diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/layers_planes.dm b/code/__DEFINES/layers_planes.dm
index a2d6bb4da6..531629c7cd 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/layers_planes.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/layers_planes.dm
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 
 #define CHAT_PLANE -1 //We don't want heard messages to be hidden by FoV.
 
-/// Plane for balloon text (text that fades up)
-#define BALLOON_CHAT_PLANE -1.2
-
 #define CHAT_LAYER 12.0001 // Do not insert layers between these two values
 #define CHAT_LAYER_MAX 12.9999
 
@@ -156,6 +153,10 @@
 #define CAMERA_STATIC_LAYER 19
 #define CAMERA_STATIC_RENDER_TARGET "CAMERA_STATIC_PLANE"
 
+/// Plane for balloon text (text that fades up)
+/// It's over lighting and every other crap because this is nearly as important as hud content and only visible to the user.
+#define BALLOON_CHAT_PLANE 20
+
 //HUD layer defines
 
 #define FULLSCREEN_PLANE 20
diff --git a/code/modules/balloon_alert/balloon_alert.dm b/code/modules/balloon_alert/balloon_alert.dm
index d6f17d6ffe..8a25206ed0 100644
--- a/code/modules/balloon_alert/balloon_alert.dm
+++ b/code/modules/balloon_alert/balloon_alert.dm
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 	var/image/balloon_alert = image(loc = get_atom_on_turf(src), layer = ABOVE_MOB_LAYER)
 	balloon_alert.plane = BALLOON_CHAT_PLANE
 	balloon_alert.alpha = 0
+	balloon_alert.appearance_flags = RESET_ALPHA|RESET_COLOR|RESET_TRANSFORM
 	balloon_alert.maptext = MAPTEXT("<span style='text-align: center; -dm-text-outline: 1px #0005'>[text]</span>")
 	balloon_alert.maptext_x = (BALLOON_TEXT_WIDTH - bound_width) * -0.5
 	balloon_alert.maptext_height = WXH_TO_HEIGHT(viewer_client?.MeasureText(text, null, BALLOON_TEXT_WIDTH))
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm
index 8744af7b28..aa871723a3 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers.dm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 					amount_per_transfer_from_this = possible_transfer_amounts[i+1]
 				else
 					amount_per_transfer_from_this = possible_transfer_amounts[1]
-				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[src]'s transfer amount is now [amount_per_transfer_from_this] units.</span>")
+				balloon_alert(user, "Transferring [amount_per_transfer_from_this]u")
 				return
 
 /obj/item/reagent_containers/attack(mob/living/M, mob/living/user, attackchain_flags = NONE, damage_multiplier = 1)