diff --git a/src/display/drawing-item.cpp b/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
index ae7dfe40ef56eba458dbbd12861e287f27e14cde..b76ad9870650efe6e633d9ec63e03ead9050c803 100644
--- a/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
+++ b/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ DrawingItem::render(DrawingContext &dc, Geom::IntRect const &area, unsigned flag
     nir |= needs_opacity;                            // 4. it is non-opaque
     nir |= (_mix_blend_mode != SP_CSS_BLEND_NORMAL); // 5. it has blend mode           
     nir |= (_isolation == SP_CSS_ISOLATION_ISOLATE); // 6. it is isolated    
-    nir |= !parent();                                 // 7. is root need isolation from background                            
+                    
     if (prev_nir && !needs_intermediate_rendering) {
         setCached(false, true);
         if (_has_cache_iterator) {
@@ -799,11 +799,7 @@ DrawingItem::render(DrawingContext &dc, Geom::IntRect const &area, unsigned flag
     unsigned render_result = RENDER_OK;
 
     // 1. Render clipping path with alpha = opacity.
-    if (parent()) {
-        ict.setSource(0,0,0,_opacity);
-    } else {
-        ict.setSource(255, 255, 255, 1);
-    }
+    ict.setSource(0,0,0,_opacity);
     // Since clip can be combined with opacity, the result could be incorrect
     // for overlapping clip children. To fix this we use the SOURCE operator
     // instead of the default OVER.
@@ -881,9 +877,6 @@ DrawingItem::render(DrawingContext &dc, Geom::IntRect const &area, unsigned flag
     dc.setOperator(ink_css_blend_to_cairo_operator(_mix_blend_mode));
     dc.fill();
     dc.setSource(0,0,0,0);
-    // Web isolation only works if parent doesnt have transform
-
-
     // the call above is to clear a ref on the intermediate surface held by dc
 
     return render_result;
diff --git a/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp b/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp
index 216c8437f43de4ff7bf94727ab5e4c3831193d3c..fb7e29eb083172b0baa7decb7ca5addb5f41f099 100644
--- a/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp
+++ b/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp
@@ -1928,6 +1928,7 @@ void SPCanvas::paintXRayBuffer(Geom::IntRect const &paint_rect, Geom::IntRect co
     cairo_set_operator(buf.ct, CAIRO_OPERATOR_SOURCE);
     cairo_paint(buf.ct);
     cairo_translate(buf.ct, paint_rect.left(), paint_rect.top());
+    cairo_set_operator(buf.ct, CAIRO_OPERATOR_OVER);
         // cairo_surface_write_to_png( copy_backing, "debug1.png" );