diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx
index f08ccc50c028c2076594a83cbe2bb4b456ae4785..36ea28f65d679a661b07c3c330d2671290004116 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/nodelinkvis/components/NLPixi.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const NLPixi = (props: Props) => {
   const app = useMemo(
     () =>
       new Application({
-        background: 0xffffff,
+        backgroundAlpha: 0,
         antialias: true,
         autoDensity: true,
         eventMode: 'auto',