diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/pinned-panel.tsx b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/pinned-panel.tsx
index f66c9fc3d2..ea29093f6a 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/pinned-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/pinned-panel.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class PinnedPanel extends AbstractPanel {
 
   render() {
     return (
-      <section className='panel pinned-panel highlight'> <PluginViewWrapper plugin={this} /></section>
+      <section className='panel pinned-panel'> <PluginViewWrapper plugin={this} /></section>
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/panel/src/lib/plugins/panel-plugin.tsx b/libs/remix-ui/panel/src/lib/plugins/panel-plugin.tsx
index 3ef6066ab9..4a371ce915 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/panel/src/lib/plugins/panel-plugin.tsx
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/panel/src/lib/plugins/panel-plugin.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const RemixUIPanelPlugin = (props: panelPLuginProps, panelRef: any) => {
   }, [])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    setShowHighlight(true)
+    if (props.highlightStamp) setShowHighlight(true)
   }, [props.highlightStamp])
 
   useEffect(() => {