diff --git a/damus/Views/DMView.swift b/damus/Views/DMView.swift
index 4b0f0eaf..333f3239 100644
--- a/damus/Views/DMView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/DMView.swift
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ struct DMView: View {
             let should_show_img = should_show_images(contacts: damus_state.contacts, ev: event, our_pubkey: damus_state.pubkey)
 
             NoteContentView(damus_state: damus_state, event: event, show_images: should_show_img, size: .normal, artifacts: .just_content(event.get_content(damus_state.keypair.privkey)), truncate: false)
-                .foregroundColor(is_ours ? Color.white : Color.primary)
                 .padding(10)
-                .background(is_ours ? Color.accentColor : Color.secondary.opacity(0.15))
+                .background(VisualEffectView(effect: UIBlurEffect(style: .prominent))
+                    .background(is_ours ? Color.accentColor.opacity(0.9) : Color.secondary.opacity(0.15))
+                )
                 .cornerRadius(8.0)
                 .tint(is_ours ? Color.white : Color.accentColor)
             if !is_ours {