diff --git a/bin/themes/windows/images/tab-deactive-bg.png b/bin/themes/windows/images/tab-deactive-bg.png
index 8a33fc1f6..3168d71a5 100644
Binary files a/bin/themes/windows/images/tab-deactive-bg.png and b/bin/themes/windows/images/tab-deactive-bg.png differ
diff --git a/bin/themes/windows/images/tab-deactive-hover-bg.png b/bin/themes/windows/images/tab-deactive-hover-bg.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c30080df
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/themes/windows/images/tab-deactive-hover-bg.png differ
diff --git a/bin/themes/windows/images/tabs-list-button.png b/bin/themes/windows/images/tabs-list-button.png
index 5f862f7e1..7ec122da6 100644
Binary files a/bin/themes/windows/images/tabs-list-button.png and b/bin/themes/windows/images/tabs-list-button.png differ
diff --git a/bin/themes/windows/images/tabs-list-button_rtl.png b/bin/themes/windows/images/tabs-list-button_rtl.png
deleted file mode 100644
index ee615d7a4..000000000
Binary files a/bin/themes/windows/images/tabs-list-button_rtl.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/bin/themes/windows/main.css b/bin/themes/windows/main.css
index 304453439..bd14febd0 100644
--- a/bin/themes/windows/main.css
+++ b/bin/themes/windows/main.css
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@
 
 #tabwidget-button-opentabs
 {
-    qproperty-multiIcon: url(images/tabs-list-button.png);
+    qproperty-icon: url(images/tabs-list-button.png);
+    qproperty-fixedsize: 18px 28px;
+}
+
+#tabwidget-button-opentabs::menu-indicator
+{
+    background: url(images/transp.png);
 }
 
 #tabwidget-button-addtab
diff --git a/bin/themes/windows/rtl.css b/bin/themes/windows/rtl.css
index f54eda666..1d9c66241 100644
--- a/bin/themes/windows/rtl.css
+++ b/bin/themes/windows/rtl.css
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
     qproperty-multiIcon: url(images/navigation-forward.png);
 }
 
-#tabwidget-button-opentabs
-{
-    qproperty-multiIcon: url(images/tabs-list-button_rtl.png);
-}
-
 #tabwidget-button-addtab
 {
     qproperty-multiIcon: url(images/tabbar-addtab_rtl.png);
diff --git a/bin/themes/windows/windows.css b/bin/themes/windows/windows.css
index ed1dbfd89..fcba2d01a 100644
--- a/bin/themes/windows/windows.css
+++ b/bin/themes/windows/windows.css
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
     border: 1px solid #a6a6a6;
 }
 
+#tabbar::tab:!selected:hover
+{
+    background: url(images/tab-deactive-hover-bg.png) repeat-x;
+    margin-top: 2px;
+    margin-bottom: -3px;
+    border: 1px solid #3c7fb1;
+}
+
 #tabbar::tab:last
 {
     margin-right: -1px;
diff --git a/src/lib/app/qupzilla.cpp b/src/lib/app/qupzilla.cpp
index 3a38d33db..826dd2721 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/qupzilla.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/qupzilla.cpp
@@ -771,9 +771,7 @@ void QupZilla::loadSettings()
 
         m_usingTransparentBackground = true;
 
-        if (!qzSettings->tabsOnTop) {
-            QtWin::enableBlurBehindWindow(m_tabWidget->getTabBar(), true);
-        }
+        QtWin::enableBlurBehindWindow(m_tabWidget->getTabBar(), true);
         applyBlurToMainWindow();
         update();
 
@@ -1594,10 +1592,6 @@ void QupZilla::triggerTabsOnTop(bool enable)
 
     Settings settings;
     settings.setValue("Browser-Tabs-Settings/TabsOnTop", enable);
-
-    if (m_usingTransparentBackground) {
-        QtWin::enableBlurBehindWindow(m_tabWidget->getTabBar(), !enable);
-    }
     qzSettings->tabsOnTop = enable;
 }