diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs
index 51ca9902d2..4ceb82d4cc 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
                         Origin = Anchor.Centre,
                         FillMode = FillMode.Fill,
                     },
-                    new FillFlowContainer
+                    // Todo: This should be a fill flow, but has invalidation issues (see https://github.com/ppy/osu-framework/issues/223)
+                    new Container
                     {
                         Depth = -1,
-                        Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                         // This makes the gradient not be perfectly horizontal, but diagonal at a ~40° angle
                         Shear = new Vector2(0.8f, 0),
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
                             new Box
                             {
                                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                RelativePositionAxes = Axes.Both,
                                 Colour = Color4.Black,
                                 Width = 0.4f,
                             },
@@ -164,20 +165,26 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
                             new Box
                             {
                                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                RelativePositionAxes = Axes.Both,
                                 Colour = ColourInfo.GradientHorizontal(Color4.Black, new Color4(0f, 0f, 0f, 0.9f)),
                                 Width = 0.05f,
+                                X = 0.4f,
                             },
                             new Box
                             {
                                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                RelativePositionAxes = Axes.Both,
                                 Colour = ColourInfo.GradientHorizontal(new Color4(0f, 0f, 0f, 0.9f), new Color4(0f, 0f, 0f, 0.1f)),
                                 Width = 0.2f,
+                                X = 0.45f,
                             },
                             new Box
                             {
                                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                RelativePositionAxes = Axes.Both,
                                 Colour = ColourInfo.GradientHorizontal(new Color4(0f, 0f, 0f, 0.1f), new Color4(0, 0, 0, 0)),
                                 Width = 0.05f,
+                                X = 0.65f,
                             },
                         }
                     },