diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index c84cbe2..42462da 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Ryan Kes <alrayyes gmail com>
 
 pkgname=st
-pkgver=0.8.1
+pkgver=0.8.2
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='A simple virtual terminal emulator for X.'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -10,39 +10,31 @@ depends=('libxft' 'libxext' 'nerd-fonts-source-code-pro')
 makedepends=('ncurses')
 url="http://st.suckless.org"
 
-_patches=("https://st.suckless.org/patches/clipboard/st-clipboard-0.8.1.diff"
-          "https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/st-scrollback-0.8.diff"
+_patches=("https://st.suckless.org/patches/clipboard/st-clipboard-0.8.2.diff"
+          "https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/st-scrollback-20190122-3be4cf1.diff"
           "https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/st-scrollback-mouse-0.8.diff"
           "https://st.suckless.org/patches/vertcenter/st-vertcenter-20180320-6ac8c8a.diff"
-          "https://st.suckless.org/patches/alpha/st-alpha-0.8.1.diff"
-          "https://st.suckless.org/patches/disable_bold_italic_fonts/st-disable-bold-italic-fonts.diff"
-          "https://st.suckless.org/patches/solarized/st-solarized-dark-20180411-041912a.diff")
+          "local-st-alpha-0.8.2.diff"
+          "local-disable-bold-italic-fonts.diff")
 
 source=("http://dl.suckless.org/st/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
         "config.h"
         "${_patches[@]}")
 
-sha256sums=('c4fb0fe2b8d2d3bd5e72763e80a8ae05b7d44dbac8f8e3bb18ef0161c7266926'
-            '1ee1646c96e2cf788f8ba0a226478f74fb4b77cd521ad688875ec67ba954d85c'
-            'f22e0165aacb2bc86d000728c81f68022abcc601dbfd09e516e1ba772225d7e6'
-            '8279d347c70bc9b36f450ba15e1fd9ff62eedf49ce9258c35d7f1cfe38cca226'
+sha256sums=('aeb74e10aa11ed364e1bcc635a81a523119093e63befd2f231f8b0705b15bf35'
+            '2479b5f9c0b31342e7ede5e37902e84c8ea26a4454e17dc584aa1845eaead129'
+            '7be1a09831f13361f5659aaad55110bde99b25c8ba826c11d1d7fcec21f32945'
+            '30c9bcec5801614dd5cc8b96f470d7431e83d5d2af87bb2305df60082e5ab4ed'
             '3fb38940cc3bad3f9cd1e2a0796ebd0e48950a07860ecf8523a5afd0cd1b5a44'
             '04e6a4696293f668260b2f54a7240e379dbfabbc209de07bd5d4d57e9f513360'
-            '7bf61cb8a505891574f3ad0a5420334d3e965b9f7d0067df3819eeef72ce1358'
-            '206ac98601adead3139eac64a23e28202879b94d6cf61e71e5bf457bde34ed18'
-            'b2d5e88a2616eafb82b2fefb63eecb0f9d71f839349ef40f9f69c1953444f88c')
+            '67b1bdc717e3f7914d04f0c72bc8a3f6efe91790248611c0a2c2dc905bf206bd'
+            '59d5719a68e2f0e25c44b6ad9fab0d62ee8a6c5bcbcffb38176e9950cda16b15')
 
 prepare() {
   cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
   # skip terminfo which conflicts with nsurses
   sed -i '/\ttic -sx st.info/d' Makefile
 
-  # Modify alpha patch to prevent conflicts
-  sed -i 's/size_t colornamelen/unsigned int tabspaces/g' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[4]})"
-  sed -i '7,7d' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[5]})" 
-  sed -i '10,26d' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[5]})" 
-  sed -i '1,68d' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[6]})" 
-
   for patch in "${_patches[@]}"; do
     echo "Applying patch $(basename $patch)..."
     patch -Np1 -i "$srcdir/$(basename $patch)"
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 8e4e499..3411ca1 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "SauceCodePro Nerd Font Mono:style=Regular:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+static char *font = "SauceCodePro Nerd Font Mono:style=Regular:pixelsize=18:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+
+/* disable bold, italic and roman fonts globally */
+int disablebold = 0;
+int disableitalic = 0;
+int disableroman = 0;
+
 static int borderpx = 2;
 
 /*
@@ -83,11 +89,7 @@ char *termname = "xterm-256color";
 unsigned int tabspaces = 8;
 
