diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9af1fd41..dde2fda3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ if (process.platform === "linux") {
 app.commandLine.appendSwitch('high-dpi-support', "1")
 app.commandLine.appendSwitch('force-device-scale-factor', "1")
 app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-pinch');
+app.commandLine.appendSwitch('no-sandbox');
 // app.commandLine.appendSwitch('js-flags', '--max-old-space-size=1024')
 
 /*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/src/main/cider-base.js b/src/main/cider-base.js
index ae416385..ed176448 100644
--- a/src/main/cider-base.js
+++ b/src/main/cider-base.js
@@ -71,11 +71,16 @@ const CiderBase = {
         if (process.platform === "darwin" || process.platform === "linux") {
             win = new BrowserWindow(options)
         } else {
+            // i don't know why but we have to do this for acrylic to work properly
             if (app.cfg.get("visual.window_transparency") !== "disabled") {
                 const { BrowserWindow } = require("electron-acrylic-window");
+                win = new BrowserWindow(options)
+                win.setVibrancy("dark")
+            } else {
+                win = new BrowserWindow(options)
+                win.setVibrancy("dark")
             }
-            win = new BrowserWindow(options)
-            win.setVibrancy("dark")
+
         }
 
         // intercept "https://js-cdn.music.apple.com/hls.js/2.141.0/hls.js/hls.js" and redirect to local file "./apple-hls.js" instead