diff --git a/hyprlock.conf b/hyprlock.conf
index ea30a9b..6466397 100644
--- a/hyprlock.conf
+++ b/hyprlock.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $font = CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono
 
 general {
     grace = 0
-    hide_cursor = false
+    hide_cursor = true
 }
 
 background {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ background {
     blur_passes = 2 # 0 disables blurring
     noise = 0.0117
     contrast = 1.8000 # Vibrant!!!
-    brightness = 0.8000
+    brightness = 0.7500
     vibrancy = 0.2100
     vibrancy_darkness = 0.0
 }
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ input-field {
     placeholder_text = <i>Password...</i> # Text rendered in the input box when it's empty.
     hide_input = false
     
-    position = 0, 200
+    position = 0, 0
     halign = center
-    valign = bottom
+    valign = center
     inner_color = rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0) # no fill
     outer_color = rgba(555555ff)
     font_color = rgba(392e89cf)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ label {
     font_size = 94
     font_family = $font
 
-    position = 0, 0
+    position = 0, 300
     halign = center
     valign = center
 }
@@ -92,9 +92,11 @@ label {
     text = cmd[update:60000] date +"%A, %d %B %Y" # update every 60 seconds
     font_size = 25
     font_family = $font
+    color = rgba(4b3f89ff)
 
-    position = -30, -150
-    halign = right
+    # position = -30, -150
+    position = 0, -300
+    halign = center
     valign = top
 }
 
@@ -108,22 +110,11 @@ label {
 #     }
 # }
 
-
-# sample hyprlock.conf
-# for more configuration options, refer https://wiki.hyprland.org/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprlock
-#
-# rendered text in all widgets supports pango markup (e.g. <b> or <i> tags)
-# ref. https://wiki.hyprland.org/Hypr-Ecosystem/hyprlock/#general-remarks
-#
-# shortcuts to clear password buffer: ESC, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Backspace
-#
-# you can get started by copying this config to ~/.config/hypr/hyprlock.conf
-#
-
+# faster animations
 animations {
     enabled = true
     bezier = linear, 1, 0.1, 0, 0
-    animation = fadeIn, 1, 0.5, linear
-    animation = fadeOut, 1, 0.5, linear
+    animation = fadeIn, 1, 0.27, linear
+    animation = fadeOut, 1, 0.27, linear
     animation = inputFieldDots, 1, 0.2, linear
 }