diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 41b9601..50dc9d2 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ p {
 
 /* coloured cutoff */
 div.apropos, div.apropossuite {
-  background-attachment: scroll, scroll, fixed;
+  background-attachment: scroll;
   background-color: #dcd0a8;
   background-image: url(electronic.png);
-  background-repeat: repeat, repeat, no-repeat;
-  background-size: auto, auto, cover;
+  background-repeat: repeat;
+  background-size: auto;
 }
 /* extra padding at the cutoffs */
 div.apropos {