diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 53e9e938..ef2a7a94 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "backgroundScene": {
     "tier": "full",
-    "style": "terrain"
+    "style": "ridge"
   },
   "dings": {
     "enabled": false
diff --git a/scripts/preview-config.js b/scripts/preview-config.js
index 0b7bc9e9..29bfa793 100644
--- a/scripts/preview-config.js
+++ b/scripts/preview-config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Preview builds: set the background scene tier in dist/config.json (default 'low'); config.json
-// in the repo is the live chat.gamecult.org config (style terrain), so previews pin the style too, ridge unless
+// in the repo is the live chat.gamecult.org config (style ridge), and previews pin the style too, ridge unless
 // given. Previews are static directories with no SPA fallback, so they also switch
 // to the hash router: a reload on /login/matrix.org would otherwise be an nginx 404. With --demo it
 // also switches on the pretend homeserver (src/preview-demo): previewDemo true, and the pretend