diff --git a/src/zen/common/ZenUIManager.mjs b/src/zen/common/ZenUIManager.mjs
index 055670d0c..cf6e04202 100644
--- a/src/zen/common/ZenUIManager.mjs
+++ b/src/zen/common/ZenUIManager.mjs
@@ -250,11 +250,9 @@ var gZenUIManager = {
     const input = gURLBar.textbox;
     if (gURLBar.hasAttribute('breakout-extend') && !this._animatingSearchMode) {
       this._animatingSearchMode = true;
-      this.motion
-        .animate(input, { scale: [1, 0.98, 1] }, { duration: 0.25, delay: 0.1 })
-        .then(() => {
-          delete this._animatingSearchMode;
-        });
+      this.motion.animate(input, { scale: [1, 0.98, 1] }, { duration: 0.25 }).then(() => {
+        delete this._animatingSearchMode;
+      });
       if (searchMode) {
         gURLBar.setAttribute('animate-searchmode', 'true');
         this._animatingSearchModeTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/src/zen/common/styles/zen-animations.css b/src/zen/common/styles/zen-animations.css
index 6956fbc7f..5d3c6d091 100644
--- a/src/zen/common/styles/zen-animations.css
+++ b/src/zen/common/styles/zen-animations.css
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 /* Mark: URL Bar */
 @keyframes zen-urlbar-searchmode {
   0% {
-    box-shadow: 0 0 20px color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-primary-color), var(--toolbox-textcolor) 40%);
+    box-shadow: 0 0 20px color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-primary-color), var(--toolbox-textcolor) 20%);
   }
 
   100% {