diff --git a/lib/actions/apiV2.js b/lib/actions/apiV2.js
index a4a9d6690..bbc9cc15d 100644
--- a/lib/actions/apiV2.js
+++ b/lib/actions/apiV2.js
@@ -705,10 +705,6 @@ export const findRoute = (params) =>
             newRoute.patterns = routePatterns
             // TODO: avoid explicit behavior shift like this
             newRoute.v2 = true
-            newRoute.color = getRouteColorBasedOnSettings(
-              getRouteOperator(route, getState().otp.config.transitOperators),
-              route
-            ).split('#')[1]
             newRoute.mode = checkForRouteModeOverride(
               newRoute,
               getState().otp.config?.routeModeOverrides
@@ -757,14 +753,12 @@ export function findRoutes() {
             // To initialize the route viewer,
             // convert the routes array to a dictionary indexed by route ids.
             return routes.reduce((result, route) => {
-              const { agency, id, longName, mode, shortName, type } = route
+              const { agency, color, id, longName, mode, shortName, type } =
+                route
               result[id] = {
                 agencyId: agency.id,
                 agencyName: agency.name,
-                color: getRouteColorBasedOnSettings(
-                  getRouteOperator(route, config.transitOperators),
-                  route
-                ).split('#')[1],
+                color,
                 id,
                 longName,
                 mode: checkForRouteModeOverride(
diff --git a/lib/components/viewers/RouteRow.js b/lib/components/viewers/RouteRow.js
index 93ad0634a..8b794f7fe 100644
--- a/lib/components/viewers/RouteRow.js
+++ b/lib/components/viewers/RouteRow.js
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ const RouteDetailsContainer = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   gap: 12px;
   margin-left: 5px;
+  max-height: 180px;
+  min-height: 36px;
   overflow: hidden;
 `
 
diff --git a/lib/components/viewers/viewers.css b/lib/components/viewers/viewers.css
index 5d4f4227b..5f9c9526a 100644
--- a/lib/components/viewers/viewers.css
+++ b/lib/components/viewers/viewers.css
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
   gap: 10px;
 }
 .otp .route-viewer .header-text.route-expanded span {
+  height: 100%;
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
 }
@@ -562,4 +563,4 @@
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
   padding-top: 10px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}