diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Create.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Create.js
index e9e26d8..75a12e2 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Create.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Create.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default function Create() {
     }
 
     if (specialCodePrompt) return (
-        <div id="login-container" className="main-card">
+        <div id="login-container" className="card">
             <h1>One more thing!</h1>
             <p>You need a special code to sign up here!</p>
             <label htmlFor="specialcode">Special Code</label>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default function Create() {
     );
 
     return (
-        <div id="login-container" className="main-card">
+        <div id="login-container" className="card">
             <h1>Create an account</h1>
             <label htmlFor="username">Username</label>
             <br />
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js
index 4d79df2..2452df5 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default function Login() {
     }
 
     return (
-        <div id="login-container" className="main-card">
+        <div id="login-container" className="card">
             <h1>Log in</h1>
             <label htmlFor="username">Username</label>
             <br />
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelMessageView.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelMessageView.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a5056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelMessageView.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import Message from  "../Messages/Message";
+import { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+export default function ChannelMessageView({messages}) {
+    const invisibleBottomMessageRef = useRef(null);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (invisibleBottomMessageRef && invisibleBottomMessageRef.current) {
+            invisibleBottomMessageRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behaviour: 'smooth' });
+        }
+    }, [messages]);
+
+    let messagesView = messages.map((m, i) => {
+        return <Message key={ m._id } message={ m } />;
+    });
+
+    if (messagesView === undefined || messagesView.length <= 0) {
+        messagesView = (
+            <div className='no-messages-warning'>
+                <span>No messages yet...</span>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+
+    return <div className="message-list-card">
+        { messagesView }
+        <div ref={ invisibleBottomMessageRef }></div>
+    </div>;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js
index 81985be..3164070 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import UserProfileButton from '../Users/UserButton';
 
 function ChannelUserList({ presence }) {
     return (
-        <div className="main-card sidebar">
+        <div className="card sidebar">
             <div className="channel-list">
                 { Object.keys(presence).map((userId) => <UserProfileButton key={ userId } user={ presence[userId] } />) }
             </div>
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js
index f98f505..59111dd 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js
@@ -1,120 +1,64 @@
-import ChannelViewLoader from '../UI/ProfileLinkLoader';
 import ChannelProfile from './ChannelProfileLink';
-import Message from '../Messages/Message';
 import gatewayConnection from '../../API/Gateway/globalGatewayConnection';
 import ChannelUserList from "./ChannelUserList";
 
-import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { connect, useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
+import ChannelMessageView from './ChannelMessageView';
 
-
-const ChannelView = ({ channels, messages, channel, selectedChannelId, experiments, channelPresenceClientList, gradientBannerNotificationText }) => {
-    const { id } = useParams();
+const ChannelView = ({ messages, channel, channelPresenceClientList }) => {
     const [ textInput, setTextInput ] = useState('');
-
     const textInputRef = useRef(null);
-    const invisibleBottomMessageRef = useRef(null);
-
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
-    useEffect(() => {
-        if (invisibleBottomMessageRef && invisibleBottomMessageRef.current) {
-            invisibleBottomMessageRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behaviour: 'smooth' });
-        }
-    }, [messages]);
-
     const handleTextboxKeydown = (e) => {
         if (e.key === 'Enter') {
-            gatewayConnection.sendMessage(textInput, id);
+            gatewayConnection.sendMessage(textInput, channel._id);
             textInputRef.current.value = '';
             setTextInput('');
         }
     }
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (!channels) return;
         if (!channel) return;
-        if (channel._id === selectedChannelId) return;
 
         dispatch({ type: 'channels/selectchannel', channelId: channel._id });
-    }, [channels, id, dispatch, channel, selectedChannelId]);
+    }, [dispatch, channel]);
 
