diff --git a/client/less/main.less b/client/less/main.less
index c8dd4c62db..3c8d04333e 100644
--- a/client/less/main.less
+++ b/client/less/main.less
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ p {
 .big-text-field {
   font-size: 30px;
   height: 57px;
+  background-color: @body-bg !important;
 }
 
 h4 {
diff --git a/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade b/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
index 0855f741e8..70af2d94ef 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-.col-xs-12
-    div
-        form.input-group(id='URLSubmit' name='URLSubmit')
-            input#story-url.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='link', type='url', required, autofocus)
-            span.input-group-btn
-                button#preliminary-story-submit.btn.btn-big.btn-primary.btn-responsive(type='submit') Submit
-    .spacer
+form.input-group(id='URLSubmit' name='URLSubmit')
+    input#story-url.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='link', type='url', required, autofocus)
+    span.input-group-btn
+        button#preliminary-story-submit.btn.btn-bigger.btn-primary.btn-responsive(type='submit') Submit
+.spacer
 
     script.
       $('#story-url').on('keypress', function(e) {
diff --git a/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade b/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
index 60803e097c..66b91fc4f1 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
             .spacer
             .row
                 .form-group
-
-                    button.btn.btn-big.btn-block.btn-primary#story-submit(type='submit', onclick="return false;") Submit
+                    button.btn.btn-bigger.btn-block.btn-primary#story-submit(type='submit', onclick="return false;") Submit
     script.
       if (main.storyImage) {
         $('#image-display').removeClass('hidden-element');