diff --git a/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js b/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js
index 52986ed37..d195f3f9c 100644
--- a/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js
+++ b/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js
@@ -380,6 +380,11 @@ pref('widget.macos.titlebar-blend-mode.behind-window', true);
 pref('zen.widget.macos.window-material', 3);
 #endif
 
+// Enable transparent background for linux
+#ifdef MOZ_WIDGET_GTK
+pref('zen.widget.linux.transparency', true);
+#endif
+
 // Urlbar and autocomplete
 pref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", 6);
 pref("browser.urlbar.trimHttps", true);
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-compact-mode.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-compact-mode.css
index 7766cef61..e0b23c792 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-compact-mode.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-compact-mode.css
@@ -116,13 +116,7 @@
         outline-offset: -1px;
         /* times 4 because we have the inner padding and the outter padding to consider */
         :root[zen-sidebar-expanded='true'] & {
-          &[has-animated-padding='true'] {
-            width: calc(var(--zen-sidebar-width) + var(--zen-toolbox-padding));
-          }
-
-          &:not([has-animated-padding='true']) {
-            width: calc(var(--zen-sidebar-width) - var(--zen-toolbox-padding));
-          }
+          width: calc(var(--zen-sidebar-width) - var(--zen-toolbox-padding));
         }
 
         :root[zen-single-toolbar='true'] {
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-sidebar.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-sidebar.css
index 01b170d82..8575df45e 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-sidebar.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-sidebar.css
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
     border-radius: var(--zen-native-inner-radius);
     box-shadow: var(--zen-big-shadow);
     overflow: hidden;
-
+    &[positionend=''] {
+      order: 6;
+      & ~ #sidebar-splitter {
+        order: 5;
+      }
+    }
     :root:not([zen-right-side='true']) &[positionend='true'] {
       margin-right: var(--zen-element-separation);
     }
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css
index 1f46023fd..2cd9f7c94 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@
     }
   }
 
+  @media (-moz-platform: linux) and -moz-pref('zen.widget.linux.transparency'){
+    background: transparent;
+    --zen-themed-toolbar-bg-transparent: transparent;
+  }
+
   --toolbar-field-background-color: var(--zen-colors-input-bg) !important;
   --arrowpanel-background: var(--zen-dialog-background) !important;
 
diff --git a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenCompactMode.mjs b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenCompactMode.mjs
index 3707c4376..91cc9ccb1 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenCompactMode.mjs
+++ b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenCompactMode.mjs
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ var gZenCompactModeManager = {
       const titlebar = this.sidebar.querySelector('#titlebar');
       if (canAnimate) {
         this.sidebar.setAttribute('animate', 'true');
-        titlebar.setAttribute('has-animated-padding', 'true');
-      } else {
-        titlebar.removeAttribute('has-animated-padding');
       }
       this.sidebar.style.removeProperty('margin-right');
       this.sidebar.style.removeProperty('margin-left');