diff --git a/MochaUI/NSAppearance+Extensions.swift b/MochaUI/NSAppearance+Extensions.swift
index 45d4cb0..78235d7 100644
--- a/MochaUI/NSAppearance+Extensions.swift
+++ b/MochaUI/NSAppearance+Extensions.swift
@@ -30,3 +30,19 @@ public class NSAntiVisualEffectView: NSVisualEffectView {
         //
     }
 }
+
+public extension CALayer {
+    
+    /// Creates a `CALayer` that mirrors the given window ID (can either be within the same
+    /// app, or from another app entirely) into its contents. Note: this will only work if
+    /// the containing window hosts its layers in windowserver (`layerUsesCoreImageFilters=NO`).
+    public class func mirroring(windowID: CGWindowID, includesShadow: Bool = true, contentsGravity: String = kCAGravityResizeAspect) -> CALayer {
+        let clz = NSClassFromString("CAPluginLayer") as! CALayer.Type
+        let layer = clz.init()
+        layer.setValue("com.apple.WindowServer.CGSWindow", forKey: "pluginType")
+        layer.setValue(windowID, forKey: "pluginId")
+        layer.setValue(contentsGravity, forKey: "pluginGravity")
+        layer.setValue(includesShadow ? 0x0 : 0x4, forKey: "pluginFlags")
+        return layer
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MochaUI/NSWindow+Transforms.swift b/MochaUI/NSWindow+Transforms.swift
index 8c23b2a..9cb11cf 100644
--- a/MochaUI/NSWindow+Transforms.swift
+++ b/MochaUI/NSWindow+Transforms.swift
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import AppKit
 import Mocha
 
-/* TODO: Works in another sample project, but fails within Parrot? */
-
 /*
 DispatchQueue.main.async {
     var perspective = CATransform3DIdentity
-    perspective.m34 = 1 / 70
+    perspective.m34 = 1 / 500
     perspective = CATransform3DRotate(perspective, .pi * 0.4, 1, 0, 0)
     window.transform = perspective
 }
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ public extension NSWindow {
     public var transform: CATransform3D {
         get { return CATransform3DIdentity }
         set {
-            let t = CATransform3DConcat(newValue, CATransform3DMakeScale(1, -1, 1))
+            let t = newValue//CATransform3DConcat(newValue, CATransform3DMakeScale(1, -1, 1))
             let f = self.frame
             let p = CGPoint(x: self.frame.minX, y: self.screen!.frame.height - self.frame.maxY)
             let w = Float(f.width), h = Float(f.height)
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ public extension NSWindow {
                                   global: CAMesh(CGSMeshPoint(x: w, y: h), f, p, t))
             
             let warps = [bl, br, tl, tr]
+            print("\n\nSETTING WARPS \(warps)\n\n")
             let ptr: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGSWarpPoint> = UnsafeMutablePointer(mutating: warps)
             _ = ptr.withMemoryRebound(to: CGSWarpPoint.self, capacity: 4) {
                 CGSSetWindowWarp(NSApp.value(forKey: "contextID") as! Int32,
diff --git a/Parrot/MessageCell.swift b/Parrot/MessageCell.swift
index 76e08c0..74a2906 100755
--- a/Parrot/MessageCell.swift
+++ b/Parrot/MessageCell.swift
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public class MessageCell: NSCollectionViewItem, NSTextViewDelegate {
         v.isEditable = false
         v.isSelectable = true
         v.drawsBackground = false
-        v.backgroundColor = NSColor.clear
-        v.textColor = NSColor.labelColor
+        v.backgroundColor = .clear
+        v.textColor = .labelColor
         v.textContainerInset = NSSize(width: 4, height: 4)
         
         //v.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(1000, for: .vertical)
@@ -88,14 +88,15 @@ public class MessageCell: NSCollectionViewItem, NSTextViewDelegate {
             //self.textLabel.alignment = (o.sender.me ?? false) ? .right : .left
             
             // Enable automatic links and data detectors.
+            self.updateTextStyles()
             self.textLabel.isEditable = true
             self.textLabel.checkTextInDocument(nil)
             self.textLabel.isEditable = false
             
             let text = self.textLabel
             let appearance: NSAppearance = self.view.appearance ?? NSAppearance.current
-            text.textColor = NSColor.labelColor
-            //self.setColors()
+            text.textColor = .labelColor
+            self.setColors()
             
             // NSTextView doesn't automatically change its text color when the
             // backing view's appearance changes, so we need to set it each time.
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ public class MessageCell: NSCollectionViewItem, NSTextViewDelegate {
                 NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: NSColor.labelColor,
                 NSAttributedStringKey.underlineStyle: 0,
             ]
-            self.updateTextStyles()
 		}
 	}
     
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class MessageCell: NSCollectionViewItem, NSTextViewDelegate {
     }
     
     public override func viewWillAppear() {
-        self.setColors()
+        //self.setColors()
     }
     
 	/// Allows the circle crop and masking to dynamically change.
diff --git a/Parrot/MessageInputViewController.swift b/Parrot/MessageInputViewController.swift
index c2d3bb8..4a2696a 100644
--- a/Parrot/MessageInputViewController.swift
+++ b/Parrot/MessageInputViewController.swift
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ public class MessageInputViewController: NSViewController, NSTextViewExtendedDel
         } else {
             text.appearance = self.view.effectiveAppearance//self.appearance
         }
-        text.appearance = self.view.effectiveAppearance
         text.layer?.backgroundColor = color.cgColor
     }