diff --git a/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/Explosion.cs b/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/Explosion.cs
index a9493d0..55b9656 100644
--- a/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/Explosion.cs
+++ b/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/Explosion.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public sealed class Explosion : ParticleEmitter, IParticleHandler
     public void Draw(ref ParticleDrawContext context)
     {
         context.Effect.Parameters["view_projection"].SetValue(context.View * context.Projection);
-        context.Effect.Parameters["color"].SetValue(this.Color.ToVector3());
+        context.Effect.Parameters["color"].SetValue(this.Color.ToVector4());
 
         
         
diff --git a/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.cfx b/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.cfx
index 63b6f12..acabad6 100644
Binary files a/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.cfx and b/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.cfx differ
diff --git a/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.fx b/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.fx
index 7774a2a..e05b6da 100644
--- a/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.fx
+++ b/CityGame/Classes/Rendering/Particles/explosion.fx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ int pixelSize;
 float timing;
 float2 noiseOffset;
 
-float3 color;
+float4 color;
 
 #define BLUR_KERNEL_X_MIN -0.5
 #define BLUR_KERNEL_X_MAX 0.5
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ float4 SpritePixelShader(PixelInput p) : SV_TARGET {
     val = val + calculateAlpha(relPos, noiseCoord);
     
     float noiseResult = getNoise(noiseCoord).r;
-    float3 resultColor = color * lerp(0.5, 1, noiseResult);
+    float3 resultColor = color.rgb * lerp(0.5, 1, noiseResult);
+    val *= color.a;
     
     return float4(resultColor,val);
 }