diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp
index 12202cf87..b136b16f7 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ EffectRackView::EffectRackView( EffectChain* model, QWidget* parent ) :
 	ModelView( NULL, this )
 {
 	QVBoxLayout* mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout( this );
-	mainLayout->setMargin( 0 );
+	mainLayout->setMargin( 5 );
 
 	m_effectsGroupBox = new GroupBox( tr( "EFFECTS CHAIN" ) );
 	mainLayout->addWidget( m_effectsGroupBox );
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/GroupBox.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/GroupBox.cpp
index 6ce277582..7d1a68897 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/GroupBox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/GroupBox.cpp
@@ -107,18 +107,10 @@ void GroupBox::updatePixmap()
 	p.setPen( bg_color.dark( 150 ) );
 	p.drawRect( 0, 0, width() - 1, height() - 1 );
 
-	// brighter line at bottom/right
-	p.setPen( bg_color.light( 150 ) );
-	p.drawLine( width() - 1, 0, width() - 1, height() - 1 );
-	p.drawLine( 0, height() - 1, width() - 1, height() - 1 );
-
 	// draw line below titlebar
-	p.setPen( bg_color.dark( 400 ) );
-	p.drawLine( 1, m_titleBarHeight + 1, width() - 3, m_titleBarHeight + 1 );
-
-	// black inner rect
-	p.drawRect( 1, 1, width() - 3, height() - 3 );
+	p.fillRect( 1, 1, width() - 2, m_titleBarHeight + 1, bg_color.darker( 150 ) );
 
+	// draw text
 	p.setPen( palette().color( QPalette::Active, QPalette::Text ) );
 	p.setFont( pointSize<8>( font() ) );
 	p.drawText( 22, m_titleBarHeight, m_caption );