diff --git a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/MetricsGraphStrips/index.tsx b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/MetricsGraphStrips/index.tsx
index 638e2b1ba61..0dacc8952ca 100644
--- a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/MetricsGraphStrips/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/MetricsGraphStrips/index.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ interface Props {
     bounds: NumberDuo;
   };
   onSelectedTimeline: (index: number, bounds: NumberDuo | undefined) => void;
+  width?: number;
 }
 
 const getTimelineGuideHeight = (cpus: string[], collapsedIndices: number[]): number => {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export const MetricsGraphStrips = ({
   data,
   selectedTimeline,
   onSelectedTimeline,
+  width,
 }: Props): JSX.Element => {
   const [collapsedIndices, setCollapsedIndices] = useState<number[]>([]);
 
@@ -57,17 +59,17 @@ export const MetricsGraphStrips = ({
   }, [data]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col gap-1 relative">
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-1 relative my-0 ml-[70px]" style={{width: width ?? '100%'}}>
       <TimelineGuide
         bounds={bounds}
-        width={1468}
+        width={width ?? 1468}
         height={getTimelineGuideHeight(cpus, collapsedIndices)}
         margin={1}
       />
       {cpus.map((cpu, i) => {
         const isCollapsed = collapsedIndices.includes(i);
         return (
-          <div className="relative min-h-5" key={cpu}>
+          <div className="relative min-h-5" style={{width: width ?? 1468}} key={cpu}>
             <div
               className="text-xs absolute top-0 left-0 flex gap-[2px] items-center bg-white/50 px-1 rounded-sm cursor-pointer z-30"
               onClick={() => {
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ export const MetricsGraphStrips = ({
               <AreaGraph
                 data={data[i]}
                 height={56}
-                width={1468}
+                width={width ?? 1468}
                 fill={color(i.toString()) as string}
                 selectionBounds={
                   selectedTimeline?.index === i ? selectedTimeline.bounds : undefined
diff --git a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileIcicleGraph/index.tsx b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileIcicleGraph/index.tsx
index eca540e72fa..4e81b029c3d 100644
--- a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileIcicleGraph/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileIcicleGraph/index.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {capitalizeOnlyFirstLetter, divide} from '@parca/utilities';
 
 import DiffLegend from '../ProfileView/components/DiffLegend';
 import {useProfileViewContext} from '../ProfileView/context/ProfileViewContext';
+import {TimelineGuide} from '../TimelineGuide';
 import {IcicleGraph} from './IcicleGraph';
 import {FIELD_FUNCTION_NAME, IcicleGraphArrow} from './IcicleGraphArrow';
 import useMappingList from './IcicleGraphArrow/useMappingList';
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ interface ProfileIcicleGraphProps {
   isHalfScreen: boolean;
   metadataMappingFiles?: string[];
   metadataLoading?: boolean;
+  showTimelineGuide?: boolean;
 }
 
 const ErrorContent = ({errorMessage}: {errorMessage: string}): JSX.Element => {
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ const ProfileIcicleGraph = function ProfileIcicleGraphNonMemo({
   width,
   isHalfScreen,
   metadataMappingFiles,
+  showTimelineGuide = false,
 }: ProfileIcicleGraphProps): JSX.Element {
   const {onError, authenticationErrorMessage, isDarkMode} = useParcaContext();
   const {compareMode} = useProfileViewContext();
@@ -165,20 +168,31 @@ const ProfileIcicleGraph = function ProfileIcicleGraphNonMemo({
 
     if (arrow !== undefined)
       return (
-        <IcicleGraphArrow
-          width={width}
-          arrow={arrow}
-          total={total}
-          filtered={filtered}
-          curPath={curPath}
-          setCurPath={setNewCurPath}
-          profileType={profileType}
-          sortBy={storeSortBy as string}
-          flamegraphLoading={isLoading}
-          isHalfScreen={isHalfScreen}
-          mappingsListFromMetadata={mappingsList}
-          compareAbsolute={isCompareAbsolute}
-        />
+        <div className="relative">
+          {showTimelineGuide && (
+            <TimelineGuide
+              bounds={[0, 60000]}
+              width={width}
+              height={1000}
+              margin={0}
+              ticks={60000 / 10000}
+            />
+          )}
+          <IcicleGraphArrow
+            width={width}
+            arrow={arrow}
+            total={total}
+            filtered={filtered}
+            curPath={curPath}
+            setCurPath={setNewCurPath}
+            profileType={profileType}
+            sortBy={storeSortBy as string}
+            flamegraphLoading={isLoading}
+            isHalfScreen={isHalfScreen}
+            mappingsListFromMetadata={mappingsList}
+            compareAbsolute={isCompareAbsolute}
+          />
+        </div>
       );
   }, [
     isLoading,
@@ -196,6 +210,7 @@ const ProfileIcicleGraph = function ProfileIcicleGraphNonMemo({
     isDarkMode,
     mappingsList,
     isCompareAbsolute,
+    showTimelineGuide,
   ]);
 
