diff --git a/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/admin-x-ds/global/MultiSelect.tsx b/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/admin-x-ds/global/MultiSelect.tsx
index dc698ba4ca..d202fd55fa 100644
--- a/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/admin-x-ds/global/MultiSelect.tsx
+++ b/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/admin-x-ds/global/MultiSelect.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const MultiSelect: React.FC<MultiSelectProps> = ({
     }
 
     const customClasses = {
-        control: `w-full cursor-pointer appearance-none min-h-[40px] border-b ${!clearBg && 'bg-grey-75 px-[10px]'} py-2 outline-none ${error ? 'border-red' : 'border-grey-500 hover:border-grey-700'} ${title && 'mt-2'}`,
+        control: `w-full cursor-pointer appearance-none min-h-[40px] border-b ${!clearBg && 'bg-grey-75 px-[10px]'} py-2 outline-none ${error ? 'border-red' : 'border-grey-500 hover:border-grey-700'} ${(title && !clearBg) && 'mt-2'}`,
         valueContainer: 'gap-1',
         placeHolder: 'text-grey-600',
         menu: 'shadow py-2 rounded-b z-50 bg-white',
diff --git a/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/email/DefaultRecipients.tsx b/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/email/DefaultRecipients.tsx
index 68c9cdb0b0..b60bbdbaa7 100644
--- a/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/email/DefaultRecipients.tsx
+++ b/ghost/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/email/DefaultRecipients.tsx
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const DefaultRecipients: React.FC = () => {
                         {value: 'option3', label: 'Fake tier 3'}
                     ]}
                     title='Select tiers'
+                    clearBg
                     onChange={(selected: MultiValue<MultiSelectOption>) => {
                         selected?.map(o => (
                             alert(`${o.label} (${o.value})`)