diff --git a/apps/tinyheads/app.js b/apps/tinyheads/app.js
index c38ac2421..fb5c1a9cb 100644
--- a/apps/tinyheads/app.js
+++ b/apps/tinyheads/app.js
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
   // Read 12/24 from system settings
   const is12Hour=(require("Storage").readJSON("setting.json",1)||{})["12hour"] || false;
 
-  // Tinyhead features are stored at a resolution of 18x21, this scales them to the best fit for the Banglejs2 screen
-  const scale=9;
+  const scale=lib.appScale;
 
   const closedEyes = 25;
   const scaredEyes = 26;
@@ -215,6 +214,7 @@
   };
 
   let init = function init() {
+    // change the system theme, so that the widget bar blends in with the clock face
     g.setTheme({bg:lib.settings.hairColour,fg:lib.settings.faceColour,dark:true}).clear();
 
     Bangle.on('lock', lockHandler);
diff --git a/apps/tinyheads/lib.js b/apps/tinyheads/lib.js
index d772e208d..6ed42f2f4 100644
--- a/apps/tinyheads/lib.js
+++ b/apps/tinyheads/lib.js
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ exports.maxEyes = 25;
 exports.faceW = 18;
 exports.faceH = 21;
 
+// Scale used when showing the main clock screen.
+// Tinyhead features are stored at a resolution of 18x21, this scales them to the best fit for the Banglejs2 screen
+exports.appScale=9;
+
+// Scale used when showing the face on the settings page. 
+// It's smaller than on the clock itself, so that selection arrows can be shown down the sides
+exports.settingsScale=6;
+
 exports.settingsFile = 'tinyheads.json';
 
 let faceCanvas;
@@ -136,10 +144,11 @@ exports.drawFace = function(scale, eyesNum, mouthNum, peek, offset) {
   let xOffset = (g.getWidth() - (exports.faceW * scale)) / 2;
   let yOffset = (offset ? offset : 0) + ((g.getHeight() - (exports.faceH * scale)) / 2);
   
-  if (exports.settings.showWidgets == 'on' || (exports.settings.showWidgets == 'unlock' && !Bangle.isLocked())) {
+    // On the main screen, if the widgets are displayed, the background color matches the color of the hair and widget bar
+    if (scale == exports.appScale && (exports.settings.showWidgets == 'on' || (exports.settings.showWidgets == 'unlock' && !Bangle.isLocked()))) {
     g.setBgColor(exports.settings.hairColour);
   } else {
-    g.setBgColor(0,0,0);
+    g.setBgColor(0, 0, 0);
   }
   
   g.clearRect(Bangle.appRect);
diff --git a/apps/tinyheads/settings.js b/apps/tinyheads/settings.js
index 38558bbc2..e9f8bdb2f 100644
--- a/apps/tinyheads/settings.js
+++ b/apps/tinyheads/settings.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   let featureColour = 'faceColour';
   let colourSelectTimeout;
 
-  let scale = 6; // Smaller scale than on the clock itself, so that selection arrows can be shown down the sides
+  const scale = lib.settingsScale;
 
   // 27 colours
   let colours = [