diff --git a/data/particles/particles.otps b/data/particles/particles.otps
index 928f752d..8424488f 100644
--- a/data/particles/particles.otps
+++ b/data/particles/particles.otps
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 Particle
-  name: default_particle
+  name: groupcooldown_particle
 
-  duration: 10
+  duration: 0.4
   min-position-radius: 0
-  max-position-radius: 256
+  max-position-radius: 32
   min-position-angle: 0
   max-position-angle: 360
   velocity: 10
   min-velocity-angle: 0
   max-velocity-angle: 360
-  colors: #ffffff00 #ffffffff #00000000
+  colors: #ffffff00 #ffffffff #fff13000
   colors-stops: 0 0.1 1
-  size: 24 24
+  size: 1 1
   texture: /particles/particle
   composition-mode: normal
 
 Effect
-  name: background-effect
-  description: Effect for the game background
+  name: groupcooldown-effect
+  description: Effect for group cooldowns in the cooldown module
 
   System
     position: 0 0
 
     Emitter
       position: 0 0
-      delay: 0
-      duration: 0
-      burst-rate: 50
-      burst-count: 1
-      particle-type: default_particle
+      delay: 0.06
+      duration: 0.2
+      burst-rate: 350
+      burst-count: 50
+      particle-type: groupcooldown_particle
 
     AttractionAffector
       position: 0 0
       acceleration: 1000
+
diff --git a/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.lua b/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.lua
index 2e4c704b..b71959c4 100644
--- a/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.lua
+++ b/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.lua
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ function turnOffCooldown(progressRect)
     progressRect.icon:setOn(false)
     progressRect.icon = nil
   end
+  
+  -- create particles
+  local particle = g_ui.createWidget('GroupCooldownParticles', progressRect)
+  particle:fill('parent')
+
   progressRect = nil
 end
 
diff --git a/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.otui b/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.otui
index 3fffe85a..80cae0c6 100644
--- a/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.otui
+++ b/modules/game_cooldown/cooldown.otui
@@ -6,27 +6,25 @@ SpellGroupIcon < UIWidget
   margin-top: 3
 
 SpellIcon < UIWidget
-  size: 22 22 
-  image-size: 22 22
-  margin-left: 2
-  anchors.top: prev.top
-  anchors.left: prev.right
+  size: 24 24 
+  image-size: 24 24
   focusable: false
-  
-  $first:
-    margin-top: 3
-    anchors.top: parent.top
-    anchors.left: parent.left
+
+  $!first:
+    margin-left: 1
 
 SpellProgressRect < UIProgressRect
   background: #585858AA
   percent: 100
   focusable: false
+
+GroupCooldownParticles < UIParticles
+  effect: groupcooldown-effect
   
 MiniWindow
   id: cooldownWindow
   !text: tr('Spell Cooldowns')
-  height: 85
+  height: 82
   icon: /images/topbuttons/cooldowns
   @onClose: modules.game_cooldown.onMiniWindowClose()
   &save: true
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ MiniWindow
       image-clip: 0 0 20 20
       anchors.top: parent.top
       anchors.left: parent.left
-      margin-left: 3
+      margin-left: 2
       $on:
         image-clip: 0 20 20 20
 
@@ -90,13 +88,16 @@ MiniWindow
 
     Panel
       id: spellCooldownPanel
-      margin-top: 5
+      layout:
+        type: horizontalBox
+      height: 30
+      margin-top: 3
+      padding: 3
       anchors.top: groupIconSpecial.bottom
       anchors.left: parent.left
       anchors.right: parent.right
-      height: 30
-      padding: 1
-      margin-left: 2
-      margin-right: 2
-      border: 1 #444444
+      //border-width: 1
+      //border-color: #00000077
+      background-color: #ffffff11
+      
       
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