diff --git a/_pages/splash-page.md b/_pages/splash-page.md
index 97e8a0f2..2ca5efb1 100644
--- a/_pages/splash-page.md
+++ b/_pages/splash-page.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ permalink: /splash-page/
 date: 2016-03-23T11:48:41-04:00
 header:
   overlay_color: "#000"
+  overlay_filter: "0.5"
   overlay_image: unsplash-image-1.jpg
   cta_label: "Download"
   cta_url: "https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/"