diff --git a/panel.js b/panel.js
index b3adf48..9ae2080 100644
--- a/panel.js
+++ b/panel.js
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ var dtpPanel = Utils.defineClass({
         let position = getPosition();
 
         this.callParent('_init', { name: 'panel', reactive: true });
+        this.bg = new St.Widget({ layout_manager: new Clutter.BinLayout() });
+        this.bg.add_child(this);
 
         Utils.wrapActor(this);
         this._delegate = this;
@@ -198,13 +200,7 @@ var dtpPanel = Utils.defineClass({
         }
 
         this.geom = this.getGeometry();
-        this.panelBg = new St.Widget({ layout_manager: new Clutter.BinLayout() });
-        this.panelBox.remove_actor(this);
-        this.panelBg.add_child(this);
-        this.panelBox.add(this.panelBg);
-
-        this.panelBg.styles = 'border-radius: ' + this.get_theme_node().get_border_radius(0) + 'px;';
-
+        
         // The overview uses the panel height as a margin by way of a "ghost" transparent Clone
         // This pushes everything down, which isn't desired when the panel is moved to the bottom
         // I'm adding a 2nd ghost panel and will resize the top or bottom ghost depending on the panel position
@@ -430,9 +426,6 @@ var dtpPanel = Utils.defineClass({
         // reset stored icon size  to the default dash
         Main.overview.dashIconSize = Main.overview._controls.dash.iconSize;
 
-        this.panelBg.remove_actor(this);
-        this.panelBox.add(this);
-
         this.menuManager._changeMenu = this.menuManager._oldChangeMenu;
 
         this._myPanelGhost.get_parent().remove_actor(this._myPanelGhost);
@@ -469,13 +462,6 @@ var dtpPanel = Utils.defineClass({
         }
 
         Main.ctrlAltTabManager.removeGroup(this);
-
-        Main.layoutManager.removeChrome(this.panelBox);
-        this.panelBox.destroy();
-
-        this.container = null;
-        this.taskbar = null;
-        this._signalsHandler = null;
     },
 
     //next 3 functions are needed by other extensions to add elements to the secondary panel
diff --git a/panelManager.js b/panelManager.js
index 39131f6..62867e6 100755
--- a/panelManager.js
+++ b/panelManager.js
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ var dtpPanelManager = Utils.defineClass({
             this._removePanelBarriers(p);
 
             p.disable();
+            Main.layoutManager.removeChrome(p.panelBox);
+            p.panelBox.destroy();
         });
 
         if (BoxPointer.BoxPointer.prototype.vfunc_get_preferred_height) {
@@ -224,9 +226,6 @@ var dtpPanelManager = Utils.defineClass({
         }
 
         if (reset) return;
-
-        Main.overview._panelGhost.set_height(Main.panel.height);
-
         this._setKeyBindings(false);
 
         this._signalsHandler.destroy();
@@ -249,6 +248,7 @@ var dtpPanelManager = Utils.defineClass({
         Main.overview.viewSelector._workspacesDisplay._updateWorkspacesViews = this._oldUpdateWorkspacesViews;
         Main.overview.getShowAppsButton = this._oldGetShowAppsButton;
 
+        Main.overview._panelGhost.set_height(Main.panel.actor.height);
         Main.panel.actor.show();
 
         if (this._needsDashItemContainerAllocate) {
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ var dtpPanelManager = Utils.defineClass({
         let panelBox = new St.BoxLayout({ name: 'panelBox' });
         let panel = new Panel.dtpPanel(this, monitor, panelBox, isSecondary);
         
-        panelBox.add(panel);
+        panelBox.add(panel.bg);
         Main.layoutManager.addChrome(panelBox, { affectsStruts: true, trackFullscreen: true });
         panel.enable();
 
diff --git a/transparency.js b/transparency.js
index 6d1294f..6f2acb8 100644
--- a/transparency.js
+++ b/transparency.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ var DynamicTransparency = Utils.defineClass({
         let transition = 'transition-duration:' + this.animationDuration;
         let cornerStyle = '-panel-corner-background-color: ' + this.currentBackgroundColor + transition;
 
-        this._dtpPanel.panelBg.set_style('background-color: ' + this.currentBackgroundColor + transition + this._complementaryStyles);
+        this._dtpPanel.bg.set_style('background-color: ' + this.currentBackgroundColor + transition + this._complementaryStyles);
         
         if (this._dtpPanel._leftCorner) {
             this._dtpPanel._leftCorner.actor.set_style(cornerStyle);