diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeTextView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeTextView.swift
index 306907c85e..b56e08ac05 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeTextView.swift
@@ -27,13 +27,7 @@ struct ComposeTextView: View {
     
     var body: some View {
         ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
-            WrappedTextView(
-                text: $text,
-                textDidChange: self.textDidChange,
-                backgroundColor: backgroundColor,
-                font: .systemFont(ofSize: fontSize)
-            )
-                .frame(height: height ?? minHeight)
+            Color(backgroundColor)
             
             if text.isEmpty, let placeholder = placeholder {
                 placeholder
@@ -41,6 +35,13 @@ struct ComposeTextView: View {
                     .foregroundColor(.secondary)
                     .offset(x: 4, y: 8)
             }
+            
+            WrappedTextView(
+                text: $text,
+                textDidChange: self.textDidChange,
+                font: .systemFont(ofSize: fontSize)
+            )
+                .frame(height: height ?? minHeight)
         }
     }
     
@@ -73,14 +74,13 @@ struct WrappedTextView: UIViewRepresentable {
     
     @Binding var text: String
     var textDidChange: ((UITextView) -> Void)?
-    var backgroundColor = UIColor.secondarySystemBackground
     var font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20)
     
     func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UITextView {
         let textView = UITextView()
         textView.delegate = context.coordinator
         textView.isEditable = true
-        textView.backgroundColor = backgroundColor
+        textView.backgroundColor = .clear
         textView.font = font
         textView.textContainer.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
         return textView
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
index d17b65d9d3..a65bd6267e 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ struct MainComposeTextView: View {
     
     var body: some View {
         ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
+            Color(UIColor.secondarySystemBackground)
+            
+            if draft.text.isEmpty {
+                placeholder
+                    .font(.system(size: 20))
+                    .foregroundColor(.secondary)
+                    .offset(x: 4, y: 8)
+            }
+            
             MainComposeWrappedTextView(
                 text: $draft.text,
                 visibility: draft.visibility,
@@ -28,13 +37,6 @@ struct MainComposeTextView: View {
                 self.height = max(textView.contentSize.height, minHeight)
             }
             .frame(height: height ?? minHeight)
-            
-            if draft.text.isEmpty {
-                placeholder
-                    .font(.system(size: 20))
-                    .foregroundColor(.secondary)
-                    .offset(x: 4, y: 8)
-            }
         }.onAppear {
             if !hasFirstAppeared {
                 hasFirstAppeared = true
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ struct MainComposeWrappedTextView: UIViewRepresentable {
         let textView = UITextView()
         textView.delegate = context.coordinator
         textView.isEditable = true
-        textView.backgroundColor = .secondarySystemBackground
+        textView.backgroundColor = .clear
         textView.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 20)
         textView.textContainer.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
         context.coordinator.textView = textView