   if (error != null) {
diff --git a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/DashboardItems/index.tsx b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/DashboardItems/index.tsx
index 2171c1ec714..7f3c30215ba 100644
--- a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/DashboardItems/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/DashboardItems/index.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ interface GetDashboardItemProps {
   perf?: {
     onRender?: ProfilerOnRenderCallback;
   };
+  showTimelineGuide?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const getDashboardItem = ({
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export const getDashboardItem = ({
   setSearchString,
   callgraphSVG,
   perf,
+  showTimelineGuide,
 }: GetDashboardItemProps): JSX.Element => {
   switch (type) {
     case 'icicle':
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ export const getDashboardItem = ({
             }
             metadataMappingFiles={flamegraphData.metadataMappingFiles}
             metadataLoading={flamegraphData.metadataLoading}
+            showTimelineGuide={showTimelineGuide}
           />
         </ConditionalWrapper>
       );
diff --git a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/VisualizationContainer/index.tsx b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/VisualizationContainer/index.tsx
index 73efadc2c71..7b74d80c399 100644
--- a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/VisualizationContainer/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/components/VisualizationContainer/index.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const VisualizationContainer: FC<VisualizationContainerProps> = ({
       {...provided.draggableProps}
       className={cx(
         'w-full min-h-96',
-        snapshot.isDragging ? 'bg-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-500' : 'bg-white dark:bg-gray-900',
+        snapshot.isDragging ? 'bg-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-500' : 'bg-inherit dark:bg-gray-900',
         isMultiPanelView ? 'border-2 border-gray-100 dark:border-gray-700 rounded-md p-3' : ''
       )}
     >
diff --git a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/index.tsx b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/index.tsx
index b28cb88b779..c8414131ddc 100644
--- a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/index.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export const ProfileView = ({
   pprofDownloading,
   compare,
   showVisualizationSelector,
+  showTimelineGuide,
 }: ProfileViewProps): JSX.Element => {
   const {
     timezone,
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ export const ProfileView = ({
       setSearchString,
       callgraphSVG,
       perf,
+      showTimelineGuide,
     });
   };
 
diff --git a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/types/visualization.ts b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/types/visualization.ts
index 5a64459e4ea..79cfe83ee8c 100644
--- a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/types/visualization.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileView/types/visualization.ts
@@ -72,4 +72,5 @@ export interface ProfileViewProps {
   onDownloadPProf: () => void;
   pprofDownloading?: boolean;
   showVisualizationSelector?: boolean;
+  showTimelineGuide?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileViewWithData.tsx b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileViewWithData.tsx
index 869f981410a..4b4529c200d 100644
--- a/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileViewWithData.tsx
+++ b/ui/packages/shared/profile/src/ProfileViewWithData.tsx
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ interface ProfileViewWithDataProps {
   profileSource: ProfileSource;
   compare?: boolean;
   showVisualizationSelector?: boolean;
+  showTimelineGuide?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const ProfileViewWithData = ({
   queryClient,
   profileSource,
   showVisualizationSelector,
+  showTimelineGuide,
 }: ProfileViewWithDataProps): JSX.Element => {
   const metadata = useGrpcMetadata();
   const [dashboardItems] = useURLState<string[]>('dashboard_items', {
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ export const ProfileViewWithData = ({
       onDownloadPProf={() => void downloadPProfClick()}
       pprofDownloading={pprofDownloading}
       showVisualizationSelector={showVisualizationSelector}
+      showTimelineGuide={showTimelineGuide}
     />
   );
 };