diff --git a/src/GuiComponent.cpp b/src/GuiComponent.cpp
index 4a5ee0195..88830b9d0 100644
--- a/src/GuiComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/GuiComponent.cpp
@@ -156,3 +156,14 @@ GuiComponent* GuiComponent::getParent()
 {
 	return mParent;
 }
+
+
+unsigned char GuiComponent::getOpacity()
+{
+	return mOpacity;
+}
+
+void GuiComponent::setOpacity(unsigned char opacity)
+{
+	mOpacity = opacity;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GuiComponent.h b/src/GuiComponent.h
index b7f36af64..6e09b5383 100644
--- a/src/GuiComponent.h
+++ b/src/GuiComponent.h
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ public:
 	void clearChildren();
 	unsigned int getChildCount();
 	GuiComponent* getChild(unsigned int i);
+	unsigned char getOpacity();
+	void setOpacity(unsigned char opacity);
 
 protected:
 	//Default implementation just renders children - you should probably always call GuiComponent::onRender at some point in your custom onRender.
 	virtual void onRender();
 
+	unsigned char mOpacity;
 	Window* mWindow;
 	GuiComponent* mParent;
 	Vector2i mOffset;
diff --git a/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp b/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
index 238c9019e..dc8021ef8 100644
--- a/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@ bool ImageComponent::hasImage()
 	return !mPath.empty();
 }
 
-unsigned char ImageComponent::getOpacity() { return mOpacity; }
-void ImageComponent::setOpacity(unsigned char opacity) { mOpacity = opacity; }
 
 void ImageComponent::copyScreen()
 {
diff --git a/src/components/ImageComponent.h b/src/components/ImageComponent.h
index 3cf0204b1..ca6939509 100644
--- a/src/components/ImageComponent.h
+++ b/src/components/ImageComponent.h
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ public:
 	void init();
 	void deinit();
 
-	unsigned char getOpacity();
-	void setOpacity(unsigned char opacity);
-
 protected:
 	void onRender();
 
@@ -51,8 +48,6 @@ private:
 
 	bool mAllowUpscale, mTiled, mFlipX, mFlipY;
 
-	unsigned char mOpacity;
-
 	void loadImage(std::string path);
 	void resize();
 	void buildImageArray(int x, int y, GLfloat* points, GLfloat* texs, float percentageX = 1, float percentageY = 1); //writes 12 GLfloat points and 12 GLfloat texture coordinates to a given array at a given position
diff --git a/src/components/TextComponent.cpp b/src/components/TextComponent.cpp
index 477a19417..6b455881c 100644
--- a/src/components/TextComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/components/TextComponent.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void TextComponent::onRender()
 
 	Renderer::pushClipRect(getGlobalOffset(), getSize());
 
-	Renderer::drawWrappedText(mText, (int)-mScrollPos.x, (int)-mScrollPos.y, mSize.x, mColor, font);
+	Renderer::drawWrappedText(mText, (int)-mScrollPos.x, (int)-mScrollPos.y, mSize.x, mColor >> 8 << 8  | getOpacity(), font);
 
 	Renderer::popClipRect();