diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 923d23ab2c..9834209ae7 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "default_hs_url": "https://matrix.org",
+    "default_hs_url": "http://localhost:8008",
     "default_is_url": "https://vector.im"
 }
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/structures/RoomView.css b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/structures/RoomView.css
index db68f4418f..b4cd2c0c30 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/structures/RoomView.css
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/structures/RoomView.css
@@ -164,9 +164,17 @@ limitations under the License.
     margin-bottom: 12px;
 }
 
+li.mx_RoomView_myReadMarker_container {
+    height: 0px;
+    margin: 0px;
+    padding: 0px;
+    border: 0px;
+}
+
 hr.mx_RoomView_myReadMarker {
     border-top: solid 1px #76cfa6;
-    border-bottom: none;
+    border-bottom: solid 1px #76cfa6;
+    margin-top: 0px;
 }
 
 .mx_RoomView_statusArea {
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
index 440fd4ad5e..8ea76364b3 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ limitations under the License.
     z-index: 1;
     position: relative;
     width: 90px;
+    height: 1px; /* Hack to stop the height of this pushing the messages apart. Replaces marigin-top: -6px. This interacts better with a read marker being in between. Content overflows. */
     margin-right: 10px;
-    margin-top: -6px;
 }
 
 .mx_EventTile .mx_MessageTimestamp {