diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
index 85e487ae..30585d46 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import Foundation
 import MVMCore
+import VDSColorTokens
 
 open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol, TabsDelegate, MVMCorePresentationDelegateProtocol, SubNavSwipeNavigationProtocol {
     
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol,
     private var tabsModel: TabsModel
     public lazy var tabs: Tabs = {
         let tabs = Tabs(model: tabsModel, delegateObjectIVar, nil)
+        tabs.fillContainer = true
         tabs.delegate = self
         return tabs
     }()
@@ -109,6 +111,9 @@ open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol,
     open override func pageShown() {
         // Currently not calling super until we can decouple page shown logics for managers.
         hideNavigationBarLine(true)
+        
+        //set the tabs backgroundColor
+        tabs.backgroundColor = (viewController as? PageProtocol)?.pageModel?.navigationBar?.backgroundColor?.uiColor ?? VDSColor.backgroundPrimaryLight
     }
     
     open override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {