diff --git a/html/admin/css/queryView.css b/html/admin/css/queryView.css
index f9b28201a6..ad4993122a 100644
--- a/html/admin/css/queryView.css
+++ b/html/admin/css/queryView.css
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
   background-color: #F0F0F0 !important;
   border: 1px solid #A0A0A0;
   cursor: ns-resize;
+  line-height: 1;
+  background-image: url(../img/stripes.gif);
+  background-repeat:no-repeat;
+  background-position: 50% 50%;
 }
 
 #queryOutput .ace_cursor-layer {
diff --git a/html/admin/img/stripes.gif b/html/admin/img/stripes.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9439cfa42
Binary files /dev/null and b/html/admin/img/stripes.gif differ
diff --git a/html/admin/js/views/queryView.js b/html/admin/js/views/queryView.js
index a232a29a65..a5d0b9045a 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/views/queryView.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/views/queryView.js
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ var queryView = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.renderSelectboxes();
     this.deselect(outputEditor);
     this.deselect(inputEditor);
+
     $('#queryDiv').show();
     outputEditor.setTheme("ace/theme/merbivore_soft");