diff --git a/src/frontend/src/customNodes/genericNode/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/customNodes/genericNode/index.tsx
index 066798df0..89fb6166d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/customNodes/genericNode/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/customNodes/genericNode/index.tsx
@@ -339,9 +339,7 @@ export default function GenericNode({
   };
 
   const getBaseBorderClass = (selected) => {
-    let className = selected
-      ? "border border-ring shadow-node"
-      : "border hover:shadow-node";
+    let className = selected ? "border border-ring" : "border";
     let frozenClass = selected ? "border-ring-frozen" : "border-frozen";
     return data.node?.frozen ? frozenClass : className;
   };
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/style/applies.css b/src/frontend/src/style/applies.css
index 920351836..f9b1b3278 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/style/applies.css
+++ b/src/frontend/src/style/applies.css
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
     @apply grid w-full gap-4 p-4 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4;
   }
   .generic-node-div {
-    @apply relative flex flex-col justify-center bg-background transition-all;
+    @apply relative flex flex-col justify-center bg-background transition-all hover:shadow-node;
   }
   .generic-node-div-title {
     @apply flex w-full items-center gap-2 border-b bg-muted p-4;