diff --git a/lua/chadrc.lua b/lua/chadrc.lua
index ab59eb9..3e6d52b 100644
--- a/lua/chadrc.lua
+++ b/lua/chadrc.lua
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ local M = {}
 
 M.ui = {
    theme = "onedark",
-   -- for theme toggle
+
+   -- theme toggle
+   theme_toggler = false,
    fav_themes = {
       "onedark",
       "gruvchad",
    },
-   theme_toggler = false,
+
+   -- Enable this only if your terminal has the colorscheme set which nvchad uses
+   -- For Ex : if you have onedark set in nvchad , set onedark's bg color on your terminal
+   transparency = true,
+
    hidden_statusline = {
       -- these are filetypes, not pattern matched
       "NvimTree",
diff --git a/lua/default_config.lua b/lua/default_config.lua
index f8bd1aa..7f87246 100644
--- a/lua/default_config.lua
+++ b/lua/default_config.lua
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ local M = {}
 
 M.ui = {
    theme = "onedark",
-   -- for theme toggle
+
+   -- theme toggle
+   theme_toggler = false,
    fav_themes = {
       "onedark",
       "gruvchad",
    },
-   theme_toggler = false,
+
+   -- Enable this only if your terminal has the colorscheme set which nvchad uses
+   -- For Ex : if you have onedark set in nvchad , set onedark's bg color on your terminal
+   transparency = true,
+
    hidden_statusline = {
       -- these are filetypes, not pattern matched
       "NvimTree",
diff --git a/lua/highlights.lua b/lua/highlights.lua
index 88604f6..61023ae 100644
--- a/lua/highlights.lua
+++ b/lua/highlights.lua
@@ -110,10 +110,17 @@ fg("DashboardCenter", grey_fg)
 fg("DashboardShortcut", grey_fg)
 fg("DashboardFooter", grey_fg)
 
--- packer's floating window
+if require("utils").load_config().ui.transparency then
+   bg("Normal", "NONE")
+   bg("Folded", "NONE")
+   fg("Folded", "NONE")
+   bg("NvimTreeNormal", "NONE")
+   bg("NvimTreeVertSplit", "NONE")
+   fg("NvimTreeVertSplit", grey)
+   bg("NvimTreeStatusLineNC", "NONE")
+   fg("Comment", grey)
+end
 
+-- For floating windows
 bg("NormalFloat", one_bg)
 fg("FloatBorder", blue)
-
--- set bg color for nvim
--- bg("Normal", black)
diff --git a/lua/plugins/statusline.lua b/lua/plugins/statusline.lua
index f6e0ad9..4f9a4ca 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/statusline.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/statusline.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local global_theme = "themes/" .. vim.g.nvchad_theme
+local global_theme = "themes/" .. require("utils").load_config().ui.theme
 local colors = require(global_theme)
 
 local present1, gl = pcall(require, "galaxyline")
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ local icon_styles = {
    },
 }
 
-local user_statusline_style = require("chadrc").ui.statusline_style
+local user_statusline_style = require("utils").load_config().ui.statusline_style
 local statusline_style = icon_styles[user_statusline_style]
 
 local left_separator = statusline_style.left