diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b10e0b5..cca46e03 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ uninstall:
 	@rm -f $(MANDIR)/compton.1
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJS) compton
+	@rm -f $(OBJS) compton
 
 .PHONY: uninstall clean
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c487b046..cb679518 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ $ make install
 
 ``` bash
 $ compton -cC -i 0.6 -e 0.6
+$ compton -cC -i 0.6 -e 0.6 -fF
 $ compton -cC -fF -I 0.065 -O 0.065 -D 6 -m 0.8 -i 0.6 -e 0.6
 ```
 
diff --git a/compton.c b/compton.c
index 8beb91d8..0dbebaed 100644
--- a/compton.c
+++ b/compton.c
@@ -1628,26 +1628,28 @@ determine_mode(Display *dpy, win *w) {
 
 static void
 set_opacity(Display *dpy, win *w, unsigned long opacity) {
+#if 0
   if (fade_trans) {
     double old_opacity = (double)w->opacity / OPAQUE;
     w->opacity = opacity;
     set_fade(dpy, w, old_opacity,
       (double)w->opacity / OPAQUE,
       fade_out_step, 0, True, False);
-  } else {
-    w->opacity = opacity;
-    determine_mode(dpy, w);
-    if (w->shadow) {
-      XRenderFreePicture(dpy, w->shadow);
-      w->shadow = None;
+    return;
+  }
+#endif
+  w->opacity = opacity;
+  determine_mode(dpy, w);
+  if (w->shadow) {
+    XRenderFreePicture(dpy, w->shadow);
+    w->shadow = None;
 
-      if (w->extents != None) {
-        XFixesDestroyRegion(dpy, w->extents);
-      }
-
-      /* rebuild the shadow */
-      w->extents = win_extents(dpy, w);
+    if (w->extents != None) {
+      XFixesDestroyRegion(dpy, w->extents);
     }
+
+    /* rebuild the shadow */
+    w->extents = win_extents(dpy, w);
   }
 }