diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css
index 3c1fb07..bffcc01 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
     /*border: 1px dashed red;*/
 }
 
+svg #bg {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Network Graph elements ======================================
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@
     width: 280px;
     right: -300px;
     opacity: 0;
-    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
+    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
 
     padding: 10px;
     color: black;