diff --git themes/bartik/css/colors.css themes/bartik/css/colors.css
index b937362..35c618d 100644
--- themes/bartik/css/colors.css
+++ themes/bartik/css/colors.css
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ body.overlay {
   background-color: #48a9e4;
   background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#0779bf), to(#48a9e4));
   background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(-90deg, #0779bf, #48a9e4);
+  -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0,startColorstr='#0779bf', endColorstr='#48a9e4')";
+  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled='true',startColorstr=#0779bf,endColorstr=#48a9e4,GradientType=0);
 }
 a {
   color: #0071B3;
diff --git themes/bartik/css/ie.css themes/bartik/css/ie.css
index aafaf19..1727822 100644
--- themes/bartik/css/ie.css
+++ themes/bartik/css/ie.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* $Id: ie.css,v 1.12 2011/01/04 02:59:37 webchick Exp $ */
 
+#header,
 .block {
   zoom: 1;
 }