diff --git a/packages/frontend/electron/src/main/onboarding.ts b/packages/frontend/electron/src/main/onboarding.ts
index caeeeb6b8..714bf1902 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/electron/src/main/onboarding.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/electron/src/main/onboarding.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ async function createOnboardingWindow(additionalArguments: string[]) {
     resizable: false,
     closable: false,
     minimizable: false,
+    movable: false,
+    titleBarStyle: 'hidden',
     maximizable: false,
     fullscreenable: false,
     // skipTaskbar: true,
     transparent: true,
-    backgroundColor: '#00FFFFFF',
     hasShadow: false,
     webPreferences: {
       webgl: true,
@@ -42,7 +43,19 @@ async function createOnboardingWindow(additionalArguments: string[]) {
     },
   });
 
+  // workaround for the phantom title bar on windows when losing focus
+  // see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/39959#issuecomment-1758736966
+  browserWindow.on('focus', () => {
+    browserWindow.setBackgroundColor('#00000000');
+  });
+
+  browserWindow.on('blur', () => {
+    browserWindow.setBackgroundColor('#00000000');
+  });
+
   browserWindow.on('ready-to-show', () => {
+    // forcing zoom factor to 1 to avoid onboarding display issues
+    browserWindow.webContents.setZoomFactor(1);
     // TODO: add a timeout to avoid flickering, window is ready, but dom is not ready
     setTimeout(() => {
       browserWindow.show();