diff --git a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobiology.dm b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobiology.dm
index 9475961cef0..dda38b4e62e 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobiology.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobiology.dm
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@
 	var/mob/living/immune = null // the one who creates the timestop is immune
 	var/freezerange = 2
 	var/duration = 140
-	
+	alpha = 125
+
 /obj/effect/timestop/New()
 	..()
 	timestop()
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@
 	while(loc)
 		if(duration)
 			for(var/mob/living/M in orange (freezerange, src.loc))
-				if(M == immune) 
+				if(M == immune)
 					continue
 				M.stunned = 10
 				M.anchored = 1
diff --git a/icons/effects/160x160.dmi b/icons/effects/160x160.dmi
index 27d7dd53304..8c733232f93 100644
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