diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index e86a624b4..202e84e5f 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ def create_ui():
                 setup_progressbar(progressbar, txt2img_preview, 'txt2img')
 
         with gr.Row().style(equal_height=False):
-            with gr.Column(variant='panel', elem_id="txt2img_settings"):
+            with gr.Column(variant='compact', elem_id="txt2img_settings"):
                 for category in ordered_ui_categories():
                     if category == "sampler":
                         steps, sampler_index = create_sampler_and_steps_selection(samplers, "txt2img")
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ def create_ui():
                 setup_progressbar(progressbar, img2img_preview, 'img2img')
 
         with FormRow().style(equal_height=False):
-            with gr.Column(variant='panel', elem_id="img2img_settings"):
+            with gr.Column(variant='compact', elem_id="img2img_settings"):
                 with gr.Tabs(elem_id="mode_img2img"):
                     with gr.TabItem('img2img', id='img2img', elem_id="img2img_img2img_tab") as tab_img2img:
                         init_img = gr.Image(label="Image for img2img", elem_id="img2img_image", show_label=False, source="upload", interactive=True, type="pil", tool="editor", image_mode="RGBA").style(height=480)
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ def create_ui():
 
     with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as extras_interface:
         with gr.Row().style(equal_height=False):
-            with gr.Column(variant='panel'):
+            with gr.Column(variant='compact'):
                 with gr.Tabs(elem_id="mode_extras"):
                     with gr.TabItem('Single Image', elem_id="extras_single_tab"):
                         extras_image = gr.Image(label="Source", source="upload", interactive=True, type="pil", elem_id="extras_image")
@@ -1127,8 +1127,8 @@ def create_ui():
 
     with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as modelmerger_interface:
         with gr.Row().style(equal_height=False):
-            with gr.Column(variant='panel'):
-                gr.HTML(value="<p>A merger of the two checkpoints will be generated in your <b>checkpoint</b> directory.</p>")
+            with gr.Column(variant='compact'):
+                gr.HTML(value="<p style='margin-bottom: 2.5em'>A merger of the two checkpoints will be generated in your <b>checkpoint</b> directory.</p>")
 
                 with FormRow():
                     primary_model_name = gr.Dropdown(modules.sd_models.checkpoint_tiles(), elem_id="modelmerger_primary_model_name", label="Primary model (A)")
@@ -1150,7 +1150,8 @@ def create_ui():
 
                 config_source = gr.Radio(choices=["A, B or C", "B", "C", "Don't"], value="A, B or C", label="Copy config from", type="index", elem_id="modelmerger_config_method")
 
-                modelmerger_merge = gr.Button(elem_id="modelmerger_merge", value="Merge", variant='primary')
+                with gr.Row():
+                    modelmerger_merge = gr.Button(elem_id="modelmerger_merge", value="Merge", variant='primary')
 
             with gr.Column(variant='panel'):
                 submit_result = gr.Textbox(elem_id="modelmerger_result", show_label=False)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e1dbf8e58..6cdea7810 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ fairscale==0.4.4
 fonts
 font-roboto
 gfpgan
-gradio==3.15.0
+gradio==3.16.1
 invisible-watermark
 numpy
 omegaconf
diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index d28992927..cc06d2b4a 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ transformers==4.19.2
 accelerate==0.12.0
 basicsr==1.4.2
 gfpgan==1.3.8
-gradio==3.15.0
+gradio==3.16.1
 numpy==1.23.3
 Pillow==9.4.0
 realesrgan==0.3.0
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index ffd6307f2..14b151916 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     padding-right: 0.25em;
     margin: 0.1em 0;
     opacity: 0%;
-    cursor: default;	
+    cursor: default;
 }
 
 .output-html p {margin: 0 0.5em;}
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ fieldset span.text-gray-500, .gr-block.gr-box span.text-gray-500,  label.block s
 
 .dark fieldset span.text-gray-500, .dark .gr-block.gr-box span.text-gray-500, .dark label.block span{
     background-color: rgb(31, 41, 55);
-    box-shadow: 6px 0 6px 0px rgb(31, 41, 55), -6px 0 6px 0px rgb(31, 41, 55);
+    box-shadow: none;
+    border: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.1);
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    padding: 0.1em 0.5em;
 }
 
 #txt2img_column_batch, #img2img_column_batch{
@@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ input[type="range"]{
     grid-area: tile;
 }
 
-.modalClose, 
+.modalClose,
 .modalZoom,
 .modalTileImage {
   color: white;
@@ -509,29 +512,20 @@ input[type="range"]{
 }
 
 #quicksettings > div{
-    border: none;
-    background: none;
-    flex: unset;
-    gap: 1em;
-}
-
-#quicksettings > div > div{
-    max-width: 32em;
+    max-width: 24em;
     min-width: 24em;
     padding: 0;
+    border: none;
+    box-shadow: none;
+    background: none;
 }
 
-#quicksettings > div > div > div > div > label > span {
+#quicksettings > div > div > div > label > span {
     position: relative;
     margin-right: 9em;
     margin-bottom: -1em;
 }
 
-#quicksettings > div > div > label > span {
-    position: relative;
-    margin-bottom: -1em;
-}
-
 canvas[key="mask"] {
     z-index: 12 !important;
     filter: invert();
@@ -666,7 +660,10 @@ footer {
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-#txt2img_checkboxes > div > div{
+#txt2img_checkboxes, #img2img_checkboxes{
+    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+#txt2img_checkboxes > div > div, #img2img_checkboxes > div > div{
     flex: 0;
     white-space: nowrap;
     min-width: auto;
@@ -676,6 +673,30 @@ footer {
     opacity: 0.5;
 }
 
+.gr-compact {
+    border: none;
+    padding-top: 1em;
+}
+
+.dark .gr-compact{
+    background-color: rgb(31 41 55 / var(--tw-bg-opacity));
+    margin-left: 0.8em;
+}
+
+.gr-compact > *{
+    margin-top: 0.5em !important;
+}
+
+.gr-compact .gr-block, .gr-compact .gr-form{
+    border: none;
+    box-shadow: none;
+}
+
+.gr-compact .gr-box{
+    border-radius: .5rem !important;
+    border-width: 1px !important;
+}
+
 /* The following handles localization for right-to-left (RTL) languages like Arabic.
 The rtl media type will only be activated by the logic in javascript/localization.js.
 If you change anything above, you need to make sure it is RTL compliant by just running
diff --git a/webui.py b/webui.py
index 1fff80da6..84159515d 100644
--- a/webui.py
+++ b/webui.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def webui():
 
         shared.demo = modules.ui.create_ui()
 
-        app, local_url, share_url = shared.demo.queue(default_enabled=False).launch(
+        app, local_url, share_url = shared.demo.launch(
             share=cmd_opts.share,
             server_name=server_name,
             server_port=cmd_opts.port,
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ def webui():
             create_api(app)
 
         modules.script_callbacks.app_started_callback(shared.demo, app)
-        modules.script_callbacks.app_started_callback(shared.demo, app)
 
         wait_on_server(shared.demo)
         print('Restarting UI...')