diff --git a/apps/www/components/LaunchWeek/13/Releases/components/DaySection.tsx b/apps/www/components/LaunchWeek/13/Releases/components/DaySection.tsx
index 6e60a6eef87..25315c704c2 100644
--- a/apps/www/components/LaunchWeek/13/Releases/components/DaySection.tsx
+++ b/apps/www/components/LaunchWeek/13/Releases/components/DaySection.tsx
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ const DaySection = ({ day, className }: { day: WeekDayProps; className?: string
             href={day.blog!}
             className={cn(
               `
-              bg-default sm:!bg-transparent
+              bg-surface-75
               min-h-[210px] group sm:aspect-[3.67/1] relative overflow-hidden flex-1 flex flex-col justify-between
               hover:border-strong transition-colors border border-muted
-              rounded-xl text-2xl bg-contain shadow-lg`,
+              rounded-xl text-2xl bg-contain shadow-sm`,
               cssGroup
             )}
           >
@@ -71,18 +71,19 @@ const DaySection = ({ day, className }: { day: WeekDayProps; className?: string
               </h2>
             </div>
             <div className="relative z-10 border-b border-muted/40 sm:border-none w-full order-first aspect-[2/1] sm:aspect-auto sm:absolute sm:inset-0">
+              <div className="hidden sm:block absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-r from-background-surface-75 from-0% via-background-surface-75 via-20% to-transparent to-75% w-full h-full z-0" />
               {day.steps[0]?.bg_layers &&
                 day.steps[0]?.bg_layers?.map((layer, i) => (
                   <>
                     {!!layer.img && (
                       <div
-                        key={`${day.title}-image-${i}`}
-                        className="absolute sm:opacity-90 transition-opacity inset-0 w-full h-full -z-10 group-hover/d1:opacity-100"
+                        key={`${day.title}-image-${i}?v=3`}
+                        className="absolute transition-opacity inset-0 w-full h-full -z-10 group-hover/d1:opacity-100"
                       >
                         <Image
                           src={!!layer.mobileImg && isMobile ? layer.mobileImg : layer.img}
                           className={`
-                            hidden dark:block absolute md:opacity-50 lg:opacity-100 object-cover
+                            hidden dark:block absolute object-cover
                             w-full h-full z-0 transition-all duration-300
                             object-center sm:object-right
                           `}