diff --git a/package/contents/ui/code/utils.js b/package/contents/ui/code/utils.js
index 0ee9e97..ca470aa 100644
--- a/package/contents/ui/code/utils.js
+++ b/package/contents/ui/code/utils.js
@@ -246,9 +246,6 @@ function getEffectiveSettings(customSettings, globalSettings) {
       }
     }
   }
-  if (!effectiveSettings.hasOwnProperty("blurBehind") || !effectiveSettings.blurBehind) {
-    effectiveSettings.blurBehind = globalSettings.blurBehind;
-  }
   return effectiveSettings
 }
 
diff --git a/package/contents/ui/components/FormWidgetSettings.qml b/package/contents/ui/components/FormWidgetSettings.qml
index ea3c536..05ba463 100644
--- a/package/contents/ui/components/FormWidgetSettings.qml
+++ b/package/contents/ui/components/FormWidgetSettings.qml
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@ ColumnLayout {
                 }
             }
             RowLayout {
-                visible: keyName !== ""
                 Label {
-                    text: i18n("Blur behind:")
+                    text: i18n("Blur behind (Beta):")
                 }
                 CheckBox {
-                    Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("Blur behind:")
                     id: blurCheckbox
                     checked: configLocal.blurBehind
                     onCheckedChanged: {
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ ColumnLayout {
                     enabled: isEnabled.checked
                 }
                 Kirigami.ContextualHelpButton {
-                    toolTipText: i18n("Draw a custom blur mask behind the custom background(s).\n\nNative panel background must be enabled with opacity of 0 for this to work as intended.")
+                    toolTipText: i18n("Draw a custom blur mask behind the custom background(s).\n\nRequires the C++ plugin to work, check the repository README on GitHub for details.\n\nNative panel background must be enabled with opacity of 0 for this to work as intended.")
                 }
             }
             RowLayout {
diff --git a/package/contents/ui/configPerWidget.qml b/package/contents/ui/configPerWidget.qml
index b98a9a5..1908721 100644
--- a/package/contents/ui/configPerWidget.qml
+++ b/package/contents/ui/configPerWidget.qml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ KCM.SimpleKCM {
                     }
                     Button {
                         icon.name: "checkmark-symbolic"
-                        text: "Apply"
+                        text: "Rename"
                         onClicked: {
                             configOverrides[nameField.text] = configOverrides[overrideName]
                             delete configOverrides[overrideName]
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ KCM.SimpleKCM {
                         }
                     }
                     Kirigami.ContextualHelpButton {
-                        toolTipText: i18n("Fallback to the global widget settings for disabled options, except for <b>Enable</b>.")
+                        toolTipText: i18n("Fallback to the global widget settings for disabled options, except for <b>Enable</b> and <b>Blur</>.")
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/package/contents/ui/main.qml
index c499d9c..3994cb1 100644
--- a/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ PlasmoidItem {
         "touchingWindow": !panelElement ? false : Boolean(panelElement.touchingWindow),
         "floating": !panelElement ? false : Boolean(panelElement.floatingness)
     }
+    property var widgetsDoingBlur: ({})
+    property var trayItemsDoingBlur: ({})
+
+    property var anyWidgetDoingBlur: {
+        return Object.values(widgetsDoingBlur).some(state => state)
+    }
+    property var anyTrayItemDoingBlur: {
+        return Object.values(trayItemsDoingBlur).some(state => state)
+    }
+
     property var cfg: {
         try {
             return JSON.parse(plasmoid.configuration.allSettings)
@@ -243,8 +253,13 @@ PlasmoidItem {
         id: rect
         property Item target
         property int targetIndex
-        // we need an exra id so we can track the items in tray
-        property int maskIndex: inTray ? (panelLayoutCount -1 + targetIndex) : targetIndex
+        // use an exra id so we can track the panel and items in tray separately
+        property int maskIndex: {
+            if (isPanel) return 0
+            else {
+                return (inTray ? (panelLayoutCount -1 + targetIndex) : targetIndex) +1
+            }
+        }
         property int itemType
         property bool isPanel: itemType === Enums.ItemType.PanelBgItem
         property bool isWidget: itemType === Enums.ItemType.WidgetItem
@@ -296,8 +311,9 @@ PlasmoidItem {
         property bool fgShadowEnabled: cfg.shadow.foreground.enabled && cfgEnabled
         property var fgShadow: cfg.shadow.foreground
         property bool blurBehind: {
-            return isPanel || (isWidget && !panelBgItem?.blurBehind)
-                || (inTray && !panelBgItem?.blurBehind && !trayWidgetBgItem?.blurBehind)
+            return (isPanel && !anyWidgetDoingBlur && !anyTrayItemDoingBlur)
+                || (isWidget)
+                || (inTray && !trayWidgetBgItem?.blurBehind)
                 ? cfg.blurBehind
                 : false
         }
@@ -805,7 +821,7 @@ PlasmoidItem {
                 }
             }
             Label {
-                text: parseInt(position.x)+","+parseInt(position.y)
+                text: blurBehind+","+anyWidgetDoingBlur //parseInt(position.x)+","+parseInt(position.y)
                 font.pixelSize: 8
                 Rectangle {
                     anchors.fill: parent
@@ -884,21 +900,30 @@ PlasmoidItem {
             updateMask()
         }
 
+        onBlurBehindChanged: {
+            if (isWidget) {
+                widgetsDoingBlur[maskIndex] = blurBehind
+                anyWidgetDoingBlur = Object.values(widgetsDoingBlur).some(state => state)
+            } else if (inTray) {
+                trayItemsDoingBlur[maskIndex] = blurBehind
+                anyTrayItemDoingBlur = Object.values(trayItemsDoingBlur).some(state => state)
+            }
+            updateMask()
+        }
+
         function updateMask() {
-            // Qt.callLater(function() {
-                if (panelColorizer === null || !blurBehind) return
-                panelColorizer.updatePanelMask(
-                    maskIndex,
-                    borderRec,
-                    rect.corners.topLeftRadius,
-                    rect.corners.topRightRadius,
-                    rect.corners.bottomLeftRadius,
-                    rect.corners.bottomRightRadius,
-                    Qt.point(rect.positionX-moveX, rect.positionY-moveY),
-                    5,
-                    visible
-                )
-            // })
+            if (panelColorizer === null) return
+            panelColorizer.updatePanelMask(
+                maskIndex,
+                borderRec,
+                rect.corners.topLeftRadius,
+                rect.corners.topRightRadius,
+                rect.corners.bottomLeftRadius,
+                rect.corners.bottomRightRadius,
+                Qt.point(rect.positionX-moveX, rect.positionY-moveY),
+                5,
+                visible && blurBehind
+            )
         }
     }
 
@@ -968,7 +993,7 @@ PlasmoidItem {
         property: "panelMask"
         value: blurMask
         when: (panelColorizer !== null && blurMask && panelColorizer?.hasRegions
-                && (panelBgItem?.blurBehind || widgetSettings?.blurBehind || trayWidgetSettings?.blurBehind)
+                && (panelSettings.blurBehind || anyWidgetDoingBlur || anyTrayItemDoingBlur)
             )
     }