diff --git a/resources/ui/window-row.ui b/resources/ui/window-row.ui
index c4d8201c..2dee00bf 100644
--- a/resources/ui/window-row.ui
+++ b/resources/ui/window-row.ui
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@
         </child>
       </object>
     </child>
+
+    <child>
+      <object class="AdwActionRow">
+        <property name="title" translatable="yes">Opacity</property>
+        <property name="subtitle" translatable="yes">The opacity of the selected window, useful if the application itself is opaque.</property>
+        <property name="activatable-widget">window_opacity</property>
+
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkScale" id="window_opacity">
+            <property name="valign">center</property>
+            <property name="hexpand">true</property>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+      </object>
+    </child>
   </template>
 
   <object class="AdwToast" id="picking_failure_toast">
diff --git a/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.blur-my-shell.gschema.xml b/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.blur-my-shell.gschema.xml
index 254af245..3c99f3d1 100644
--- a/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.blur-my-shell.gschema.xml
+++ b/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.blur-my-shell.gschema.xml
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@
             <summary>Wether or not to blur all applications by default</summary>
         </key>
         <!-- WHITELIST -->
-        <key type="as" name="whitelist">
-            <default>[]</default>
+        <key type="aa{sd}" name="whitelist">
+            <default>{}</default>
             <summary>List of applications to blur</summary>
         </key>
         <!-- BLACKLIST -->
diff --git a/src/components/applications.js b/src/components/applications.js
index b23eb589..3e68bcf8 100644
--- a/src/components/applications.js
+++ b/src/components/applications.js
@@ -170,20 +170,52 @@ export const ApplicationsBlur = class ApplicationsBlur {
         let whitelist = this.settings.applications.WHITELIST;
         let blacklist = this.settings.applications.BLACKLIST;
 
+        // the element describing the window in whitelist, or undefined
+        let whitelist_element = whitelist.find(
+            element => element.wm_class == window_wm_class
+        );
+        // verify we are dealing with a real window
+        let is_a_window = [
+            Meta.FrameType.NORMAL,
+            Meta.FrameType.DIALOG,
+            Meta.FrameType.MODAL_DIALOG
+        ].includes(meta_window.get_frame_type())
+
         this._log(`checking blur for ${pid}`);
 
-        // either the window is included in whitelist
-        if (window_wm_class !== ""
-            && ((enable_all && !blacklist.includes(window_wm_class))
-                || (!enable_all && whitelist.includes(window_wm_class))
-            )
-            && [
-                Meta.FrameType.NORMAL,
-                Meta.FrameType.DIALOG,
-                Meta.FrameType.MODAL_DIALOG
-            ].includes(meta_window.get_frame_type())
+        // either the window is included in whitelist or not blacklisted
+        if (
+            window_wm_class !== ""
+            && !enable_all
+            && whitelist_element
+            && is_a_window
         ) {
-            this._log(`application ${pid} listed, blurring it`);
+            this._log(`application ${pid} whitelisted, blurring it`);
+
+            // get blur effect parameters
+
+            let brightness, sigma;
+
+            if (this.prefs.applications.CUSTOMIZE) {
+                brightness = this.prefs.applications.BRIGHTNESS;
+                sigma = this.prefs.applications.SIGMA;
+            } else {
+                brightness = this.prefs.BRIGHTNESS;
+                sigma = this.prefs.SIGMA;
+            }
+
+            this.set_opacity(window_actor, whitelist_element.opacity);
+
+            this.update_blur(pid, window_actor, meta_window, brightness, sigma);
+        }
+
+        // or enable_all is on, and application is not on blacklist
+        else if (
+            enable_all
+            && !(window_wm_class !== "" && blacklist.includes(window_wm_class))
+            && is_a_window
+        ) {
+            this._log(`application ${pid} not blacklisted, blurring it`);
 
             // get blur effect parameters
 
@@ -220,6 +252,13 @@ export const ApplicationsBlur = class ApplicationsBlur {
         }
     }
 
+    set_opacity(window_actor, opacity) {
+        window_actor.get_children().forEach(child => {
+            if (child.name !== "blur-actor")
+                child.opacity = opacity;
+        });
+    }
+
     /// When given the xprop property, returns the brightness and sigma values
     /// matching. If one of the two values is invalid, or missing, then it uses
     /// default values.
@@ -448,6 +487,7 @@ export const ApplicationsBlur = class ApplicationsBlur {
 
         // create the actor
         let blur_actor = new Clutter.Actor({
+            name: 'blur-actor',
             x: allocation.x,
             y: allocation.y,
             width: allocation.width,
diff --git a/src/conveniences/keys.js b/src/conveniences/keys.js
index 5a87ba44..a503d28e 100644
--- a/src/conveniences/keys.js
+++ b/src/conveniences/keys.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export const Keys = [
             { type: Type.I, name: "opacity" },
             { type: Type.B, name: "blur-on-overview" },
             { type: Type.B, name: "enable-all" },
-            { type: Type.AS, name: "whitelist" },
+            { type: Type.ASD, name: "whitelist" },
             { type: Type.AS, name: "blacklist" },
         ]
     },
diff --git a/src/conveniences/settings.js b/src/conveniences/settings.js
index d2bef17a..bf6e4d16 100644
--- a/src/conveniences/settings.js
+++ b/src/conveniences/settings.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export const Type = {
     D: 'Double',
     S: 'String',
     C: 'Color',
-    AS: 'StringArray'
+    AS: 'StringArray',
+    ASD: 'StringDoubleArray'
 };
 
 /// An object to get and manage the gsettings preferences.
@@ -118,6 +119,19 @@ export const Settings = class Settings {
                             }
                         });
                         break;
+
+                    case Type.ASD:
+                        Object.defineProperty(component, property_name, {
+                            get() {
+                                let val = component_settings.get_value(key.name);
+                                return val.recursiveUnpack();
+                            },
+                            set(v) {
+                                let val = new GLib.Variant("aa{sd}", v);
+                                component_settings.set_value(key.name, val);
+                            }
+                        });
+                        break;
                 }
 
                 component[property_name + '_reset'] = function () {
diff --git a/src/preferences/applications.js b/src/preferences/applications.js
index 6bac74c1..73de7cc7 100644
--- a/src/preferences/applications.js
+++ b/src/preferences/applications.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export const Applications = GObject.registerClass({
 
     add_widgets_from_lists() {
         this.preferences.applications.WHITELIST.forEach(
-            app_name => this.add_to_whitelist(app_name)
+            app => this.add_to_whitelist(app)
         );
 
         this.preferences.applications.BLACKLIST.forEach(
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ export const Applications = GObject.registerClass({
         );
     }
 
-    add_to_whitelist(app_name = null) {
-        let window_row = new WindowRow('whitelist', this, app_name);
+    add_to_whitelist(app = {}) {
+        let window_row = new WindowRow('whitelist', this, app.wm_class);
         this._whitelist.add(window_row);
     }