     if (channel) {
-        let messagesView = messages.map((m, i) => {
-            //if (messages[i-1] && messages[i-1].author.username === m.author.username) return <Message key={ m._id } message={ m } hideUsername={ true } />
-            return <Message key={ m._id } message={ m } />;
-        });
-
-        if (messagesView === undefined || messagesView.length <= 0) {
-            messagesView = (
-                <div className='no-messages-warning'>
-                    <div className="profile-picture default-user no-messages-icon">
-                        <div className="default-channel-styled-text no-messages-text">
-                            #?
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <span style={ { marginTop: "1em" } }>No messages yet...</span>
-                </div>
-            );
-        }
-
         return (
             <div className="col-flex-card hidden-overflow">
                 <div className="bar-card-accent">
                     <ChannelProfile channel={ channel } size="24" />
-                    { (experiments.voiceSFUTesting) && <button className="button" onClick={ () => gatewayConnection.beginVoiceSession(channel._id) }>
-                        Join voice
-                    </button>}
+                    {/*
+                        { (experiments.voiceSFUTesting) && <button className="button" onClick={ () => gatewayConnection.beginVoiceSession(channel._id) }>
+                            Join voice
+                        </button>}
+                    */}
                 </div>
 
-                {(gradientBannerNotificationText !== undefined) && <div className="gradient-banner-card" onClick={ () => dispatch({ type: "application/updatebannertext", text: undefined }) }>
-                    { gradientBannerNotificationText }
-                </div>}
-
-                <div className="main-card row-flex-card hidden-overflow">
+                <div className="row-flex-card hidden-overflow">
                     <div className="col-flex-card channel-message-panel hidden-overflow">
-                        <div className="message-list-card">
-                            { messagesView }
-                            <div ref={ invisibleBottomMessageRef }></div>
-                        </div>
-                        
+                        <ChannelMessageView messages={messages}></ChannelMessageView>
                         <div className="invis-bar">
                             <input className="text-input message-input" type="text" placeholder="Go on, type something interesting!" ref={ textInputRef } onKeyDown={ handleTextboxKeydown } onChange={ ({ target }) => setTextInput(target.value) }></input>
                         </div>
                     </div>
-                    { (experiments.userListTest) && <ChannelUserList presence={ channelPresenceClientList || [] } /> }
+                    <ChannelUserList presence={ channelPresenceClientList || [] } />
                 </div>
             </div>
-        )
-    } else {
-        return (
-            <div className="main-card col-flex-card">
-                <div className="bar-card">
-                    <ChannelViewLoader />
-                </div>
-                <div className="message-list-card">
-
-                </div>
-                <div className="bar-card-bottom">
-                    
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        )
+        );
     }
+    return null;
 };
 
 const stateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
-    const channelId = ownProps.match.params.id; // NOTE: kind of a hack, but it works and idk if theres any other solution
+    const channelId = ownProps.channelId;
 
     return {
-        channels: state?.channels,
         channel: state?.channels?.find(x => x._id === channelId),
         messages: state?.messages[channelId] || [],
-        selectedChannelId: state?.selectedChannelId,
-        experiments: state?.experiments || {},
         channelPresenceClientList: state?.channelPresenceClientList,
-        gradientBannerNotificationText: state?.gradientBannerNotificationText
     };
 };
 
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Main/App.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Main/App.js
index 911de28..35469fb 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Main/App.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Main/App.js
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import Root from '../Home/Root';
 import Authenticator from '../../API/Authenticator';
 import Notification from '../UI/Notification';
 import './../../Styles/App.scss';
-import ChannelView from '../Channels/ChannelView';
 import Sidebar from '../UI/Sidebar';
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useDispatch, connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { BrowserRouter, Switch, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
+import LoggedInMount from './LoggedInMount';
 
 function App({ user }) {
     const [ notificationText ] = useState('');
@@ -37,14 +37,7 @@ function App({ user }) {
                         <Route path="/login" component={ Login } />
                         <Route path="/create" component={ Create } />
                         <Route path="/channels/:id"
-                            render={(props) => {
-                                return (
-                                    <>
-                                        <Sidebar />
-                                        <ChannelView match={ props.match } />
-                                    </>
-                                );
-                            }}
+                            render={() => <LoggedInMount />}
                         />
 
