diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9af869e..d12d859 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ The Android code was entirely created by me.
 For iOS most credits go to this excellent [Toast for iOS project by Charles Scalesse] (https://github.com/scalessec/Toast).
 
 ## 6. CHANGELOG
+- 2.4.2: You can now also set the Toast `opacity` for iOS.
 - 2.4.1: As an addition to 2.4.0, [Sino](https://github.com/SinoBoeckmann) added the option to change the text color!
 - 2.4.0: You can now style the Toast with a number of properties. See
 - 2.3.2: The click event introduced with 2.3.0 did not work with Android 5+.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6650f27..1bcaea1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-plugin-x-toast",
-  "version": "2.4.1",
+  "version": "2.4.2",
   "description": "This plugin allows you to show a Toast. A Toast is a little non intrusive buttonless popup which automatically disappears.",
   "cordova": {
     "id": "cordova-plugin-x-toast",
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 294e8b4..d79a2d3 100755
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
         xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
         id="cordova-plugin-x-toast"
-        version="2.4.1">
+        version="2.4.2">
 
   <name>Toast</name>
 
diff --git a/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
index e832f3a..8b33055 100644
--- a/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
+++ b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
@@ -140,11 +140,14 @@ static id styling;
     UIView *v = [vc view];
     [v addSubview:toast];
 
+    NSNumber * opacity = styling[@"opacity"];
+    CGFloat theOpacity = opacity == nil ? CSToastOpacity : [opacity floatValue];
+
     [UIView animateWithDuration:CSToastFadeDuration
                           delay:0.0
                         options:(UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut | UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction)
                      animations:^{
-                         toast.alpha = CSToastOpacity;
+                         toast.alpha = theOpacity;
                      } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                          NSTimer *timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:duration target:self selector:@selector(toastTimerDidFinish:) userInfo:toast repeats:NO];
                          // associate the timer with the toast view
@@ -319,16 +322,13 @@ static id styling;
     NSString * backgroundColor = styling[@"backgroundColor"];
     UIColor *theColor = backgroundColor == nil ? [UIColor blackColor] : [self colorFromHexString:backgroundColor];
 
-    NSNumber * opacity = styling[@"opacity"];
-    CGFloat theOpacity = opacity == nil ? CSToastOpacity : [opacity floatValue];
-
     NSNumber * horizontalPadding = styling[@"horizontalPadding"];
     NSNumber * verticalPadding = styling[@"verticalPadding"];
     CGFloat theHorizontalPadding = horizontalPadding == nil ? CSToastHorizontalPadding : [horizontalPadding floatValue];
     CGFloat theVerticalPadding = verticalPadding == nil ? CSToastVerticalPadding : [verticalPadding floatValue];
     
-    wrapperView.backgroundColor = [theColor colorWithAlphaComponent:theOpacity];
-    
+    wrapperView.backgroundColor = theColor;
+
     if(image != nil) {
         imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
         imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static id styling;
     if (title != nil) {
         NSString * titleLabelTextColor = styling[@"textColor"];
         UIColor *theTitleLabelTextColor = titleLabelTextColor == nil ? [UIColor whiteColor] : [self colorFromHexString:titleLabelTextColor];
-    
+
         titleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
         titleLabel.numberOfLines = CSToastMaxTitleLines;
         titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:CSToastFontSize];
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static id styling;
     if (message != nil) {
         NSString * messageLabelTextColor = styling[@"textColor"];
         UIColor *theMessageLabelTextColor = messageLabelTextColor == nil ? [UIColor whiteColor] : [self colorFromHexString:messageLabelTextColor];
-    
+
         messageLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
         messageLabel.numberOfLines = CSToastMaxMessageLines;
         messageLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:CSToastFontSize];