diff --git a/src/components/Timeline.jsx b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
index 5e66abc..887302e 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
                 dims={dims}
                 selected={this.props.app.selected}
                 getEventX={this.getDatetimeX}
-                getCategoryY={this.state.scaleY}
+                getY={e => this.state.scaleY(e.category)}
                 transitionDuration={this.state.transitionDuration}
                 styles={this.props.ui.styles}
                 noCategories={this.props.domain.categories && this.props.domain.categories.length}
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/Timeline/Events.js b/src/components/presentational/Timeline/Events.js
index 6ac5e29..13142e8 100644
--- a/src/components/presentational/Timeline/Events.js
+++ b/src/components/presentational/Timeline/Events.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const TimelineEvents = ({
         fill: categoryColor,
         fillOpacity: HAS_PROJECTS
           ? unlocatedEvents.some(ev => ev.projectOffset >= 0) ? getEventOpacity(unlocatedEvents) : 0.05
-          : getEventOpacity(unlocatedEvents)
+          : getEventOpacity(unlocatedEvents) / 4
       }
 
       const extraRender = customStyles[1]