diff --git a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/active-sessions/active-sessions.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/active-sessions/active-sessions.component.ts
index 046ce3da5..f88530dc2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/active-sessions/active-sessions.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/active-sessions/active-sessions.component.ts
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ export class ActiveSessionsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.userSessionService.sessions$.subscribe((sessions) => {
-      const selectedSessionIDs = new Set(
-        this.sessions.value?.filter((s) => s.selected).map((s) => s.id) ?? [],
+      const unselectedSessionIDs = new Set(
+        this.sessions.value?.filter((s) => !s.selected).map((s) => s.id) ?? [],
       );
 
       this.sessions.next(
         sessions?.map((s) => ({
           ...s,
-          selected: selectedSessionIDs.has(s.id),
+          selected: !unselectedSessionIDs.has(s.id),
         })),
       );
     });
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.css b/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.css
deleted file mode 100644
index f3134ad46..000000000
--- a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright DB InfraGO AG and contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-form .mat-form-field {
-  width: 196px;
-}
-
-.mat-card {
-  width: 450px;
-  max-width: 85vw;
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.html b/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.html
index b02760b71..622b9085a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.html
@@ -78,24 +78,22 @@ <h1 class="text-2xl">Persistent Workspace Session</h1>
         }
       }
 
-      <div class="flex justify-center">
-        <button
-          class="mx-0 w-full items-center"
-          mat-flat-button
-          color="primary"
-          type="submit"
-          [disabled]="requestInProgress"
-        >
-          <span class="hidden items-center gap-1 sm:flex">
-            Request a session with a persistent workspace
-            <mat-icon iconPositionEnd>keyboard_arrow_right</mat-icon>
-          </span>
-          <span class="flex items-center gap-1 sm:hidden">
-            Request session
-            <mat-icon inline>keyboard_arrow_right</mat-icon>
-          </span>
-        </button>
-      </div>
+      <button
+        class="mx-0 w-full items-center"
+        mat-flat-button
+        color="primary"
+        type="submit"
+        [disabled]="requestInProgress"
+      >
+        <span class="hidden items-center gap-1 sm:flex">
+          Request a session with a persistent workspace
+          <mat-icon iconPositionEnd>keyboard_arrow_right</mat-icon>
+        </span>
+        <span class="flex items-center gap-1 sm:hidden">
+          Request session
+          <mat-icon inline>keyboard_arrow_right</mat-icon>
+        </span>
+      </button>
     </form>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.ts
index 8677383b9..30715c6d0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/sessions/user-sessions-wrapper/create-sessions/create-persistent-session/create-persistent-session.component.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import { CreateSessionHistoryComponent } from '../create-session-history/create-
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-create-persistent-session',
   templateUrl: './create-persistent-session.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./create-persistent-session.component.css'],
   imports: [
     FormsModule,
     ReactiveFormsModule,
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/users/users-profile/user-workspaces/user-workspaces.component.html b/frontend/src/app/users/users-profile/user-workspaces/user-workspaces.component.html
index 81c98b652..84a299c9a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/users/users-profile/user-workspaces/user-workspaces.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/users/users-profile/user-workspaces/user-workspaces.component.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ <h2 class="text-xl font-medium">User workspaces</h2>
       } @else {
         @for (workspace of workspaces | async; track workspace.id) {
           <div
-            class="mat-card collab-card flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2"
+            class="collab-card flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2"
           >
             <div>
               <h2 class="mb-3 text-lg font-medium">