diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index 6d4f574d..869c0168 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -1126,7 +1126,14 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 	$('#layer_new').click(function() {
 		var curNames = new Array(svgCanvas.getNumLayers());
 		for (var i = 0; i < curNames.length; ++i) { curNames[i] = svgCanvas.getLayer(i); }
-		var newName = prompt("Please enter a unique layer name","Layer "+(curNames.length+1));
+		
+		var j = (curNames.length+1);
+		var uniqName = "Layer " + j;
+		while (jQuery.inArray(uniqName, curNames) != -1) {
+			j++;
+			uniqName = "Layer " + j;
+		}
+		var newName = prompt("Please enter a unique layer name",uniqName);
 		if (!newName) return;
 		if (jQuery.inArray(newName, curNames) != -1) {
 			alert("There is already a layer named that!");
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 27b884be..37bbb400 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -3921,8 +3921,8 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 		while (i--) {
 			var elem = elems[i];
 			if (elem == null) continue;
-			// only allow the transform attribute to change on <g> elements, slightly hacky
-			if (elem.tagName == "g" && attr == "transform") continue;
+			// only allow the transform/opacity attribute to change on <g> elements, slightly hacky
+			if (elem.tagName == "g" && (attr != "transform" && attr != "opacity")) continue;
 			var oldval = attr == "#text" ? elem.textContent : elem.getAttribute(attr);
 			if (oldval == null)  oldval = "";
 			if (oldval != newValue) {