diff --git a/assets/css/_partial/_image.scss b/assets/css/_partial/_image.scss
index e8923c1..8736cbb 100644
--- a/assets/css/_partial/_image.scss
+++ b/assets/css/_partial/_image.scss
@@ -17,4 +17,21 @@
 .active {
   opacity: 1;
   transition: opacity 0ms ease-in-out;
+}
+
+.trailingImage1 {
+  transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in-out 1s;
+  opacity: 0;
+}
+.trailingImage2 {
+  transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in-out 0.75s;
+  opacity: 0;
+}
+.trailingImage3 {
+  transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in-out 0.5s;
+  opacity: 0;
+}
+.trailingImage4 {
+  transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in-out 0.25s;
+  opacity: 0;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/js/theme.js b/assets/js/theme.js
index 25ba81e..6c208bb 100644
--- a/assets/js/theme.js
+++ b/assets/js/theme.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function duper (num) {
   return ('0000' + num).slice(-4)
 }
 
+// threshold display update
 function thresholdUpdate () {
   thresholdNum.item(0).innerText = duper(threshold[thresholdIndex])
 }
@@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ const activate = (image, x, y) => {
     image.style.left = '50%'
     image.style.top = '50%'
     const activeImages = document.getElementsByClassName('active')
-    for (let i = 0; i <= 3; i++) {
-      activeImages.item(i).classList.add(`trailingImage${4 - i}`)
+    const activeImagesCount = activeImages.length
+    for (let i = activeImagesCount; i > 1; i--) {
+      activeImages.item(i - 2).classList.add(`trailingImage${(activeImagesCount - 1) - (i - 2)}`)
     }
   })