diff --git a/src/drawShapes.js b/src/drawShapes.js
index 0cecd99..dcd5882 100644
--- a/src/drawShapes.js
+++ b/src/drawShapes.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const DEFAULTS = {
 				red: 255,
 				blue: 255,
 				green: 255,
-				alpha: 0.8,
+				alpha: 0.9,
 			},
 		},
 		body: {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export default class DrawShapes {
 		});
 	}
 
-	pips (context, scale, x, y, cell) {
+	pips (context, scale, x, y, cell, alpha = 1) {
 		const {tileStyle, orientation, pips} = cell;
 
 		if (this.pipVertices[tileStyle]
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ export default class DrawShapes {
 			const scaleWidth = (scale * 2) * cell.scale;
 			const scaleHeight = (scale * 2) * cell.scale;
 
+			context.globalAlpha = alpha;
 			context.drawImage(this.pipCache.pips[pips], x - (scaleWidth / 2), y - (scaleHeight / 2), scaleWidth, scaleHeight);
+			context.globalAlpha = 1;
 		}
 	}