diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_map/rendering.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_map/rendering.ts
index 74c883a43..688538658 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_map/rendering.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_map/rendering.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export function setupRendering(graph: ForceGraph, { note, noteId, themeStyle, wi
     // set link width to immitate a highlight effect. Checking the condition if any links are saved in the previous defined set highlightlinks
     graph
         .linkWidth((link) => (highlightLinks.has(link) ? 3 : 0.4))
-        .linkColor((link) => (highlightLinks.has(link) ? "white" : cssData.mutedTextColor))
+        .linkColor((link) => (highlightLinks.has(link) ? cssData.textColor : cssData.mutedTextColor))
         .linkDirectionalArrowLength(4)
         .linkDirectionalArrowRelPos(0.95)
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteMapTab.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteMapTab.tsx
index 80a27c336..ec7f4a749 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteMapTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteMapTab.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export default function NoteMapTab({ note }: TabContext) {
             setHeight(SMALL_SIZE_HEIGHT);
         }
     }, [ isExpanded, containerRef, windowHeight, containerSize?.top ]);
-    // useEffect(() => noteMapWidget.setDimensions(), [ containerSize?.width, height ]);
 
     return (
         <div className="note-map-ribbon-widget" style={{ height }} ref={containerRef}>