diff --git a/resources/play_queue.blp b/resources/play_queue.blp
index 0a3974c..3dea3d8 100644
--- a/resources/play_queue.blp
+++ b/resources/play_queue.blp
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ template $AudreyUiPlayQueue: Adw.Bin {
 
       child: ScrolledWindow {
         hexpand: true;
-        vscrollbar-policy: always;
         hscrollbar-policy: never;
 
         ListView view {
-          show-separators: true;
           single-click-activate: true;
           activate => $on_row_activated() swapped;
 
diff --git a/resources/style.css b/resources/style.css
index cbbd0da..820afe3 100644
--- a/resources/style.css
+++ b/resources/style.css
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
   min-height: 15px;
 }
 
+#play-queue listview {
+  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
+}
+
 /* make drag and drop indicator take up entire perimeter */
 #play-queue listview row {
   padding: 0;
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@
   font-weight: bold;
 }
 
+gridview.albums {
+  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
+}
+
 gridview.albums child {
   margin: 10px;
 }