diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 0efaa5e..38c35f6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn set_badge_count(count: u32, window: tauri::Window) -> Result<(), String> {
             let mut label_wide: Vec<u16> = label.encode_utf16().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect();
 
             unsafe {
-                let size = 16i32;
+                let size = 20i32;
                 let hdc_screen = windows::Win32::Graphics::Gdi::GetDC(None);
                 let hdc = CreateCompatibleDC(Some(hdc_screen));
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ fn set_badge_count(count: u32, window: tauri::Window) -> Result<(), String> {
                 let _ = Ellipse(hdc, 0, 0, size, size);
 
                 let hfont = CreateFontW(
-                    11,
+                    14,
                     0,
                     0,
                     0,
@@ -226,6 +226,19 @@ fn set_badge_count(count: u32, window: tauri::Window) -> Result<(), String> {
                 let _ = DeleteObject(hpen.into());
                 let _ = DeleteObject(hfont.into());
 
+                // GDI drawing leaves the alpha channel at 0 for all pixels.
+                // Set alpha=255 for every painted pixel so Windows uses per-pixel
+                // alpha compositing instead of falling back to the opaque mask,
+                // which would render unpainted corner pixels as a black square.
+                let pixel_count = (size * size) as usize;
+                let pixels =
+                    std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(bits as *mut u32, pixel_count);
+                for pixel in pixels.iter_mut() {
+                    if *pixel != 0 {
+                        *pixel |= 0xFF00_0000u32;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 let hbm_mask = CreateBitmap(size, size, 1, 1, None);
                 if hbm_mask.0 as usize == 0 {
                     let _ = DeleteObject(hbm_color.into());