diff --git a/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid b/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
index e120aad61..795657d73 100644
--- a/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
+++ b/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ textarea.tc-edit-texteditor {
 }
 
 .tc-tiddler-frame.tc-tiddler-edit-frame iframe.tc-edit-texteditor {
-	<<box-shadow "1px 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)">>
+	<<box-shadow "1px 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)">>
 }
 
 canvas.tc-edit-bitmapeditor  {