diff --git a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.cpp b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.cpp
index 30f1501..9d4fc52 100644
--- a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.cpp
+++ b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.cpp
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ namespace esphome
       if (strcmp(this->icons[i]->name.c_str(), name.c_str()) == 0)
       {
         ESP_LOGD(TAG, "icon: %s found id: %d", name.c_str(), i);
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "icon: %s has transparency: %d", this->icons[i]->);
         return i;
       }
     }
diff --git a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp
index f7f747c..d7ecd54 100644
--- a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp
+++ b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp
@@ -885,6 +885,9 @@ namespace esphome
       case MODE_RAINBOW_ICON:
       case MODE_ICON_PROGRESS:
       case MODE_PROGNOSIS_SCREEN:
+        this->config_->display->start_clipping(8,0,31,7);
+        if (this->config_->display->is_clipping())
+      
         color_ = (this->mode == MODE_RAINBOW_ICON || this->mode == MODE_RAINBOW_ALERT_SCREEN) ? this->config_->rainbow_color : this->text_color;
 #ifdef EHMTXv2_USE_RTL
         this->config_->display->print(this->xpos() + xoffset, this->ypos() + yoffset, font, color_, esphome::display::TextAlign::BASELINE_RIGHT,
@@ -898,6 +901,7 @@ namespace esphome
         this->config_->display->print(this->xpos() + xoffset, this->ypos() + yoffset, font, color_, esphome::display::TextAlign::BASELINE_LEFT,
                                       this->text.c_str());
 #endif
+        this->config_->display->end_clipping();
         if (this->mode == MODE_ICON_PROGRESS)
         {
           if (this->icon != BLANKICON)
@@ -1033,6 +1037,7 @@ namespace esphome
 
       case MODE_ICON_TEXT_SCREEN:
       case MODE_RAINBOW_ICON_TEXT_SCREEN:
+        
         color_ = (this->mode == MODE_RAINBOW_ICON_TEXT_SCREEN) ? this->config_->rainbow_color : this->text_color;
 #ifdef EHMTXv2_USE_RTL
         this->config_->display->print(this->xpos() + xoffset, this->ypos() + yoffset, font, color_, esphome::display::TextAlign::BASELINE_RIGHT,
@@ -1046,6 +1051,7 @@ namespace esphome
         this->config_->display->print(this->xpos() + xoffset, this->ypos() + yoffset, font, color_, esphome::display::TextAlign::BASELINE_LEFT,
                                       this->text.c_str());
 #endif
+        
         if (this->icon != BLANKICON)
         {
           int x = 0;
diff --git a/components/ehmtxv2/__init__.py b/components/ehmtxv2/__init__.py
index bdb561e..ecc6f0a 100644
--- a/components/ehmtxv2/__init__.py
+++ b/components/ehmtxv2/__init__.py
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@
 
 DEPENDENCIES = ["display", "light", "api"]
 AUTO_LOAD = ["ehmtxv2","json"]
-IMAGE_TYPE_RGB565 = 4
 MAXFRAMES = 110
 MAXICONS = 120
 ICONWIDTH = 8
 ICONHEIGHT = 8
-ICONBUFFERSIZE = ICONWIDTH * ICONHEIGHT * 4
+ICONBUFFERBYTES = ICONWIDTH * ICONHEIGHT * 3
 SVG_ICONSTART = '<svg width="80px" height="80px" viewBox="0 0 80 80">'
 SVG_FULL_SCREEN_START = '<svg width="320px" height="80px" viewBox="0 0 320 80">'
 SVG_END = "</svg>"
@@ -420,6 +419,9 @@ def thumbnails(frames):
                            
         width, height = image.size
 
+        if image.has_transparency_data:
+            logging.info(f" ICONS: {conf[CONF_ID]} has transparancy")
+
         if CONF_RESIZE in conf:
             new_width_max, new_height_max = conf[CONF_RESIZE]
             ratio = min(new_width_max / width, new_height_max / height)
@@ -446,23 +448,23 @@ def thumbnails(frames):
             pos = 0 
             frameIndex = 0
             html_string += f"<DIV ID={conf[CONF_ID]}>"
-            data = [0 for _ in range(ICONBUFFERSIZE * 2 * frames)]
+            data = [0 for _ in range(ICONBUFFERBYTES * frames)]
             for frameIndex in range(frames):
                 
                 image.seek(frameIndex)
                 frame = image.convert("RGBA")
+                
                 if CONF_RESIZE in conf:
                     frame = frame.resize([width, height])
 
                 pixels = list(frame.getdata())
-
                 
-                # width, height = image.size
                 if width == 8:  
                     html_string += SVG_ICONSTART
                 else:
                     html_string += SVG_FULL_SCREEN_START
                 i = 0
+                                
                 for pix in pixels:
                     R = pix[0] >> 3
                     G = pix[1] >> 2
@@ -479,12 +481,12 @@ def thumbnails(frames):
                     pos += 1
                     data[pos] = rgb & 255
                     pos += 1
+
                 html_string += SVG_END
             html_string += f"</DIV>"
         
-            rhs = [HexInt(x) for x in data]
-
-            prog_arr = cg.progmem_array(conf[CONF_RAW_DATA_ID], rhs)
+            
+            prog_arr = cg.progmem_array(conf[CONF_RAW_DATA_ID], data)
 
             cg.new_Pvariable(
                 conf[CONF_ID],
@@ -492,12 +494,11 @@ def thumbnails(frames):
                 width,
                 height,
                 frames,
-                espImage.IMAGE_TYPE["RGB565"],
+                espImage.IMAGE_TYPE["RGB565icvon"],
                 str(conf[CONF_ID]),
                 conf[CONF_PINGPONG],
                 duration,
-            )
-
+            ) 
             cg.add(var.add_icon(RawExpression(str(conf[CONF_ID]))))
 
     html_string += "</BODY></HTML>"