diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index a262978..613d6b6 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@
   border-radius: 0.75rem;
   background: var(--glass-bg);
   border: 1px solid var(--glass-border);
-  backdrop-filter: blur(8px) saturate(1.4);
-  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(8px) saturate(1.4);
+  /* Same trap as the buttons above: use the Tailwind utilities. */
+  @apply backdrop-blur-md backdrop-saturate-150;
 }
 
 /* Liquid glass buttons: translucent, glossed top half, bright rim — the
@@ -379,8 +379,10 @@
   border: 1px solid rgb(255 255 255 / 0.9);
   color: #05243d;
   box-shadow: 0 10px 24px -14px rgb(2 62 110 / 0.6), inset 0 1px 0 rgb(255 255 255 / 0.98), inset 0 -8px 14px -10px rgb(255 255 255 / 0.7);
-  backdrop-filter: blur(10px) saturate(1.5);
-  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(10px) saturate(1.5);
+  /* @apply, not a hand-written backdrop-filter: the minifier keeps only the
+     -webkit- prefix of a hand-written one, which paints nothing (see decision
+     19). This is what makes the buttons read as liquid glass. */
+  @apply backdrop-blur-lg backdrop-saturate-150;
 }
 
 /* The glass itself, a touch more transparent so the wallpaper reads through