diff --git a/Classes/View Controllers/AppSplitViewController.swift b/Classes/View Controllers/AppSplitViewController.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index 188f4d7a9..000000000
--- a/Classes/View Controllers/AppSplitViewController.swift	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  AppSplitViewController.swift
-//  Freetime
-//
-//  Created by Ryan Nystrom on 4/14/18.
-//  Copyright © 2018 Ryan Nystrom. All rights reserved.
-//
-
-import UIKit
-
-final class AppSplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
-
-    override func viewDidLoad() {
-        super.viewDidLoad()
-        view.backgroundColor = .white
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/Classes/View Controllers/SplitViewControllerDelegate.swift b/Classes/View Controllers/SplitViewControllerDelegate.swift
index 1cd6f05cc..d94ecabe6 100644
--- a/Classes/View Controllers/SplitViewControllerDelegate.swift	
+++ b/Classes/View Controllers/SplitViewControllerDelegate.swift	
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import UIKit
 // detail VCs from primary on split VC expansion
 protocol PrimaryViewController {}
 
+private func fixBackground(for splitViewController: UISplitViewController, collapsing: Bool) {
+    splitViewController.view.backgroundColor = collapsing
+    ? .white
+    : Styles.Colors.splitViewBackground
+}
+
 final class SplitViewControllerDelegate: UISplitViewControllerDelegate {
 
     func splitViewController(
@@ -19,6 +25,8 @@ final class SplitViewControllerDelegate: UISplitViewControllerDelegate {
         collapseSecondary secondaryViewController: UIViewController,
         onto primaryViewController: UIViewController
         ) -> Bool {
+        fixBackground(for: splitViewController, collapsing: true)
+
         if let tab = primaryViewController as? UITabBarController,
             let primaryNav = tab.selectedViewController as? UINavigationController,
             let secondaryNav = secondaryViewController as? UINavigationController {
@@ -37,6 +45,8 @@ final class SplitViewControllerDelegate: UISplitViewControllerDelegate {
         _ splitViewController: UISplitViewController,
         separateSecondaryFrom primaryViewController: UIViewController
         ) -> UIViewController? {
+        fixBackground(for: splitViewController, collapsing: false)
+
         guard let tab = primaryViewController as? UITabBarController,
             let primaryNav = tab.selectedViewController as? UINavigationController
             else { return nil }
diff --git a/Classes/Views/Styles.swift b/Classes/Views/Styles.swift
index b774aa82b..05aa6878a 100644
--- a/Classes/Views/Styles.swift
+++ b/Classes/Views/Styles.swift
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ enum Styles {
         static let purple = "6f42c1"
         static let blueGray = "8697af"
         static let menuBackgroundColor = "292D35"
+        static let splitViewBackground = UIColor(red: 0.556863, green: 0.556863, blue: 0.576471, alpha: 1)
 
         enum Red {
             static let medium = "cb2431"
diff --git a/Freetime.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Freetime.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 8a48f4918..a20eb686d 100644
--- a/Freetime.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Freetime.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@
 		294EE4CB209006C2002C9CB1 /* InboxController.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 294EE4CA209006C2002C9CB1 /* InboxController.swift */; };
 		294EE4D1209006C3002C9CB1 /* Assets.xcassets in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 294EE4D0209006C3002C9CB1 /* Assets.xcassets */; };
 		294EE4D5209006C3002C9CB1 /* FreetimeWatch.app in Embed Watch Content */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 294EE4B9209006BF002C9CB1 /* FreetimeWatch.app */; };
-		2950AB1B2082E47200C6F19A /* AppSplitViewController.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 2950AB1A2082E47200C6F19A /* AppSplitViewController.swift */; };
 		2950AB1D2083B1E400C6F19A /* EmptyLoadingView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 2950AB1C2083B1E400C6F19A /* EmptyLoadingView.swift */; };
 		2957777B200129EB00DDD785 /* Int+Abbreviated.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 2957777A200129EB00DDD785 /* Int+Abbreviated.swift */; };
 		295840651EE89F28007723C6 /* IssueStatusEventModel.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 295840641EE89F28007723C6 /* IssueStatusEventModel.swift */; };
@@ -689,7 +688,6 @@
 		294EE4CA209006C2002C9CB1 /* InboxController.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = InboxController.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		294EE4D0209006C3002C9CB1 /* Assets.xcassets */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = folder.assetcatalog; path = Assets.xcassets; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		294EE4D2209006C3002C9CB1 /* Info.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; path = Info.plist; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		2950AB1A2082E47200C6F19A /* AppSplitViewController.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = AppSplitViewController.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		2950AB1C2083B1E400C6F19A /* EmptyLoadingView.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = EmptyLoadingView.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		2957777A200129EB00DDD785 /* Int+Abbreviated.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "Int+Abbreviated.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		295840641EE89F28007723C6 /* IssueStatusEventModel.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = IssueStatusEventModel.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -1661,7 +1659,6 @@
 		297AE8681EC0D5C200B44A1F /* View Controllers */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
-				2950AB1A2082E47200C6F19A /* AppSplitViewController.swift */,
 				29CEA5CC1F84DB1B009827DB /* BaseListViewController.swift */,
 				29C8F9AA208BF64D0075931C /* BaseListViewController2.swift */,
 				2973E80C20FBD7BF0050233F /* ContrastContextMenu.swift */,
@@ -3011,7 +3008,6 @@
 				29242814210A51B5001F5980 /* SpacerSectionController.swift in Sources */,
 				2971722B1F069E6B005E43AC /* SpinnerSectionController.swift in Sources */,
 				2999972E203120E300995FFD /* IssueMergeButtonCell.swift in Sources */,
-				2950AB1B2082E47200C6F19A /* AppSplitViewController.swift in Sources */,
 				2993046B1FBA8C04007B9737 /* IssueManagingExpansionCell.swift in Sources */,
 				29C33FDB1F127DBB00EC8D40 /* SplitPlaceholderViewController.swift in Sources */,
 				2924C18320D5B2BF00FCFCFF /* MilestoneCell.swift in Sources */,
diff --git a/Resources/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/Resources/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index cbb4e5204..94f031458 100644
--- a/Resources/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/Resources/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="14109" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="EPN-4V-9Hj">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="14113" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="EPN-4V-9Hj">
     <device id="retina4_7" orientation="portrait">
         <adaptation id="fullscreen"/>
     </device>
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@
             </objects>
             <point key="canvasLocation" x="167" y="1321"/>
         </scene>
-        <!--App Split View Controller-->
+        <!--Split View Controller-->
         <scene sceneID="0c8-No-DSu">
             <objects>
-                <splitViewController id="EPN-4V-9Hj" customClass="AppSplitViewController" customModule="Freetime" customModuleProvider="target" sceneMemberID="viewController">
+                <splitViewController id="EPN-4V-9Hj" sceneMemberID="viewController">
                     <connections>
                         <segue destination="f5k-7G-hod" kind="relationship" relationship="masterViewController" id="aFN-Se-rpt"/>
                         <segue destination="D4E-Yy-PTN" kind="relationship" relationship="detailViewController" id="gsk-8r-3gM"/>