diff --git a/src/site/pug/includes/timeline_page.pug b/src/site/pug/includes/timeline_page.pug
index 03f23be..912dfd5 100644
--- a/src/site/pug/includes/timeline_page.pug
+++ b/src/site/pug/includes/timeline_page.pug
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ mixin timeline_page(page, pageIndex)
 			each image in page
 				- const thumbnail = image.getSuggestedThumbnailP(suggestedSize) //- use this as the src in case there are problems with srcset
 				a(href=`/p/${image.data.shortcode}` data-shortcode=image.data.shortcode).sized-link
-					img(src=thumbnail.src alt=image.getAlt() width=thumbnail.config_width height=thumbnail.config_height srcset=image.getThumbnailSrcsetP() sizes=image.getThumbnailSizes()).sized-image
+					//- using config_width twice because the proxy makes it square
+					img(src=thumbnail.src alt=image.getAlt() width=thumbnail.config_width height=thumbnail.config_width srcset=image.getThumbnailSrcsetP() sizes=image.getThumbnailSizes()).sized-image
diff --git a/src/site/sass/includes/_main.sass b/src/site/sass/includes/_main.sass
index 56c25b3..d00710f 100644
--- a/src/site/sass/includes/_main.sass
+++ b/src/site/sass/includes/_main.sass
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ body
 	position: relative
 	line-height: 1
 	color: map-get($theme, "foreground-primary")
+	background-color: map-get($theme, "background-timeline-profile")
 
 	@media screen and (max-width: $layout-a-max)
 		border-bottom: map-get($theme, "edge-context-divider")