diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css
index e56cb85f6..67ae78a1b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
   inline-size: 100%;
   min-block-size: var(--block-space);
 
-  &:nth-child(-n + 8) {
-    background-color: var(--color-bg);
-  }
-
   &:nth-child(1n + 57) {
     background-color: var(--color-highlight);
   }
diff --git a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
index a083e8e24..ed065e9ba 100644
--- a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module EventsHelper
 
   def render_column_headers
     [ "Touched", "Discussed", "Added", "Popped" ].map do |header|
-      content_tag(:h3, header, class: "event-grid-column-title")
+      content_tag(:h3, header, class: "event-grid-column-title margin-block-end-half")
     end.join.html_safe
   end
 end