diff --git a/src/components/background/background.vala b/src/components/background/background.vala
index 8ea0c75..9f60877 100644
--- a/src/components/background/background.vala
+++ b/src/components/background/background.vala
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ namespace Singularity {
             attribution_label.visible = false;
             attribution_label.can_focus = false;
             attribution_label.can_target = false;
+            attribution_label.wrap = true;
+            attribution_label.wrap_mode = Pango.WrapMode.WORD_CHAR;
+            attribution_label.lines = 2;
+            attribution_label.ellipsize = Pango.EllipsizeMode.END;
+            attribution_label.max_width_chars = 40;
             wp_overlay = new Gtk.Overlay();
             wp_motion = new Singularity.Animation.MotionBin(wp_stack);
             wp_overlay.set_child(wp_motion);
@@ -205,43 +210,18 @@ namespace Singularity {
                 Singularity.Motion.Duration.SCENE, Singularity.Motion.Curve.EMPHASIZED);
         }
 
-        // Wallpaper attribution overlay (Background.vala).
-        //
-        // as a single Gtk.Label over the wallpaper cross-fade. The scrim
-        // is a semi-transparent rounded rectangle so the text reads
-        // against both bright and dark wallpapers without an aggressive
-        // box, and the light-bg / non-light-bg pair matches the
-        // convention panel.vala already uses for the top band -- same
-        // colour tokens, same threshold (ATTRIBUTION_LUM_THRESHOLD = 0.72,
-        // defined above).
-        //
-        // The luminance class selects an opposing scrim/text pair
-        // independently of the active application theme, since wallpaper
-        // contrast cannot be inferred from the theme's text colour.
-        //
-        // Moved here from libsingularity's style.css (review on
-        // libsingularity#13: that stylesheet should stay limited to
-        // reusable widget styling, and this rule only exists for the
-        // wallpaper attribution overlay singularity-shell owns) -- rules
-        // and rationale unchanged, just relocated to the actual consumer.
         private const string ATTRIBUTION_CSS = """
 .background-window .attribution-label {
-    border-radius: 8px;
-    padding: 6px 12px;
     font-size: 13px;
     font-weight: 400;
 }
 .background-window.light-bg .attribution-label {
-    /* Bright wallpaper: dark scrim with light foreground. */
-    background-color: alpha(black, 0.65);
-    color: white;
-    text-shadow: 0 1px 2px alpha(black, 0.45);
+    color: black;
+    text-shadow: 0 1px 3px alpha(white, 0.55), 0 1px 1px alpha(white, 0.75);
 }
 .background-window:not(.light-bg) .attribution-label {
-    /* Dark wallpaper: light scrim with dark foreground. */
-    background-color: alpha(white, 0.72);
-    color: black;
-    text-shadow: 0 1px 2px alpha(white, 0.35);
+    color: white;
+    text-shadow: 0 1px 3px alpha(black, 0.55), 0 1px 1px alpha(black, 0.75);
 }
 """;
 
@@ -347,27 +327,32 @@ namespace Singularity {
                     attribution_label.valign = Align.START;
                     attribution_label.xalign = 0.0f;
                     attribution_label.yalign = 0.0f;
+                    attribution_label.justify = Justification.LEFT;
                     break;
                 case "top-right":
                     attribution_label.halign = Align.END;
                     attribution_label.valign = Align.START;
                     attribution_label.xalign = 1.0f;
                     attribution_label.yalign = 0.0f;
+                    attribution_label.justify = Justification.RIGHT;
                     break;
                 case "bottom-right":
                     attribution_label.halign = Align.END;
                     attribution_label.valign = Align.END;
                     attribution_label.xalign = 1.0f;
                     attribution_label.yalign = 1.0f;
+                    attribution_label.justify = Justification.RIGHT;
                     break;
                 default:
                     attribution_label.halign = Align.START;
                     attribution_label.valign = Align.END;
                     attribution_label.xalign = 0.0f;
                     attribution_label.yalign = 1.0f;
+                    attribution_label.justify = Justification.LEFT;
                     break;
             }
             attribution_label.queue_allocate();
+            if (wp_overlay != null) wp_overlay.queue_allocate();
         }
 
         private void update_wallpaper(WallpaperManager manager) {