diff --git a/Config/Config.qml b/Config/Config.qml
index 6122fd5..66fbe6d 100644
--- a/Config/Config.qml
+++ b/Config/Config.qml
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ Singleton {
 		return {
 			enable_pp: screenshot.enable_pp,
 			mode: screenshot.mode,
-			scale: screenshot.scale,
 			corner_radius: screenshot.corner_radius,
 			drop_shadow: screenshot.drop_shadow,
 			rounded_corners: screenshot.rounded_corners,
diff --git a/Config/Screenshot.qml b/Config/Screenshot.qml
index 793e1a8..e250ffc 100644
--- a/Config/Screenshot.qml
+++ b/Config/Screenshot.qml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ JsonObject {
 	property bool enable_pp: true
 	property string mode: "manual"
 	property bool rounded_corners: false
-	property real scale: 1.0
 	property int shadow_blur_passes: 1
 	property real shadow_blur_radius: 22.0
 	property list<int> shadow_color: [0, 0, 0, 160]
diff --git a/zshell-img-tools/src/config.rs b/zshell-img-tools/src/config.rs
index f9bcbb3..a60a521 100644
--- a/zshell-img-tools/src/config.rs
+++ b/zshell-img-tools/src/config.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ pub struct EffectsConfig {
     pub corner_radius: f32,
     pub drop_shadow: bool,
     pub rounded_corners: bool,
-    pub scale: f32,
     pub shadow_blur_radius: f32,
     pub shadow_blur_passes: u32,
     pub shadow_color: [u8; 4],
diff --git a/zshell-img-tools/src/main.rs b/zshell-img-tools/src/main.rs
index 12c24d9..82da274 100644
--- a/zshell-img-tools/src/main.rs
+++ b/zshell-img-tools/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ struct CliOverrides {
     rounded_corners: Option<bool>,
     corner_radius: Option<f32>,
     drop_shadow: Option<bool>,
-    scale: Option<f32>,
     shadow_blur_radius: Option<f32>,
     shadow_blur_passes: Option<u32>,
     shadow_offset_x: Option<f32>,
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     let mut image_path: Option<String> = None;
     let mut overrides = CliOverrides::default();
+    let mut scale: Option<f32> = None;
 
     let mut i = 0;
     while i < args.len() {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             "--scale" => {
                 i += 1;
                 let val = args.get(i).context("Expected a number after --scale")?;
-                overrides.scale = Some(val.parse::<f32>().context("--scale must be a number")?);
+                scale = Some(val.parse::<f32>().context("--scale must be a number")?);
             }
             unknown => bail!("Unknown argument: {unknown}"),
         }
@@ -179,16 +179,14 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         if let Some(v) = overrides.shadow_color {
             effects.shadow_color = v;
         }
-        if let Some(v) = overrides.scale {
-            effects.scale = v;
-        }
     }
 
-    if effects.scale != 1.0 {
-        effects.corner_radius *= effects.scale;
-        effects.shadow_blur_radius *= effects.scale;
-        effects.shadow_offset_x *= effects.scale;
-        effects.shadow_offset_y *= effects.scale;
+    // if scale is set do
+    if let Some(scale) = scale.filter(|&s| s != 1.0) {
+        effects.corner_radius *= scale;
+        effects.shadow_blur_radius *= scale;
+        effects.shadow_offset_x *= scale;
+        effects.shadow_offset_y *= scale;
     }
 
     if let Err(e) = process_image(&image_path, &effects) {
@@ -226,23 +224,5 @@ fn process_image(path: &str, effects: &config::EffectsConfig) -> Result<()> {
             .context("Failed to write image data to swappy")?;
     }
 
-    // Writes the PNG bytes to swappy's stdin and waits for swappy to close
-    // child
-    //     .stdin
-    //     .take()
-    //     .context("Failed to get swappy stdin")?
-    //     .write_all(&png_bytes)
-    //     .context("Failed to write image data to swappy")?
-    //     .spawn();
-    //
-    // let status = child.await().context("Failed to wait for swappy")?;
-    //
-    // if !status.success() {
-    //     eprintln!(
-    //         "swappy exited with non-zero status for '{}': {}",
-    //         path, status
-    //     );
-    // }
-
     Ok(())
 }