diff --git a/webapp/home/templates/home/snippets/footer.html b/webapp/home/templates/home/snippets/footer.html
index c53c380c..ca122010 100644
--- a/webapp/home/templates/home/snippets/footer.html
+++ b/webapp/home/templates/home/snippets/footer.html
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 {% load static %}
 
 <footer>
+  {% if crop_margin %}
+  <style>
+    footer {
+      margin-top: 0;
+    }
+  </style>
+  {% endif %}
+
   <div class="container logo">
     <div class="text-center">
       <a href="https://www.biocommons.org.au" target="_blank">
diff --git a/webapp/home/views.py b/webapp/home/views.py
index e5a7354f..d8589394 100644
--- a/webapp/home/views.py
+++ b/webapp/home/views.py
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ def embed_snippet(request, snippet_path):
         return render(request, 'embed-snippet.html', {
             'title': 'Galaxy Media - embedded snippet',
             'snippet_path': snippet_path,
+            'crop_margin': True,  # could make this configurable in future
         })
     except TemplateDoesNotExist:
         raise Http404