diff --git a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
index 308ee3594..19495cad1 100644
--- a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
+++ b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ const GUIComponent = props => {
         alertsVisible,
         basePath,
         backdropLibraryVisible,
-        backpackOptions,
+        backpackHost,
+        backpackVisible,
         blocksTabVisible,
         cardsVisible,
         canCreateNew,
@@ -294,8 +295,8 @@ const GUIComponent = props => {
                                     {soundsTabVisible ? <SoundTab vm={vm} /> : null}
                                 </TabPanel>
                             </Tabs>
-                            {backpackOptions.visible ? (
-                                <Backpack host={backpackOptions.host} />
+                            {backpackVisible ? (
+                                <Backpack host={backpackHost} />
                             ) : null}
                         </Box>
 
@@ -324,10 +325,8 @@ GUIComponent.propTypes = {
     accountNavOpen: PropTypes.bool,
     activeTabIndex: PropTypes.number,
     backdropLibraryVisible: PropTypes.bool,
-    backpackOptions: PropTypes.shape({
-        host: PropTypes.string,
-        visible: PropTypes.bool
-    }),
+    backpackHost: PropTypes.string,
+    backpackVisible: PropTypes.bool,
     basePath: PropTypes.string,
     blocksTabVisible: PropTypes.bool,
     canCreateCopy: PropTypes.bool,
@@ -371,10 +370,8 @@ GUIComponent.propTypes = {
     vm: PropTypes.instanceOf(VM).isRequired
 };
 GUIComponent.defaultProps = {
-    backpackOptions: {
-        host: null,
-        visible: false
-    },
+    backpackHost: null,
+    backpackVisible: false,
     basePath: './',
     canCreateNew: false,
     canRemix: false,
diff --git a/src/playground/render-gui.jsx b/src/playground/render-gui.jsx
index bc13e36f2..4134b8c5f 100644
--- a/src/playground/render-gui.jsx
+++ b/src/playground/render-gui.jsx
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ export default appTarget => {
     const backpackHostMatches = window.location.href.match(/[?&]backpack_host=([^&]*)&?/);
     const backpackHost = backpackHostMatches ? backpackHostMatches[1] : null;
 
-    const backpackOptions = {
-        visible: true,
-        host: backpackHost
-    };
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' && typeof window === 'object') {
         // Warn before navigating away
         window.onbeforeunload = () => true;
@@ -39,8 +35,9 @@ export default appTarget => {
 
     ReactDOM.render(
         <WrappedGui
+            backpackVisible
             showComingSoon
-            backpackOptions={backpackOptions}
+            backpackHost={backpackHost}
         />,
         appTarget);
 };