diff --git a/files/styles/style-dark.css b/files/styles/style-dark.css
index 4a336100ed2aed1ade2d7368cf67d9d8b52b91fd..270e01c427b1ea935c5f2d49c3fc69e9bd1945de 100644
--- a/files/styles/style-dark.css
+++ b/files/styles/style-dark.css
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ QPushButton#viewModeGeneric, QPushButton#viewModePX4, QPushButton#viewModeAPM, Q
     border: 3px solid #465158;
 }
 
+QWidget#containerWidget {
+    background-color: qlineargradient(spread:pad, x1:0.527222, y1:0.961, x2:0.536946, y2:0.198864, stop:0.103448 rgba(65, 65, 65, 255), stop:1 rgba(119, 119, 119, 255));
+    border-radius: 16px;
+    border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
+}
+
 QPushButton#connectButton, QPushButton#controlButton {
     background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1, stop: 0 #73D95D, stop: 1 #18A154);
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/HSIDisplay.cc b/src/ui/HSIDisplay.cc
index 8974032bfafb0f6146415ef4761d1d672ccaa818..a1e0cc1c89ba1d6950f83463a4bf49b9e3d0ca86 100644
--- a/src/ui/HSIDisplay.cc
+++ b/src/ui/HSIDisplay.cc
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ HSIDisplay::HSIDisplay(QWidget *parent) :
     setToolTip(tr("View from top in body frame. Scroll with mouse wheel to change the horizontal field of view of the widget."));
     setStatusTip(tr("View from top in body frame. Scroll with mouse wheel to change the horizontal field of view of the widget."));
 
-    connect(&statusClearTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(clearStatusMessage()));
+    // XXX this looks a potential recursive issue
+    //connect(&statusClearTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(clearStatusMessage()));
 
     if (UASManager::instance()->getActiveUAS())
     {