diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Primary Window/PrimaryWindow.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Primary Window/PrimaryWindow.swift
index 51194ad91..0b199921b 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Primary Window/PrimaryWindow.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Primary Window/PrimaryWindow.swift	
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ class FocusedSurfaceWrapper {
 // such as non-native fullscreen.
 class PrimaryWindow: NSWindow {
     var focusedSurfaceWrapper: FocusedSurfaceWrapper = FocusedSurfaceWrapper()
+    
+    override var canBecomeKey: Bool {
+        return true
+    }
+
+    override var canBecomeMain: Bool {
+        return true
+    }
 
     static func create(ghostty: Ghostty.AppState, appDelegate: AppDelegate, baseConfig: ghostty_surface_config_s? = nil) -> PrimaryWindow {
         let window = PrimaryWindow(
@@ -53,12 +61,4 @@ class PrimaryWindow: NSWindow {
         
         return mask
     }
-    
-    override var canBecomeKey: Bool {
-        return true
-    }
-
-    override var canBecomeMain: Bool {
-        return true
-    }
 }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
index 9e7674a25..55a5b7b50 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/AppState.swift
@@ -81,7 +81,16 @@ extension Ghostty {
             guard let ptr = v else { return nil }
             return String(cString: ptr)
         }
-
+        
+        /// The background opacity.
+        var backgroundOpacity: Double {
+            guard let config = self.config else { return 1 }
+            var v: Double = 1
+            let key = "background-opacity"
+            _ = ghostty_config_get(config, &v, key, UInt(key.count))
+            return v;
+        }
+        
         init() {
             // Initialize ghostty global state. This happens once per process.
             guard ghostty_init() == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS else {