diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
index 5294637dc6..bd4c580526 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
         let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout.list(using: .init(appearance: .sidebar))
         collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: view.bounds, collectionViewLayout: layout)
         collectionView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
-        collectionView.backgroundColor = .systemGroupedBackground
+        collectionView.backgroundColor = .clear
         collectionView.delegate = self
         view.addSubview(collectionView)
         
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
index bbf667ed92..d9ccf89e8b 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class MainSplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
         sidebar = MainSidebarViewController(mastodonController: mastodonController)
         sidebar.sidebarDelegate = self
         setViewController(sidebar, for: .primary)
+        primaryBackgroundStyle = .sidebar
 
         setViewController(EnhancedNavigationViewController(), for: .secondary)
         select(item: .tab(.timelines))