diff --git a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuAnimationController.swift b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuAnimationController.swift
index aa6ff8d3..aeee30c2 100644
--- a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuAnimationController.swift
+++ b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuAnimationController.swift
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ private extension SideMenuAnimationController {
             else { return }
 
         originalSuperview = presentingViewController.view.superview
-        containerView?.addSubview(presentingViewController.view)
         containerView?.addSubview(presentedViewController.view)
     }
 
diff --git a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationController.swift b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationController.swift
index 5fc8a870..4bd46181 100644
--- a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationController.swift
+++ b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationController.swift
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ internal final class SideMenuPresentationController {
         guard config.statusBarEndAlpha > .leastNonzeroMagnitude else { return nil }
 
         return UIView {
-            $0.backgroundColor = config.presentationStyle.backgroundColor
+            $0.backgroundColor = .clear
             $0.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleHeight, .flexibleWidth]
             $0.isUserInteractionEnabled = false
         }
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ internal final class SideMenuPresentationController {
         }
 
         presentingViewController.view.isUserInteractionEnabled = config.presentingViewControllerUserInteractionEnabled
-        containerView.backgroundColor = config.presentationStyle.backgroundColor
         
         layerViews()
 
diff --git a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationStyle.swift b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationStyle.swift
index 7accf60b..d6944ab3 100644
--- a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationStyle.swift
+++ b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuPresentationStyle.swift
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import UIKit
 
 @objcMembers
 open class SideMenuPresentationStyle: InitializableClass {
-    /// Background color behind the views and status bar color
-    open var backgroundColor: UIColor = .black
     /// The starting alpha value of the menu before it appears
     open var menuStartAlpha: CGFloat = 1
     /// Whether or not the menu is on top. If false, the presenting view is on top. Shadows are applied to the view on top.