diff --git a/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix b/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix
index f067fdd..7a7a1eb 100644
--- a/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix
+++ b/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ in
         gaps = {
           outer = {
             top = 0;
-            bottom = 40;
+            bottom = 38;
             left = 0;
             right = 0;
           };
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ in
         FOCUSED=0xff285577
 
         # Background colors matching i3blocks bar
-        BAR_BG=0xcc000000          # Semi-transparent black
-        ITEM_BG=0xff333333         # Dark gray for inactive items
+        BAR_BG=0xff333333          # Dark gray
+        ITEM_BG=0xff333333         # Dark gray matching bar
 
         # Text colors
         TEXT=0xffffffff            # White text
@@ -351,29 +351,32 @@ in
         # Configure the bar appearance
         ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --bar \
             position=bottom \
-            height=32 \
+            height=30 \
             color=$BAR_BG \
             border_width=0 \
             corner_radius=0 \
             padding_left=10 \
-            padding_right=10
+            padding_right=10 \
+            shadow=off \
+            topmost=on \
+            sticky=on
 
         # Set default properties for all items
         # Using monospace font to match waybar's Fira Code styling
         ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --default \
             updates=when_shown \
-            icon.font="SF Mono:Regular:13.0" \
+            icon.font="Fira Code:Regular:13.0" \
             icon.color=$TEXT \
             icon.padding_left=4 \
             icon.padding_right=4 \
-            label.font="SF Mono:Regular:13.0" \
+            label.font="Fira Code:Regular:13.0" \
             label.color=$TEXT \
             label.padding_left=4 \
             label.padding_right=4 \
             padding_left=4 \
             padding_right=4 \
-            background.corner_radius=5 \
-            background.height=24
+            background.corner_radius=0 \
+            background.height=30
 
         # Register aerospace workspace change event
         ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --add event aerospace_workspace_change
@@ -394,8 +397,8 @@ in
                     update_freq=2 \
                     width=32 \
                     background.color=$ITEM_BG \
-                    background.corner_radius=5 \
-                    background.height=20 \
+                    background.corner_radius=0 \
+                    background.height=30 \
                     background.drawing=on \
                     icon="$display" \
                     icon.padding_left=13 \
@@ -406,15 +409,6 @@ in
                     script="$PLUGIN_DIR/aerospace.sh $sid"
         done
 
-        # Separator after workspaces
-        ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --add item separator_left left \
-            --set separator_left \
-                icon="" \
-                label="" \
-                background.drawing=off \
-                padding_left=10 \
-                padding_right=10
-
         # System monitoring modules (right side)
         # Note: Items added to 'right' appear in reverse order (last added = leftmost)
         # Adding in reverse to get: disk | cpu | memory | battery | volume | calendar
@@ -426,14 +420,6 @@ in
                        background.drawing=on \
                        script="$PLUGIN_DIR/calendar.sh"
 
-        ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --add item separator_media right \
-            --set separator_media \
-                icon="|" \
-                label="" \
-                background.drawing=off \
-                padding_left=5 \
-                padding_right=5
-
         ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --add item volume right \
                    --set volume \
                        background.color=$ITEM_BG \
@@ -449,14 +435,6 @@ in
                        script="$PLUGIN_DIR/battery.sh" \
                    --subscribe battery system_woke power_source_change
 
-        ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --add item separator_sys right \
-            --set separator_sys \
-                icon="|" \
-                label="" \
-                background.drawing=off \
-                padding_left=5 \
-                padding_right=5
-
         ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --add item memory right \
                    --set memory \
                        update_freq=5 \
@@ -564,7 +542,7 @@ in
         # Show non-focused non-empty workspaces with fixed width and inactive styling
 
         if [ "$IS_FOCUSED" = "true" ]; then
-            # Focused workspace - always show with focused styling
+            # Focused workspace - always show with focused styling and bold font
             ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --set space.$WORKSPACE_NUM \
                 drawing=on \
                 icon="$DISPLAY" \
@@ -574,7 +552,8 @@ in
                 icon.align=center \
                 background.color=$FOCUSED_COLOR \
                 background.drawing=on \
-                icon.color=$TEXT
+                icon.color=$TEXT \
+                icon.font="Fira Code:Bold:13.0"
         elif [ "$IS_EMPTY" = "true" ]; then
             # Empty workspace (not focused) - hide by collapsing width and clearing content
             # Using width=0 with drawing=on so updates=when_shown continues to run the script
@@ -587,7 +566,7 @@ in
                 icon.padding_right=0 \
                 background.drawing=off
         else
-            # Non-empty workspace (not focused) - show with inactive styling
+            # Non-empty workspace (not focused) - show with inactive styling and white text
             ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --set space.$WORKSPACE_NUM \
                 drawing=on \
                 icon="$DISPLAY" \
@@ -597,7 +576,8 @@ in
                 icon.align=center \
                 background.color=$ITEM_BG \
                 background.drawing=on \
-                icon.color=$GRAY
+                icon.color=$TEXT \
+                icon.font="Fira Code:Regular:13.0"
         fi
       '';
     };