diff --git a/django/applications/catmaid/control/common.py b/django/applications/catmaid/control/common.py
index da7c3c16e7..720cc20b6b 100644
--- a/django/applications/catmaid/control/common.py
+++ b/django/applications/catmaid/control/common.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def flatten(d, max_index):
         k = []
         for i in range(max_index):
             v = d.get(i)
-            if not v:
+            if not v and v != 0:
                 continue
             if parsedict == type(v):
                 k.append(flatten(v, max_index))
diff --git a/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/3d/skeleton-shading.js b/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/3d/skeleton-shading.js
index 25237b601a..a8e994ac33 100644
--- a/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/3d/skeleton-shading.js
+++ b/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/3d/skeleton-shading.js
@@ -550,14 +550,6 @@
         // Get intervals for domain
         let domain = domains[j];
 
-        // Ignore domain, if a domain filter exists and this domain isn't
-        // allowed.
-        if (options.sampler_domain_shading_ids &&
-            options.sampler_domain_shading_ids.length > 0 &&
-            options.sampler_domain_shading_ids.indexOf(domain.id) === -1) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
         // Skip this domain if the user set 'allowed_sampler_domains'
         if (options.viewerOptions.allowed_sampler_domain_ids &&
             options.viewerOptions.allowed_sampler_domain_ids.length > 0 &&
@@ -1038,9 +1030,11 @@
               options.allowed_sampler_domain_ids);
         }
 
+        var nonDomainWeight = options.sampler_domain_shading_other_weight || 0;
+
         // Add all nodes in all domains
         var nodeWeights = arbor.nodesArray().reduce(function(o, d) {
-          o[d] = samplerEdges[d] === undefined ? 0 : 1;
+          o[d] = samplerEdges[d] === undefined ? nonDomainWeight : 1;
           return o;
         }, {});
 
@@ -1051,6 +1045,7 @@
       prepare: initSamplerIntervals,
       weights: function(skeleton, options) {
         var arbor = skeleton.createArbor();
+        var positions = skeleton.getPositions();
         var samplers = skeleton.samplers;
         if (!samplers) {
           // Weight each node zero if there are no samplers
@@ -1064,7 +1059,7 @@
         var intervalMap = {};
         for (var i=0; i<samplers.length; ++i) {
           var sampler = samplers[i];
-          CATMAID.Sampling.intervalEdges(arbor, skeleton.getPositions(),
+          CATMAID.Sampling.intervalEdges(arbor, positions,
               sampler, true, true, true, intervalMap);
         }
 
diff --git a/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/3dviewer.js b/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/3dviewer.js
index 95286a93ce..b74fcaa04d 100644
--- a/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/3dviewer.js
+++ b/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/3dviewer.js
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@
     this.volume_location_picking = false;
     this.allowed_sampler_domain_ids = [];
     this.allowed_sampler_interval_ids = [];
+    this.sampler_domain_shading_other_weight = 0;
   };
 
   WebGLApplication.prototype.Options.prototype = {};
diff --git a/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/reconstruction-sampler.js b/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/reconstruction-sampler.js
index 15ffc206c5..c33c644b8d 100644
--- a/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/reconstruction-sampler.js
+++ b/django/applications/catmaid/static/js/widgets/reconstruction-sampler.js
@@ -1926,10 +1926,12 @@
           glWidget.addSkeletons(models, function() {
             // Set new shading and coloring methods
             glWidget.options.color_method = colorMethod;
-            glWidget.options.shading_method = 'none';
+            glWidget.options.shading_method = 'sampler-domains';
             glWidget.options.interpolate_vertex_colots = false;
 
-            // Make sure only the active domain is visible
+            // Make sure only the active domain is visible fully and other
+            // parts of the skeleton only a little.
+            glWidget.options.sampler_domain_shading_other_weight = 0.2;
             glWidget.options.allowed_sampler_domain_ids.length = 0;
             glWidget.options.allowed_sampler_domain_ids.push(activeDomainId);
 
diff --git a/django/applications/catmaid/tests/test_internal_apis.py b/django/applications/catmaid/tests/test_internal_apis.py
index 2427c28048..f6a116c119 100644
--- a/django/applications/catmaid/tests/test_internal_apis.py
+++ b/django/applications/catmaid/tests/test_internal_apis.py
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 class InternalApiTestsNoDB(TestCase):
 
     def test_request_list_parsing(self):
-        q = QueryDict('a=1&a=2&a=3')
-        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q, 'a'), ['1', '2', '3'])
-        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q, 'a', map_fn=int), [1, 2, 3])
+        q = QueryDict('a=0&a=1&a=2&a=3')
+        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q, 'a'), ['0', '1', '2', '3'])
+        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q, 'a', map_fn=int), [0, 1, 2, 3])
         self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q, 'b'), None)
 
-        q2 = QueryDict('a[0]=1&a[1]=2&a[2]=3&a=4')
-        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q2, 'a'), ['1', '2', '3'])
-        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q2, 'a', map_fn=int), [1, 2, 3])
+        q2 = QueryDict('a[0]=0&a[1]=1&a[2]=2&a[3]=3&a=4')
+        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q2, 'a'), ['0', '1', '2', '3'])
+        self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q2, 'a', map_fn=int), [0, 1, 2, 3])
         self.assertEqual(get_request_list(q2, 'b'), None)
 
         # Test list of lists [[1,2],[3,4]]