diff --git a/src/engine/shared/config.h b/src/engine/shared/config.h
index 53549cbcd..a0186e338 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/config.h
+++ b/src/engine/shared/config.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ enum
 	CFGFLAG_GAME=1<<8,
 	CFGFLAG_NONTEEHISTORIC=1<<9,
 	CFGFLAG_COLLIGHT=1<<10,
+	CFGFLAG_COLALPHA=1<<11,
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/engine/shared/console.cpp b/src/engine/shared/console.cpp
index 354e1439d..b31d1bb37 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/console.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/shared/console.cpp
@@ -708,8 +708,9 @@ struct CIntVariableData
 
 struct CColVariableData : public CIntVariableData
 {
-	template<class... T> CColVariableData(bool b, T... t) : CIntVariableData{t...}, m_Light(b) {}
+	template<class... T> CColVariableData(bool l, bool a, T... t) : CIntVariableData{t...}, m_Light(l), m_Alpha(a) {}
 	bool m_Light;
+	bool m_Alpha;
 };
 
 struct CStrVariableData
@@ -755,7 +756,7 @@ static void ColVariableCommand(IConsole::IResult *pResult, void *pUserData)
 
 	if(pResult->NumArguments())
 	{
-		int Val = pResult->GetColor(0, pData->m_Light).Pack() & (pData->m_Light ? 0xFFFFFF : 0xFFFFFFFF);
+		int Val = pResult->GetColor(0, pData->m_Light).Pack() & (pData->m_Alpha ? 0xFFFFFFFF : 0xFFFFFF);
 
 		*(pData->m_pVariable) = Val;
 		if(pResult->m_ClientID != IConsole::CLIENT_ID_GAME)
@@ -936,7 +937,7 @@ CConsole::CConsole(int FlagMask)
 
 	#define MACRO_CONFIG_COL(Name,ScriptName,Def,Min,Max,Flags,Desc) \
 	{ \
-		static CColVariableData Data = { static_cast<bool>((Flags) & CFGFLAG_COLLIGHT), this, &g_Config.m_##Name, Min, Max, Def }; \
+		static CColVariableData Data = { static_cast<bool>((Flags) & CFGFLAG_COLLIGHT), static_cast<bool>((Flags) & CFGFLAG_COLALPHA), this, &g_Config.m_##Name, Min, Max, Def }; \
 		Register(#ScriptName, "?i", Flags, ColVariableCommand, &Data, Desc); \
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/game/variables.h b/src/game/variables.h
index 97778dac0..4138ef4d3 100644
--- a/src/game/variables.h
+++ b/src/game/variables.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ MACRO_CONFIG_STR(UiServerAddress, ui_server_address, 64, "localhost:8303", CFGFL
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(UiScale, ui_scale, 100, 50, 150, CFGFLAG_CLIENT|CFGFLAG_SAVE, "Interface scale")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(UiMousesens, ui_mousesens, 200, 1, 100000, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Mouse sensitivity for menus/editor")
 
-MACRO_CONFIG_COL(UiColor, ui_color, (int)0xE4A046AF, 0, (int)0xFFFFFFFF, CFGFLAG_CLIENT|CFGFLAG_SAVE, "Interface color") // 160 70 175 228 hasalpha
+MACRO_CONFIG_COL(UiColor, ui_color, (int)0xE4A046AF, 0, (int)0xFFFFFFFF, CFGFLAG_CLIENT|CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_COLALPHA, "Interface color") // 160 70 175 228 hasalpha
 
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(UiColorizePing, ui_colorize_ping, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_CLIENT|CFGFLAG_SAVE, "Highlight ping")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(UiColorizeGametype, ui_colorize_gametype, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_CLIENT|CFGFLAG_SAVE, "Highlight gametype")