diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index 55fca60..7f96eef 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import FooterMedia from '@/components/sections/footer/FooterMedia';
 import HeroSplitDualMedia from '@/components/sections/hero/HeroSplitDualMedia';
 import MetricCardTwo from '@/components/sections/metrics/MetricCardTwo';
 import NavbarStyleFullscreen from '@/components/navbar/NavbarStyleFullscreen/NavbarStyleFullscreen';
-import { BrainCircuit, BookOpenText, Microscope, FileText } from "lucide-react";
+import { BrainCircuit, FileText } from "lucide-react";
 
 export default function LandingPage() {
   return (
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
             tagIcon={BrainCircuit}
             rating={5}
             ratingText="Published peer-reviewed dataset"
+            background={{ variant: "radial-gradient" }}
             mediaItems={[
                 { imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/flat-lay-colorful-geometric-forms_23-2148830196.jpg", imageAlt: "Crystal structure" },
                 { imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/wireframe-terrain_1048-11813.jpg", imageAlt: "DFT simulation output" }
@@ -59,15 +60,16 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
             textboxLayout="split"
             gridVariant="three-columns-all-equal-width"
             animationType="slide-up"
+            useInvertedBackground={false}
             features={[
               {
-                title: "Kohn-Sham Equations",                description: "Simplifying many-body interactions into non-interacting particles.",                imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/abstract-blue-geometric-shapes_1150-10904.jpg",                titleIconSrc: "",                buttonText: "Learn More"
+                title: "Kohn-Sham Equations", description: "Simplifying many-body interactions into non-interacting particles.", imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/abstract-blue-geometric-shapes_1150-10904.jpg", titleIconSrc: "", buttonText: "Learn More"
               },
               {
-                title: "Exchange-Correlation",                description: "Addressing functional approximations for electron density correlation.",                imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/close-up-technology-circuit_23-2149187310.jpg",                titleIconSrc: "",                buttonText: "Learn More"
+                title: "Exchange-Correlation", description: "Addressing functional approximations for electron density correlation.", imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/close-up-technology-circuit_23-2149187310.jpg", titleIconSrc: "", buttonText: "Learn More"
               },
               {
-                title: "Simulation Stability",                description: "Iterative convergence strategies for reliable bandgap estimation.",                imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/low-poly-style-background_23-2148830196.jpg",                titleIconSrc: "",                buttonText: "Learn More"
+                title: "Simulation Stability", description: "Iterative convergence strategies for reliable bandgap estimation.", imageSrc: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/low-poly-style-background_23-2148830196.jpg", titleIconSrc: "", buttonText: "Learn More"
               }
             ]}
           />
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
             gridVariant="bento-grid"
             animationType="blur-reveal"
             textboxLayout="split"
+            useInvertedBackground={false}
             metrics={[
               { id: "1", value: "1.25eV", description: "Calculated band gap for monolayer MoS2 system" },
               { id: "2", value: "99.8%", description: "Simulation convergence fidelity during optimization" },
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
             description="Interested in our DFT methodologies or raw dataset? Please submit an institutional request."
             buttons={[{ text: "Request Access" }]}
             background={{ variant: "radial-gradient" }}
+            useInvertedBackground={false}
           />
         </div>