diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc
index 15fb6c7e6b..af9750c230 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void DriverViewWindow::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* e) {
 }
 
 DriverViewScene::DriverViewScene(QWidget* parent) : sm({"driverState"}), QWidget(parent) {
-  face = QImage("../assets/img_driver_face.png").scaled(FACE_IMG_SIZE, FACE_IMG_SIZE, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
+  face_img = QImage("../assets/img_driver_face.png").scaled(FACE_IMG_SIZE, FACE_IMG_SIZE, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
 }
 
 void DriverViewScene::showEvent(QShowEvent* event) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void DriverViewScene::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event) {
 
   // startup msg
   if (!frame_updated) {
-    p.setPen(QColor(0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
+    p.setPen(Qt::white);
     p.setRenderHint(QPainter::TextAntialiasing);
     configFont(p, "Inter", 100, "Bold");
     p.drawText(geometry(), Qt::AlignCenter, "camera starting");
@@ -62,17 +62,10 @@ void DriverViewScene::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event) {
   const QRect valid_rect = {is_rhd ? rect2.right() - rect2.height() / 2 : rect2.left(), rect2.top(), rect2.height() / 2, rect2.height()};
 
   // blackout
-  const int blackout_x_r = valid_rect.right();
+  const QColor bg(0, 0, 0, 140);
   const QRect& blackout_rect = Hardware::TICI() ? rect() : rect2;
-  const int blackout_w_r = blackout_rect.right() - valid_rect.right();
-  const int blackout_x_l = blackout_rect.left();
-  const int blackout_w_l = valid_rect.left() - blackout_x_l;
-
-  QColor bg(0, 0, 0, 140);
-  p.setPen(QPen(bg));
-  p.setBrush(QBrush(bg));
-  p.drawRect(blackout_x_l, rect2.top(), blackout_w_l, rect2.height());
-  p.drawRect(blackout_x_r, rect2.top(), blackout_w_r, rect2.height());
+  p.fillRect(blackout_rect.adjusted(0, 0, valid_rect.left() - blackout_rect.right(), 0), bg);
+  p.fillRect(blackout_rect.adjusted(valid_rect.right() - blackout_rect.left(), 0, 0, 0), bg);
 
   // face bounding box
   cereal::DriverState::Reader driver_state = sm["driverState"].getDriverState();
@@ -81,21 +74,16 @@ void DriverViewScene::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event) {
     auto fxy_list = driver_state.getFacePosition();
     float face_x = fxy_list[0];
     float face_y = fxy_list[1];
-    int fbox_x = valid_rect.center().x() + (is_rhd ? face_x : -face_x) * valid_rect.width();
-    int fbox_y = valid_rect.center().y() + face_y * valid_rect.height();
 
     float alpha = 0.2;
-    face_x = std::abs(face_x);
-    face_y = std::abs(face_y);
-    if (face_x <= 0.35 && face_y <= 0.4) {
-      alpha = 0.8 - (face_x > face_y ? face_x : face_y) * 0.6 / 0.375;
+    float x = std::abs(face_x), y = std::abs(face_y);
+    if (x <= 0.35 && y <= 0.4) {
+      alpha = 0.8 - std::max(x, y) * 0.6 / 0.375;
     }
-
     const int box_size = 0.6 * rect2.height() / 2;
-    QPen pen(QColor(255, 255, 255, alpha * 255));
-    pen.setWidth(10);
-    p.setPen(pen);
-    p.setBrush(Qt::NoBrush);
+    int fbox_x = valid_rect.center().x() + (is_rhd ? face_x : -face_x) * valid_rect.width();
+    int fbox_y = valid_rect.center().y() + face_y * valid_rect.height();
+    p.setPen(QPen(QColor(255, 255, 255, alpha * 255), 10));
     p.drawRoundedRect(fbox_x - box_size / 2, fbox_y - box_size / 2, box_size, box_size, 35.0, 35.0);
   }
 
@@ -103,7 +91,6 @@ void DriverViewScene::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event) {
   const int img_offset = 30;
   const int img_x = is_rhd ? rect2.right() - FACE_IMG_SIZE - img_offset : rect2.left() + img_offset;
   const int img_y = rect2.bottom() - FACE_IMG_SIZE - img_offset;
-  p.setPen(Qt::NoPen);
   p.setOpacity(face_detected ? 1.0 : 0.3);
-  p.drawImage(img_x, img_y, face);
+  p.drawImage(img_x, img_y, face_img);
 }
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.h
index d234eecf26..8eab76a3dd 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ protected:
 private:
   Params params;
   SubMaster sm;
-  QImage face;
+  QImage face_img;
   bool is_rhd = false;
   bool frame_updated = false;
 };