diff --git a/bootstrap-1.1.1.css b/bootstrap-1.1.1.css
index 2cb93288f0..4283661221 100644
--- a/bootstrap-1.1.1.css
+++ b/bootstrap-1.1.1.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Designed and built with all the love in the world @twitter by @mdo and @fat.
- * Date: Sun Aug 28 16:34:52 PDT 2011
+ * Date: Sun Aug 28 17:40:04 PDT 2011
  */
 /* Reset.less
  * Props to Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com) for his CSS reset file. We're using an adapted version here	that cuts out some of the reset HTML elements we will never need here (i.e., dfn, samp, etc).
@@ -1679,8 +1679,10 @@ button.btn::-moz-focus-inner, input[type=submit].btn::-moz-focus-inner {
   box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
 }
 .modal-backdrop {
-  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,startColorstr='#aa000000',endColorstr='#aa000000');
+  /*  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
+  filter: e(%("progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,startColorstr=%d,endColorstr=%d)", '#aa000000', '#aa000000'));*/
+
+  background-color: #000;
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
@@ -1688,6 +1690,9 @@ button.btn::-moz-focus-inner, input[type=submit].btn::-moz-focus-inner {
   bottom: 0;
   z-index: 1000;
 }
+.modal-backdrop.fade.in {
+  opacity: .5;
+}
 .modal {
   position: fixed;
   top: 50%;
diff --git a/bootstrap-1.1.1.min.css b/bootstrap-1.1.1.min.css
index 137aced7b6..7c4f8cc189 100644
--- a/bootstrap-1.1.1.min.css
+++ b/bootstrap-1.1.1.min.css
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ button.btn::-moz-focus-inner,input[type=submit].btn::-moz-focus-inner{padding:0;
 .pagination ul li.disabled a,.pagination ul li.disabled a:hover{background-color:transparent;color:#bfbfbf;}
 .pagination ul li.next a{border:0;}
 .well{background-color:#f5f5f5;margin-bottom:20px;padding:19px;min-height:20px;border:1px solid #eee;border:1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);-webkit-border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;border-radius:4px;-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);box-shadow:inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);}
-.modal-backdrop{background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,startColorstr='#aa000000',endColorstr='#aa000000');position:fixed;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:1000;}
+.modal-backdrop{background-color:#000;position:fixed;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:1000;}.modal-backdrop.fade.in{opacity:.5;}
 .modal{position:fixed;top:50%;left:50%;z-index:2000;width:560px;margin:-280px 0 0 -250px;background-color:#ffffff;border:1px solid #999;border:1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);*border:1px solid #999;-webkit-border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;-webkit-box-shadow:0 3px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);-moz-box-shadow:0 3px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);box-shadow:0 3px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);-webkit-background-clip:padding-box;-moz-background-clip:padding-box;background-clip:padding-box;}.modal .modal-header{border-bottom:1px solid #eee;padding:5px 20px;}.modal .modal-header .close{position:absolute;right:10px;top:10px;color:#999;line-height:10px;font-size:18px;}
 .modal .modal-body{padding:20px;}
 .modal .modal-footer{background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:14px 20px 15px;border-top:1px solid #ddd;-webkit-border-radius:0 0 6px 6px;-moz-border-radius:0 0 6px 6px;border-radius:0 0 6px 6px;-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 #ffffff;-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 #ffffff;box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 #ffffff;zoom:1;margin-bottom:18px;margin-bottom:0;}.modal .modal-footer:before,.modal .modal-footer:after{display:table;content:"";}
diff --git a/examples/assets/js/bootstrap-modal.js b/examples/assets/js/bootstrap-modal.js
index c4d9170970..4bc395e1c4 100644
--- a/examples/assets/js/bootstrap-modal.js
+++ b/examples/assets/js/bootstrap-modal.js
@@ -107,13 +107,10 @@
         , animate = this.$element.hasClass('fade') ? 'fade' : ''
       if ( this.isOpen && this.settings.backdrop ) {
         this.$backdrop = $('<div class="modal-backdrop ' + animate + '" />')
+          .click(function () { that.close() })
           .appendTo(document.body)
-        $('body').delegate('.modal-backdrop', 'click.modal.backdrop', function () {
-          that.close()
-        })
       } else if ( !this.isOpen && this.$backdrop ) {
         this.$backdrop.removeClass('in')
-        $('body').undelegate('click.modal.backdrop')
 
         function removeElement() {
           that.$backdrop.remove()
diff --git a/lib/patterns.less b/lib/patterns.less
index b64b1d3127..4733a38377 100644
--- a/lib/patterns.less
+++ b/lib/patterns.less
@@ -578,8 +578,12 @@ input[type=submit].btn {
 // ------
 
 .modal-backdrop {
-  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
-  filter: e(%("progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,startColorstr=%d,endColorstr=%d)", '#aa000000', '#aa000000'));
+/*  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
+  filter: e(%("progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,startColorstr=%d,endColorstr=%d)", '#aa000000', '#aa000000'));*/
+  background-color:#000;
+  &.fade.in {
+    opacity: .5;
+  }
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;