diff --git a/.config/cava/config b/.config/cava/config
index 76a7fc2..7edff80 100644
--- a/.config/cava/config
+++ b/.config/cava/config
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # Bars' width and space between bars in number of characters.
 ; bars = 0
 ; bar_width = 2
+bar_width = 1
 ; bar_spacing = 1
 # bar_height is only used for output in "noritake" format
 ; bar_height = 32
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ source = auto
 # removes flickering in alacritty terminal emulator.
 # defaults to off since the behaviour in other terminal emulators is unknown
 ; alacritty_sync = 0
+alacritty_sync = 1
 
 # Shaders for sdl_glsl, located in $HOME/.config/cava/shaders
 ; vertex_shader = pass_through.vert
@@ -190,7 +192,11 @@ source = auto
 ; gradient_color_6 = '#cc8033'
 ; gradient_color_7 = '#cc5933'
 ; gradient_color_8 = '#cc3333'
-
+gradient = 1
+gradient_count = 3
+gradient_color_1 = '#008080'
+gradient_color_2 = '#D58E00'
+gradient_color_3 = '#D50000'
 
 
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