diff --git a/i3/config b/i3/config
index 0909b3e..9b5d814 100644
--- a/i3/config
+++ b/i3/config
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tiling_drag modifier
 #exec base
 bindsym $mod+Return exec kitty
 bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
-bindsym $mod+d exec rofi -show drun -theme ~/.config/rofi/ayu-retro.rasi -p "╔═[ SELECT PROGRAM ]═╗"
+bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id ~/.config/rofi/rofi_slide.sh
 
 # change focus
 bindsym $mod+j focus left
diff --git a/rofi/ayu-retro.rasi b/rofi/ayu-retro.rasi
index 1ec4ff0..f809240 100644
--- a/rofi/ayu-retro.rasi
+++ b/rofi/ayu-retro.rasi
@@ -7,37 +7,41 @@
 	selected-foreground: #0f111a;
 	border: 2px;
 	border-color: #5ccfe6;
+	padding: 15;
 	spacing: 5;
-	padding: 10;
 }
 
 window {
 	location: north;
 	anchor: north;
 	y-offset: 0;
-	width: 50%;
+	width: 40%;
 	border: 2px;
+	padding: 10;
 	background-color: @background;
 }
 
 mainbox {
-	background-color: @background;
-	padding: 5;
+	background-color: inherit;
 	border: 0;
+	padding: 0;
 }
 
 listview {
-	lines: 8;
 	columns: 1;
-	background-color: transparent;
-	padding: 5 0 0 0;
-	spacing: 4;
+	lines: 8;
 	border: 0;
+	padding: 0;
+	spacing: 4;
 }
 
 element {
-	padding: 6 8;
-	background-color: transparent;
+	padding: 2 4;
+	border: 0;
+}
+
+element-text {
+	text-color: @foreground;
 }
 
 element selected {
@@ -45,19 +49,15 @@ element selected {
 	text-color: @selected-foreground;
 }
 
-element-text {
-	text-color: @foreground;
-}
-
 inputbar {
-	children: [prompt, entry];
+	children: [ prompt, entry ];
+	padding: 4;
 	background-color: @background-alt;
-	padding: 6;
 }
 
 prompt {
+	padding: 0 6 0 0;
 	text-color: #5ccfe6;
-	padding: 0 8 0 0;
 }
 
 entry {
diff --git a/rofi/rofi_slide.sh b/rofi/rofi_slide.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..461b0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rofi/rofi_slide.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Launch ROFI and get its window ID
+rofi -show drun -theme ~/.config/rofi/themes/ayu-retro.rasi &
+sleep 0.1  # Wait for the window to appear
+ROFI_WID=$(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class rofi | head -n 1)
+
+# Get screen width and calculate center position
+SCREEN_WIDTH=$(xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions/{print $2}' | cut -d'x' -f1)
+WINDOW_WIDTH=$(xdotool getwindowgeometry $ROFI_WID | awk '/Geometry/{print $2}' | cut -d'x' -f1)
+X_POS=$(( (SCREEN_WIDTH - WINDOW_WIDTH) / 2 ))
+
+# Animate slide-down
+for Y in $(seq -10 5 100); do
+	xdotool windowmove $ROFI_WID $X_POS $Y
+	sleep 0.01
+done