 /* bg opacity */
-unsigned int alpha = 0xaa;
-
-/* alpha */
-#define OPAQUE 0Xff
-#define USE_ARGB (alpha != OPAQUE && opt_embed == NULL)
+float alpha = 0.8;
 
 /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
 static const char *colorname[] = {
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ static const char *colorname[] = {
  * foreground, background, cursor, reverse cursor
  */
 unsigned int defaultfg = 12;
-unsigned int defaultbg = 257;
+unsigned int defaultbg = 258;
 static unsigned int defaultcs = 14;
 static unsigned int defaultrcs = 15;
 
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,     XK_C,           clipcopy,       {.i =  0} },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,     XK_V,           clippaste,      {.i =  0} },
 	{ MODKEY,               XK_Num_Lock,    numlock,        {.i =  0} },
-	{ MODKEY,               XK_Control_L,   iso14755,       {.i =  0} },
+//	{ MODKEY,               XK_Control_L,   iso14755,       {.i =  0} },
 	{ ShiftMask,            XK_Page_Up,     kscrollup,      {.i = -1} },
 	{ ShiftMask,            XK_Page_Down,   kscrolldown,    {.i = -1} },
 	{ MODKEY,            	XK_k,  		kscrollup,      {.i = 1} },
@@ -471,9 +473,3 @@ static char ascii_printable[] =
 	" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?"
 	"@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_"
 	"`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
-
-/* disable bold, italic and roman fonts globally */
-int disablebold = 0;
-int disableitalic = 0;
-int disableroman = 0;
-
diff --git a/local-disable-bold-italic-fonts.diff b/local-disable-bold-italic-fonts.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45a885b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-disable-bold-italic-fonts.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff -up a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
+  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
+  */
+ static char *font = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
++
++/* disable bold, italic and roman fonts globally */
++int disablebold = 0;
++int disableitalic = 0;
++int disableroman = 0;
++
+ static int borderpx = 2;
+ 
+ /*
+diff -up a/x.c b/x.c
+--- a/x.c
++++ b/x.c
+@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ static char *usedfont = NULL;
+ static double usedfontsize = 0;
+ static double defaultfontsize = 0;
+ 
++/* declared in config.h */
++extern int disablebold;
++extern int disableitalic;
++extern int disableroman;
++
+ static char *opt_alpha = NULL;
+ static char *opt_class = NULL;
+ static char **opt_cmd  = NULL;
+@@ -979,7 +984,10 @@ xloadfonts(char *fontstr, double fontsiz
+ 	win.cyo = ceilf(dc.font.height * (chscale - 1) / 2);
+ 
+ 	FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SLANT);
+-	FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ITALIC);
++	if (!disableitalic)
++		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ITALIC);
++	if (!disableroman)
++		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ROMAN);
+ 	if (xloadfont(&dc.ifont, pattern))
+ 		die("can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
+ 
diff --git a/local-st-alpha-0.8.2.diff b/local-st-alpha-0.8.2.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0317745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-st-alpha-0.8.2.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+diff -up a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ char *termname = "st-256color";
+  */
+ unsigned int tabspaces = 8;
+ 
++/* bg opacity */
++float alpha = 0.8;
++
+ /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
+ static const char *colorname[] = {
+ 	/* 8 normal colors */
+@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ static const char *colorname[] = {
+ 	/* more colors can be added after 255 to use with DefaultXX */
+ 	"#cccccc",
+ 	"#555555",
++	"black",
+ };
+ 
+ 
+@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ static const char *colorname[] = {
+  * foreground, background, cursor, reverse cursor
+  */
+ unsigned int defaultfg = 7;
+-unsigned int defaultbg = 0;
++unsigned int defaultbg = 258;
+ static unsigned int defaultcs = 256;
+ static unsigned int defaultrcs = 257;
+ 
+diff -up a/config.mk b/config.mk
+--- a/config.mk
++++ b/config.mk
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config
+ INCS = -I$(X11INC) \
+        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags fontconfig` \
+        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags freetype2`
