diff --git a/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs b/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs
index 58102e5..80aec68 100755
--- a/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Configuration.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     public LanguageOverride LanguageOverride = LanguageOverride.None;
     public bool CanMove = true;
     public bool CanResize = true;
-    public bool ShowTitleBar;
+    public bool ShowTitleBar = true;
     public bool ShowPopOutTitleBar = true;
     public bool DatabaseBattleMessages;
     public bool LoadPreviousSession;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     public bool CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
     public bool PlaySounds = true;
     public bool KeepInputFocus = true;
-    public int MaxLinesToRender = 10_000; // 1-10000
+    public int MaxLinesToRender = 5_000; // 1-10000
     public bool Use24HourClock;
 
     public bool ShowEmotes = true;
diff --git a/ChatTwo/Ui/ChatLogWindow.cs b/ChatTwo/Ui/ChatLogWindow.cs
index 0ba15f6..1e60ba8 100644
--- a/ChatTwo/Ui/ChatLogWindow.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Ui/ChatLogWindow.cs
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             Flags |= ImGuiWindowFlags.NoTitleBar;
 
         if (LastViewport == ImGuiHelpers.MainViewport.Handle && !WasDocked)
-            BgAlpha = Plugin.Config.WindowAlpha / 100f;
+            BgAlpha = Plugin.Config.HellionThemeEnabled
+                ? Plugin.Config.HellionThemeWindowOpacity
+                : Plugin.Config.WindowAlpha / 100f;
 
         LastViewport = ImGui.GetWindowViewport().Handle;
         WasDocked = ImGui.IsWindowDocked();
@@ -1188,7 +1190,13 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                 if (tab.DisplayTimestamp)
                 {
                     var localTime = message.Date.ToLocalTime();
-                    var timestamp = localTime.ToString("t", !Plugin.Config.Use24HourClock ? null : CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("de-DE"));
+                    // Force the format explicitly per setting. Relying on the
+                    // current culture meant a German system locale always
+                    // produced 24h regardless of the toggle, so the checkbox
+                    // looked dead.
+                    var timestamp = Plugin.Config.Use24HourClock
+                        ? localTime.ToString("HH:mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
+                        : localTime.ToString("h:mm tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                     if (isTable)
                     {
                         if (!Plugin.Config.HideSameTimestamps || timestamp != lastTimestamp)
diff --git a/ChatTwo/Ui/Popout.cs b/ChatTwo/Ui/Popout.cs
index 8871d54..c3f85ab 100644
--- a/ChatTwo/Ui/Popout.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Ui/Popout.cs
@@ -70,8 +70,16 @@ internal class Popout : Window
 
         if (!ChatLogWindow.PopOutDocked[Idx])
         {
-            var alpha = Tab.IndependentOpacity ? Tab.Opacity : Plugin.Config.WindowAlpha;
-            BgAlpha = alpha / 100f;
+            if (Tab.IndependentOpacity)
+            {
+                BgAlpha = Tab.Opacity / 100f;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                BgAlpha = Plugin.Config.HellionThemeEnabled
+                    ? Plugin.Config.HellionThemeWindowOpacity
+                    : Plugin.Config.WindowAlpha / 100f;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ChatTwo/Ui/SettingsTabs/Appearance.cs b/ChatTwo/Ui/SettingsTabs/Appearance.cs
index def4cd4..e15e10b 100644
--- a/ChatTwo/Ui/SettingsTabs/Appearance.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Ui/SettingsTabs/Appearance.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,15 @@ internal sealed class Appearance : ISettingsTab
                 DrawStyleCombo();
             }
 
-            ImGuiUtil.DragFloatVertical(Language.Options_WindowOpacity_Name, ref Mutable.WindowAlpha, .25f, 0f, 100f, $"{Mutable.WindowAlpha:N2}%%", ImGuiSliderFlags.AlwaysClamp);
+            // The Bestand-Slider WindowAlpha targets the chat log window's
+            // background only. The Hellion theme opacity above already covers
+            // every plugin window globally, so the two sliders fight each
+            // other when the theme is active. Disable the legacy slider in
+            // that case to make Hellion theme the single source of truth.
+            using (ImRaii.Disabled(Mutable.HellionThemeEnabled))
+            {
+                ImGuiUtil.DragFloatVertical(Language.Options_WindowOpacity_Name, ref Mutable.WindowAlpha, .25f, 0f, 100f, $"{Mutable.WindowAlpha:N2}%%", ImGuiSliderFlags.AlwaysClamp);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -111,14 +119,18 @@ internal sealed class Appearance : ISettingsTab
 
         using (ImRaii.PushIndent(ImGui.GetStyle().IndentSpacing, false))
         {
-            ImGui.Checkbox(HellionStrings.Theme_UseHellionFont_Name, ref Mutable.UseHellionFont);
+            if (ImGui.Checkbox(HellionStrings.Theme_UseHellionFont_Name, ref Mutable.UseHellionFont))
+            {
+                // Mutex with the Bestand custom-font stack. Leaving FontsEnabled
+                // checked alongside UseHellionFont made both checkboxes look
+                // active even though the lower stack was greyed out, which
+                // confused the user during the v0.5.0 walkthrough.
+                if (Mutable.UseHellionFont)
+                    Mutable.FontsEnabled = false;
+            }
             ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Theme_UseHellionFont_Description);
             ImGui.Spacing();
 
-            // Hellion-Font und der Custom-Font-Stack schließen sich aus:
-            // wenn Exo 2 erzwungen wird, sind die ChatTwo-Font-Picker
-            // ohne Wirkung, also UI-seitig ausgrauen statt versteckt
-            // weiterzuwerken.
             using var fontDisabled = ImRaii.Disabled(Mutable.UseHellionFont);
 
             ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_FontsEnabled, ref Mutable.FontsEnabled);