diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/ScreenshotManager.cpp b/Minecraft.Client/ScreenshotManager.cpp
index 802c8b6dd..781549079 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/ScreenshotManager.cpp
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/ScreenshotManager.cpp
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ bool ScreenshotManager::takeScreenshot(const std::wstring& path) {
 
 	GUID wicFormat = GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGRA;
 
-	// we swizzle R / B because WIC expects BGRA for some fucking reason
 	const UINT width = desc.Width;
 	const UINT height = desc.Height;
 	const UINT srcRowPitch = mapped.RowPitch;
 	const UINT dstStride = width * 4;
 
+	// write data and shi
 	std::vector<BYTE> imageData(dstStride * height);
 	BYTE* dst = imageData.data();
 	BYTE* srcBase = reinterpret_cast<BYTE*>(mapped.pData);
@@ -143,14 +143,23 @@ bool ScreenshotManager::takeScreenshot(const std::wstring& path) {
 		BYTE* src = srcBase + y * srcRowPitch;
 		BYTE* row = dst + y * dstStride;
 		for (UINT x = 0; x < width; ++x) {
+			// read original rgba
 			BYTE r = src[x * 4 + 0];
 			BYTE g = src[x * 4 + 1];
 			BYTE b = src[x * 4 + 2];
 			BYTE a = src[x * 4 + 3];
-			row[x * 4 + 0] = b;
-			row[x * 4 + 1] = g;
-			row[x * 4 + 2] = r;
-			row[x * 4 + 3] = a;
+
+			// black background to fix opacity issues (sorta)
+			// (using integer math with rounding: (value * a + 127) / 255)
+			UINT br = (r * a + 127) / 255;
+			UINT bg = (g * a + 127) / 255;
+			UINT bb = (b * a + 127) / 255;
+
+			// we swizzle R / B because WIC expects BGRA for some fucking reason
+			row[x * 4 + 0] = static_cast<BYTE>(bb);
+			row[x * 4 + 1] = static_cast<BYTE>(bg);
+			row[x * 4 + 2] = static_cast<BYTE>(br);
+			row[x * 4 + 3] = 255;
 		}
 	}