diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 4f6bf8a1..7f1a3175 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
             <rect x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%" fill="white" stroke="none" />
           </mask>
           <g id="textPaths"></g>
-          <g id="statePaths"></g>
+          <!-- <g id="statePaths"></g> -->
           <g id="defs-emblems"></g>
         </g>
 
diff --git a/modules/io/load.js b/modules/io/load.js
index a3549279..3f8f4c4f 100644
--- a/modules/io/load.js
+++ b/modules/io/load.js
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ async function parseLoadedData(data) {
       fogging = viewbox.select("#fogging");
       debug = viewbox.select("#debug");
       burgLabels = labels.select("#burgLabels");
+      const statePaths = defs.select("#statePaths");
+      statePaths?.remove();
     })();
 
     void (function parseGridData() {
diff --git a/modules/ui/layers.js b/modules/ui/layers.js
index 3ea64e72..ed17de37 100644
--- a/modules/ui/layers.js
+++ b/modules/ui/layers.js
@@ -1032,9 +1032,9 @@ function drawStates() {
 
   const bodyString = bodyData.map(d => `<path id="state${d[1]}" d="${d[0]}" fill="${d[2]}" stroke="none"/>`).join("");
   const gapString = gapData.map(d => `<path id="state-gap${d[1]}" d="${d[0]}" fill="none" stroke="${d[2]}"/>`).join("");
-  const clipString = bodyData
-    .map(d => `<clipPath id="state-clip${d[1]}"><use href="#state${d[1]}"/></clipPath>`)
-    .join("");
+  // const clipString = bodyData
+  //   .map(d => `<clipPath id="state-clip${d[1]}"><use href="#state${d[1]}"/></clipPath>`)
+  //   .join("");
   const haloString = haloData
     .map(
       d =>
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ function drawStates() {
     .join("");
 
   statesBody.html(bodyString + gapString);
-  defs.select("#statePaths").html(clipString);
+  // defs.select("#statePaths").html(clipString);
   statesHalo.html(haloString);
 
   // connect vertices to chain
diff --git a/styles/default.json b/styles/default.json
index 4c684dc8..29ea166a 100644
--- a/styles/default.json
+++ b/styles/default.json
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@
   "#statesHalo": {
     "opacity": 0.4,
     "data-width": 10,
-    "stroke-width": 10,
-    "filter": "blur(3.5px)"
+    "stroke-width": 2,
+    "filter": "none"
   },
   "#provs": {
     "opacity": 0.7,