                         <Route path="/">
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Main/LoggedInMount.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Main/LoggedInMount.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a897e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Main/LoggedInMount.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
+import Sidebar from "../UI/Sidebar";
+import ChannelView from "../Channels/ChannelView";
+
+export default function LoggedInMount() {
+    const { id: channelId } = useParams();
+    return <>
+        <Sidebar />
+        <ChannelView channelId={ channelId } />
+    </>;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/GradientBanner.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/GradientBanner.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1937b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/GradientBanner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default function GradientBanner() {
+    return (gradientBannerNotificationText !== undefined) && <div className="gradient-banner-card" onClick={ () => dispatch({ type: "application/updatebannertext", text: undefined }) }>
+        { gradientBannerNotificationText }
+    </div>;
+}
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/Sidebar.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/Sidebar.js
index b64f88e..09351d2 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/Sidebar.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/Sidebar.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 function Sidebar({ user }) {
     return (
-        <div className="main-card sidebar">
+        <div className="sidebar">
             <div className="bar-card" style={{
                 color: "var(--darker-text-color)"
             }}>
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/App.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/App.scss
index 8095916..329c9e8 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/App.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/App.scss
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     background: var(--accent-color-light);
 }
 ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
-    background: var(--default-main-card-color);
+    background: var(--default-scrollbar-color);
 }
 
 body {
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ body {
     padding: 0px;
 }
 
+button,
+input,
+optgroup,
+select,
+textarea {
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: 100%;
+}
+
 * {
-    font-size: 18px !important;
+    font-size: 18px;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss
index b7042dc..39a374b 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     &-channel {
         @extend .button;
 
-        box-shadow: none;
         border-radius: var(--channel-button-border-radius);
         width: 200px;
         min-height: 40px;
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss
index 51ab321..61766d9 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 @mixin card {
     padding: 0px;
     margin: 0px;
-    background-color: var(--default-main-card-color);
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
     border-radius: var(--default-border-radius);
-    box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px var(--card-box-shadow-color);
 }
 
 // hh
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: left;
     font-size: medium;
-    z-index: 100;
+    z-index: 10;
 
     &-accent {
         @extend .bar-card;
@@ -37,23 +36,14 @@
     @include fancy-scrollbar-firefox;
 
     background-color: var(--channel-message-list-background-color);
-    box-shadow: none;
     flex-basis: 100%;
     border-radius: 0px;
     overflow: auto;
 }
 
-.main-card {
-    @include card;
-
-    box-shadow: none;
-}
-
 .col-flex-card {
     @include card;
 
-    box-shadow: none;
-    
     flex-grow: 1;
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
@@ -62,8 +52,6 @@
 .row-flex-card {
     @include card;
 
-    box-shadow: none;
-
     flex-grow: 10;
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss
index 9b7e65b..2578242 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 .sidebar {
     @include fancy-scrollbar-firefox;
+    @include card;
 
     background-color: var(--channel-list-background-color);
 
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss
index a3427db..bc54201 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 .message {
     @include card;
 
-    box-shadow: none;
-
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
     margin: 3px;
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/ProfileLink.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/ProfileLink.scss
index 9f1648c..9e02c86 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/ProfileLink.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/ProfileLink.scss
@@ -79,17 +79,17 @@
 }
 
 .default-channel-styled-text {
-    font-size: 24px !important;
+    font-size: 24px;
     filter: drop-shadow(2px 2px hsl(300, 60%, 25%));
     user-select: none;
 
     &.no-messages-text {
         filter: drop-shadow(45px 0 hsl(300, 60%, 40%));
-        font-size: 8em !important;
+        font-size: 8em;
     }
 }
 
 .default-user-styled-text {
-    font-size: 24px !important;
+    font-size: 24px;
     user-select: none;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Textbox.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Textbox.scss
index e9f2893..1642a04 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Textbox.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Textbox.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
         height: 32px;
         padding: 6px;
         padding-left: 16px;
-        font-size: 16px !important;
+        font-size: 16px;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/mixins.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/mixins.scss
index 22f9e70..a5d688f 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/mixins.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/mixins.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 @mixin fancy-scrollbar-firefox {
     scrollbar-width: none;
-    scrollbar-color: var(--default-main-card-color) var(--accent-color-light);
+    scrollbar-color: var(--default-scrollbar-color) var(--accent-color-light);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss
index a61a1cf..efe384a 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
     --card-accent-color: hsl(0, 0%, 10%);
     --card-accent-color-dark: hsl(0, 0%, 5%);
 
-    --default-main-card-color: var(--background-color);
-    --card-box-shadow-color: 0 1px 0 #1d1a1abe;
+    --default-scrollbar-color: var(--background-color);
 
     --focus-accent-background: var(--card-accent-color);
     --focus-accent-background-deep: var(--card-accent-color-dark);