diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs
index fcf8faa3cc..2960ff7867 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/link_preview.cljs
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
           nil)
         (when-not error
           [react/touchable-highlight
-           {:on-press #(when (and (security/safe-link? link))
+           {:style {:align-self :stretch}
+            :on-press #(when (and (security/safe-link? link))
                          (re-frame/dispatch
                           [:browser.ui/message-link-pressed link]))}
            [react/view (styles/link-preview-wrapper outgoing timeline)
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/styles.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/styles.cljs
index 5f5651b193..e39a71a8b1 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/styles.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/message/styles.cljs
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@
    :border-bottom-right-radius (if timeline 16 (if outgoing 4 16))
    :border-width               1
    :border-color               components.colors/gray-lighter
-   :margin-vertical            4
-   :background-color           (:ui-background @colors/theme)})
+   :margin-vertical            4})
 
 (defn link-preview-image [outgoing]
   {:height                     170