diff --git a/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp b/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp
index 2227d00..1206604 100644
--- a/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/pages/settings_page.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ namespace ui {
 
 using namespace material;
 
+// Top of the Acrylic slider's range (the blur-radius multiplier at 100%). The panels frost at full
+// alpha now, so this only controls how BLURRY the max is — kept gentle (the old max of 4.0 was way
+// too strong). The slider still reads 0–100%; this is just what 100% maps to.
+static constexpr float kAcrylicMaxBlur = 1.25f;
+
 // Helper: build "TranslatedLabel##id" for ImGui widgets that use label as ID
 static std::string TrId(const char* tr_key, const char* id) {
     std::string s = TR(tr_key);
@@ -391,8 +396,9 @@ static void loadSettingsPageState(config::Settings* settings) {
         idx++;
     }
 
-    // Load blur amount directly from saved multiplier
-    s_settingsState.blur_amount = settings->getBlurMultiplier();
+    // Load blur amount directly from saved multiplier, clamped to the (now gentler) slider max so a
+    // value saved under the old 0–4 range maps into 0–100% instead of pinning far past the top.
+    s_settingsState.blur_amount = std::min(settings->getBlurMultiplier(), kAcrylicMaxBlur);
     s_settingsState.acrylic_enabled = (s_settingsState.blur_amount > 0.001f);
     s_settingsState.ui_opacity = settings->getUIOpacity();
     s_settingsState.window_opacity = settings->getWindowOpacity();
@@ -883,10 +889,10 @@ void RenderSettingsPage(App* app) {
                     if (s_settingsState.blur_amount < 0.01f)
                         snprintf(blur_fmt, sizeof(blur_fmt), "%s", TR("slider_off"));
                     else
-                        snprintf(blur_fmt, sizeof(blur_fmt), "%.0f%%%%", s_settingsState.blur_amount * 25.0f);
-                    if (ImGui::SliderFloat("##AcrylicBlur", &s_settingsState.blur_amount, 0.0f, 4.0f, blur_fmt,
+                        snprintf(blur_fmt, sizeof(blur_fmt), "%.0f%%%%", s_settingsState.blur_amount / kAcrylicMaxBlur * 100.0f);
+                    if (ImGui::SliderFloat("##AcrylicBlur", &s_settingsState.blur_amount, 0.0f, kAcrylicMaxBlur, blur_fmt,
                                            ImGuiSliderFlags_AlwaysClamp)) {
-                        if (s_settingsState.blur_amount > 0.0f && s_settingsState.blur_amount < 0.15f) s_settingsState.blur_amount = 0.0f;
+                        if (s_settingsState.blur_amount > 0.0f && s_settingsState.blur_amount < kAcrylicMaxBlur * 0.04f) s_settingsState.blur_amount = 0.0f;
                         s_settingsState.acrylic_enabled = (s_settingsState.blur_amount > 0.001f);
                         effects::ImGuiAcrylic::ApplyBlurAmount(s_settingsState.blur_amount);
                     }
@@ -1129,10 +1135,10 @@ void RenderSettingsPage(App* app) {
                     if (s_settingsState.blur_amount < 0.01f)
                         snprintf(blur_fmt, sizeof(blur_fmt), "%s", TR("slider_off"));
                     else
-                        snprintf(blur_fmt, sizeof(blur_fmt), "%.0f%%%%", s_settingsState.blur_amount * 25.0f);
-                    if (ImGui::SliderFloat("##AcrylicBlur", &s_settingsState.blur_amount, 0.0f, 4.0f, blur_fmt,
+                        snprintf(blur_fmt, sizeof(blur_fmt), "%.0f%%%%", s_settingsState.blur_amount / kAcrylicMaxBlur * 100.0f);
+                    if (ImGui::SliderFloat("##AcrylicBlur", &s_settingsState.blur_amount, 0.0f, kAcrylicMaxBlur, blur_fmt,
                                            ImGuiSliderFlags_AlwaysClamp)) {
-                        if (s_settingsState.blur_amount > 0.0f && s_settingsState.blur_amount < 0.15f) s_settingsState.blur_amount = 0.0f;
+                        if (s_settingsState.blur_amount > 0.0f && s_settingsState.blur_amount < kAcrylicMaxBlur * 0.04f) s_settingsState.blur_amount = 0.0f;
                         s_settingsState.acrylic_enabled = (s_settingsState.blur_amount > 0.001f);
                         effects::ImGuiAcrylic::ApplyBlurAmount(s_settingsState.blur_amount);
                     }