     tileset.set_tile(ord('|'), terraintiles.get_tile(ord('!')))
     tileset.set_tile(ord('_'), terraintiles.get_tile(ord('0')))
     tileset.set_tile(ord('\\'), terraintiles.get_tile(ord('/')))
     tileset.set_tile(ord('.'), terraintiles.get_tile(20))
     tileset.set_tile(ord(','), terraintiles.get_tile(12))
+    print(tileset.get_tile(ord('@'))[10])
     return tileset