diff --git a/damus/Views/MainTabView.swift b/damus/Views/MainTabView.swift
index f258fa8d..5f22e952 100644
--- a/damus/Views/MainTabView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/MainTabView.swift
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ struct TabBar: View {
                 TabButton(timeline: .notifications, img: "notification-bell", selected: $selected, nstatus: nstatus, settings: settings, action: action).keyboardShortcut("4")
             }
         }
-        .opacity(selected != .home || (selected == .home && !navIsAtRoot) ? 1.0 : (abs(1.25 - (abs(headerOffset/100.0)))))
+        .opacity(selected != .home || (selected == .home && !navIsAtRoot) ? 1.0 : 0.35 + abs(1.25 - (abs(headerOffset/100.0))))
     }
 }
diff --git a/damus/Views/Timeline/PostingTimelineView.swift b/damus/Views/Timeline/PostingTimelineView.swift
index 0ec55cea..dc5f3d04 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Timeline/PostingTimelineView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Timeline/PostingTimelineView.swift
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct PostingTimelineView: View {
                         self.active_sheet = .post(.posting(.none))
                     }
                     .padding(.bottom, tabHeight + getSafeAreaBottom())
-                    .opacity((abs(1.25 - (abs(headerOffset/100.0)))))
+                    .opacity(0.35 + abs(1.25 - (abs(headerOffset/100.0))))
                 }
             }
         }