diff --git a/src/components/tree/phyloTree/renderers.js b/src/components/tree/phyloTree/renderers.js
index 92ad6ed84..c292011e5 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/phyloTree/renderers.js
+++ b/src/components/tree/phyloTree/renderers.js
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ export const drawTips = function drawTips() {
     .on("mouseover", this.callbacks.onTipHover)
     .on("mouseout", this.callbacks.onTipLeave)
     .on("click", this.callbacks.onTipClick)
-    .style("pointer-events", "auto")
+    /* .style("pointer-events", "auto") */
     .style("visibility", (d) => d.visibility === NODE_VISIBLE ? "visible" : "hidden")
     .style("fill", (d) => d.fill || params.tipFill)
-    .style("stroke", (d) => d.tipStroke || params.tipStroke)
-    .style("stroke-width", () => params.tipStrokeWidth) /* don't want branch thicknesses applied */
+    /* .style("stroke", (d) => d.tipStroke || params.tipStroke) */
+    /* .style("stroke-width", () => params.tipStrokeWidth)  don't want branch thicknesses applied */
     .style("cursor", "pointer");
 
   timerEnd("drawTips");
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export const drawBranches = function drawBranches() {
       .style("stroke", (d) => d.branchStroke || params.branchStroke)
       .style("stroke-width", (d) => Math.round(d['stroke-width'] || params.branchStrokeWidth))
       .style("fill", "none")
-      .style("pointer-events", "auto")
+      /* .style("pointer-events", "auto") */
       .on("mouseover", this.callbacks.onBranchHover)
       .on("mouseout", this.callbacks.onBranchLeave)
       .on("click", this.callbacks.onBranchClick);
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export const drawBranches = function drawBranches() {
       if (!d.branchStroke) return params.branchStroke;
       return strokeForBranch(d, "S");
     })
-    .style("stroke-linecap", "round")
+    /*.style("stroke-linecap", "round") */
     .style("stroke-width", (d) => Math.round(d['stroke-width'] || params.branchStrokeWidth))
     .style("visibility", getBranchVisibility)
     .style("cursor", (d) => d.visibility === NODE_VISIBLE ? "pointer" : "default")
diff --git a/src/components/tree/tree.js b/src/components/tree/tree.js
index b59ade05f..0a8fed7dc 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/tree.js
+++ b/src/components/tree/tree.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Tree extends React.Component {
     return (
       <svg
         id={mainTree ? "MainTree" : "SecondTree"}
-        style={{pointerEvents: "auto", cursor: "default", userSelect: "none"}}
+        style={{pointerEvents: "auto", strokeLinecap: "round", strokeWidth: "1", stroke: "#000", cursor: "default", userSelect: "none"}}
         width={width}
         height={height}
         ref={(c) => {mainTree ? this.domRefs.mainTree = c : this.domRefs.secondTree = c;}}