diff --git a/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/cmdInput.less b/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/cmdInput.less
index 65bd6d60..9a271fb5 100644
--- a/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/cmdInput.less
+++ b/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/cmdInput.less
@@ -89,15 +89,21 @@
 
         textarea {
             color: @term-bright-white;
-            background-color: transparent;
+            background-color: @textarea-background;
             padding: 0.5em;
             resize: none;
             overflow: auto;
             overflow-wrap: anywhere;
             border-color: transparent;
+            border: none;
             &.display-disabled {
                 background-color: #444;
             }
+            
+            &:focus {
+                box-shadow: none;
+                border: none;
+            }
         }
 
         input.history-input {
diff --git a/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/textareainput.tsx b/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/textareainput.tsx
index 238d3fce..592b5ea5 100644
--- a/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/textareainput.tsx
+++ b/src/app/workspace/cmdinput/textareainput.tsx
@@ -534,8 +534,11 @@ class TextAreaInput extends React.Component<{ onHeightChange: () => void }, {}>
         if (activeScreen != null) {
             activeScreen.focusType.get(); // for reaction
         }
-        let computedInnerHeight = (displayLines + 1) * GlobalModel.termFontSize.get() + 4;
-        let computedOuterHeight = (displayLines + 2) * GlobalModel.termFontSize.get();
+        let termFontSize = GlobalModel.termFontSize.get();
+        // fontSize*1.5 (line-height) + 2 * 0.5em padding
+        let computedInnerHeight = displayLines * (termFontSize * 1.5) + 2 * 0.5 * termFontSize;
+        // inner height + 2*1em padding
+        let computedOuterHeight = computedInnerHeight + 2 * 1.0 * termFontSize;
         return (
             <div className="control is-expanded" ref={this.controlRef} style={{ height: computedOuterHeight }}>
                 <textarea
@@ -547,11 +550,11 @@ class TextAreaInput extends React.Component<{ onHeightChange: () => void }, {}>
                     id="main-cmd-input"
                     onFocus={this.handleMainFocus}
                     onBlur={this.handleMainBlur}
-                    style={{ height: computedInnerHeight, minHeight: computedInnerHeight }}
+                    style={{ height: computedInnerHeight, minHeight: computedInnerHeight, fontSize: termFontSize }}
                     value={curLine}
                     onKeyDown={this.onKeyDown}
                     onChange={this.onChange}
-                    className={cn("textarea glow", { "display-disabled": disabled })}
+                    className={cn("textarea", { "display-disabled": disabled })}
                 ></textarea>
                 <input
                     key="history"
diff --git a/src/index.less b/src/index.less
index 14f36174..692ab5cf 100644
--- a/src/index.less
+++ b/src/index.less
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 @success-green: rgb(38, 97, 26);
 @error-red: #cc0000;
 @warning-yellow: #ffa500;
+@textarea-background: #2a2a2a;
 
 @term-black: #000000;
 @term-red: #cc0000;