diff --git a/async-bot.py b/async-bot.py
index 1da6f66..da1c3eb 100644
--- a/async-bot.py
+++ b/async-bot.py
@@ -61,19 +61,18 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
     ) -> Image.Image:
         left, top, right, bottom = font.getbbox(text)
         with Image.new(
-            "LA", (int(right - left) + 4, int(bottom - top) + 16), 0
+            "RGBA", (int(right - left) + 4, int(bottom - top) + 16), 0
         ) as im:
             draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
-            draw.rectangle(
-                (0, 0, im.width, im.height), (0, 0)
-            )
-            draw.text((left + 2, top + 2), text, font=font, fill=255, anchor="lt")
+            draw.rectangle((0, 0, im.width, im.height), (0, 0, 0, 0))
+            draw.text((left + 2, top + 2), text, font=font, fill=(255, 255, 255, 255), anchor="lt")
 
             alpha = im.convert("L").filter(ImageFilter.MaxFilter(5))
             im.putalpha(alpha)
             if negative:
-                im = ImageChops.invert(im.convert("RGBA")).convert("LA")
-            return im.copy()
+                im = ImageChops.invert(im)
+            im.putalpha(alpha)
+            return im.convert("LA")
 
     def get_font(self, font_name: str, size: int = 8):
         if font := self.fonts.get((font_name, size)):