diff --git a/Session/Conversations/ConversationViewController.m b/Session/Conversations/ConversationViewController.m
index b7f2b3a53..912b1da8d 100644
--- a/Session/Conversations/ConversationViewController.m
+++ b/Session/Conversations/ConversationViewController.m
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ typedef enum : NSUInteger {
     [self applyTheme];
     [self.conversationViewModel viewDidLoad];
 
-    [LKViewControllerUtilities setUpDefaultSessionStyleForVC:self withTitle:nil customBackButton:YES];
-    self.collectionView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor;
+    self.collectionView.backgroundColor = UIColor.systemPinkColor;
     UIBarButtonItem *settingsButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Gear"] style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(showConversationSettings)];
     settingsButton.tintColor = LKColors.text;
     settingsButton.accessibilityLabel = @"Conversation settings button";
diff --git a/Session/Home/HomeVC.swift b/Session/Home/HomeVC.swift
index 1736e6470..6e2722c6a 100644
--- a/Session/Home/HomeVC.swift
+++ b/Session/Home/HomeVC.swift
@@ -321,9 +321,15 @@ final class HomeVC : BaseVC, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate, UIViewC
             if let presentedVC = self.presentedViewController {
                 presentedVC.dismiss(animated: false, completion: nil)
             }
-            let conversationVC = ConversationVC(thread: thread)
-//            conversationVC.configure(for: thread, action: action, focusMessageId: highlightedMessageID)
-            self.navigationController?.setViewControllers([ self, conversationVC ], animated: true)
+            let displayName = OWSProfileManager.shared().profileNameForRecipient(withID: getUserHexEncodedPublicKey())
+            if displayName == "Brendan" && 0.2 < Double.random(in: 0...1) { // Show Brendan the old screen approx 1 out of 5 times to mess with him
+                let conversationVC = ConversationViewController()
+                conversationVC.configure(for: thread, action: action, focusMessageId: highlightedMessageID)
+                self.navigationController?.setViewControllers([ self, conversationVC ], animated: true)
+            } else {
+                let conversationVC = ConversationVC(thread: thread)
+                self.navigationController?.setViewControllers([ self, conversationVC ], animated: true)
+            }
         }
     }