diff --git a/home-manager/sajenim/features/desktop/picom/default.nix b/home-manager/sajenim/features/desktop/picom/default.nix
index 17176e5..18c4c36 100644
--- a/home-manager/sajenim/features/desktop/picom/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/sajenim/features/desktop/picom/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   services.picom = {
     enable = true;
     shadow = true;
+    shadowExclude = [
+      "class_g = 'dmenu'"
+    ];
     backend = "xrender";
   };
 }
diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index 7bfcb4c..fce11f2 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
   # You can change versions, add patches, set compilation flags, anything really.
   # https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Overlays
   modifications = final: prev: {
-    # example = prev.example.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-    # ...
-    # });
+    dmenu = prev.dmenu.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+      patches = [
+        ./patches/dmenu-bar-height-5.2.diff
+        ./patches/dmenu-gruvbox-20210329-9ae8ea5.diff
+      ];
+    });
   };
 
   # When applied, the unstable nixpkgs set (declared in the flake inputs) will
diff --git a/overlays/patches/dmenu-bar-height-5.2.diff b/overlays/patches/dmenu-bar-height-5.2.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60e9a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/patches/dmenu-bar-height-5.2.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1edb647..5c79628 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
+
+ static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
+ /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
++static const int user_bh = 7;               /* add an defined amount of pixels to the bar height */
++
+ static const char *fonts[] = {
+ 	"monospace:size=10"
+ };
+diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
+index 27b7a30..7be0dc3 100644
+--- a/dmenu.c
++++ b/dmenu.c
+@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ setup(void)
+ 	utf8 = XInternAtom(dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False);
+
+ 	/* calculate menu geometry */
+-	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
++	bh = drw->fonts->h;
++	bh = user_bh ? bh + user_bh : bh + 2;
+ 	lines = MAX(lines, 0);
+ 	mh = (lines + 1) * bh;
+ #ifdef XINERAMA
diff --git a/overlays/patches/dmenu-gruvbox-20210329-9ae8ea5.diff b/overlays/patches/dmenu-gruvbox-20210329-9ae8ea5.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a004187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/patches/dmenu-gruvbox-20210329-9ae8ea5.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 9ae8ea55988973aa19f1e069ee24ba7af5a669e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Miles Glapa-Grossklag <m.glapa.grossklag@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:57:52 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Add gruvbox dark colorscheme
+
+---
+ config.def.h | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1edb647..36105e5 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ static const char *fonts[] = {
+ static const char *prompt      = NULL;      /* -p  option; prompt to the left of input field */
+ static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
+ 	/*     fg         bg       */
+-	[SchemeNorm] = { "#bbbbbb", "#222222" },
+-	[SchemeSel] = { "#eeeeee", "#005577" },
+-	[SchemeOut] = { "#000000", "#00ffff" },
++	[SchemeNorm] = { "#a89984", "#282828" },
++	[SchemeSel] = { "#32302f", "#a9b665" },
++	[SchemeOut] = { "#a89984", "#89b482" },
+ };
+ /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
+ static unsigned int lines      = 0;
+-- 
+2.25.1