+-LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft \
++LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft -lXrender\
+        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs fontconfig` \
+        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs freetype2`
+ 
+diff -up a/st.h b/st.h
+--- a/st.h
++++ b/st.h
+@@ -129,4 +129,5 @@ extern char *termname;
+ extern unsigned int tabspaces;
+ extern unsigned int defaultfg;
+ extern unsigned int defaultbg;
++extern float alpha;
+ extern MouseKey mkeys[];
+diff -up a/x.c b/x.c
+--- a/x.c
++++ b/x.c
+@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ 	XSetWindowAttributes attrs;
+ 	int scr;
+ 	int isfixed; /* is fixed geometry? */
++	int depth; /* bit depth */
+ 	int l, t; /* left and top offset */
+ 	int gm; /* geometry mask */
+ } XWindow;
+@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ static char *usedfont = NULL;
+ static double usedfontsize = 0;
+ static double defaultfontsize = 0;
+ 
++static char *opt_alpha = NULL;
+ static char *opt_class = NULL;
+ static char **opt_cmd  = NULL;
+ static char *opt_embed = NULL;
+@@ -700,7 +702,7 @@ xresize(int col, int row)
+ 
+ 	XFreePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.buf);
+ 	xw.buf = XCreatePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.win, win.w, win.h,
+-			DefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr));
++			xw.depth);
+ 	XftDrawChange(xw.draw, xw.buf);
+ 	xclear(0, 0, win.w, win.h);
+ 
+@@ -760,6 +762,13 @@ xloadcols(void)
+ 			else
+ 				die("could not allocate color %d\n", i);
+ 		}
++
++	/* set alpha value of bg color */
++	if (opt_alpha)
++		alpha = strtof(opt_alpha, NULL);
++	dc.col[defaultbg].color.alpha = (unsigned short)(0xffff * alpha);
++	dc.col[defaultbg].pixel &= 0x00FFFFFF;
++	dc.col[defaultbg].pixel |= (unsigned char)(0xff * alpha) << 24;
+ 	loaded = 1;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1017,12 +1026,25 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
+ 	Window parent;
+ 	pid_t thispid = getpid();
+ 	XColor xmousefg, xmousebg;
++	XWindowAttributes attr;
++	XVisualInfo vis;
+ 
+ 	if (!(xw.dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
+ 		die("can't open display\n");
+ 	xw.scr = XDefaultScreen(xw.dpy);
+ 	xw.vis = XDefaultVisual(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
+ 
++	if (!(opt_embed && (parent = strtol(opt_embed, NULL, 0)))) {
++		parent = XRootWindow(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
++		xw.depth = 32;
++	} else {
++		XGetWindowAttributes(xw.dpy, parent, &attr);
++		xw.depth = attr.depth;
++	}
++
++	XMatchVisualInfo(xw.dpy, xw.scr, xw.depth, TrueColor, &vis);
++	xw.vis = vis.visual;
++
+ 	/* font */
+ 	if (!FcInit())
+ 		die("could not init fontconfig.\n");
+@@ -1031,7 +1053,7 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
+ 	xloadfonts(usedfont, 0);
+ 
+ 	/* colors */
+-	xw.cmap = XDefaultColormap(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
++	xw.cmap = XCreateColormap(xw.dpy, parent, xw.vis, None);
+ 	xloadcols();
+ 
+ 	/* adjust fixed window geometry */
+@@ -1051,19 +1073,15 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
+ 		| ButtonMotionMask | ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask;
+ 	xw.attrs.colormap = xw.cmap;
+ 
+-	if (!(opt_embed && (parent = strtol(opt_embed, NULL, 0))))
+-		parent = XRootWindow(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
+ 	xw.win = XCreateWindow(xw.dpy, parent, xw.l, xw.t,
+-			win.w, win.h, 0, XDefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr), InputOutput,
++			win.w, win.h, 0, xw.depth, InputOutput,
+ 			xw.vis, CWBackPixel | CWBorderPixel | CWBitGravity
+ 			| CWEventMask | CWColormap, &xw.attrs);
+ 
+ 	memset(&gcvalues, 0, sizeof(gcvalues));
+ 	gcvalues.graphics_exposures = False;
+-	dc.gc = XCreateGC(xw.dpy, parent, GCGraphicsExposures,
+-			&gcvalues);
+-	xw.buf = XCreatePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.win, win.w, win.h,
+-			DefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr));
++	xw.buf = XCreatePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.win, win.w, win.h, xw.depth);
++	dc.gc = XCreateGC(xw.dpy, xw.buf, GCGraphicsExposures, &gcvalues);
+ 	XSetForeground(xw.dpy, dc.gc, dc.col[defaultbg].pixel);
+ 	XFillRectangle(xw.dpy, xw.buf, dc.gc, 0, 0, win.w, win.h);
+ 
+@@ -1907,6 +1925,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	case 'a':
+ 		allowaltscreen = 0;
+ 		break;
++	case 'A':
++		opt_alpha = EARGF(usage());
++		break;
+ 	case 'c':
+ 		opt_class = EARGF(usage());
+ 		break;