diff --git a/res/slidergradient.png b/res/slidergradient.png
index 6939923f..1337613a 100644
Binary files a/res/slidergradient.png and b/res/slidergradient.png differ
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java
index ddc50f83..8e9a6eb1 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class Slider extends GameObject {
 
 	private int repeats;
 
-	private static Color curveColor = new Color(0, 0, 0);
+	private static Color curveColor = new Color(0, 0, 0, 20);
 
 	/**
 	 * Initializes the Slider data type with images and dimensions.
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
index 737db42b..34080c0c 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ public class CurveRenderState {
 				ByteBuffer buff = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(slider.getWidth() * 4);
 				for (int i = 0; i < slider.getWidth(); ++i) {
 					Color col = slider.getColor(i, 0);
-					buff.put((byte) (255 * col.r));
-					buff.put((byte) (255 * col.g));
+					buff.put((byte) (255 * col.b));
+					buff.put((byte) (255 * col.b)); // I know this looks strange...
 					buff.put((byte) (255 * col.b));
 					buff.put((byte) (255 * col.a));
 				}