diff --git a/awesome/background_widget.lua b/awesome/background_widget.lua
index 3977df4..c3c9e85 100644
--- a/awesome/background_widget.lua
+++ b/awesome/background_widget.lua
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function add_background_widget(s)
         local margin = 25
 
         local l = wibox.layout {
-            homogeneous   = true,
+            homogeneous   = false,
             spacing       = margin,
             forced_num_cols = 3,
             layout        = wibox.layout.grid,