diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
index 5fa4c2666077c2ad3ae154975b3ab84d9e94a1d7..7360bdbcc8244380799d0271941e6454b335587e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $gutter_inner_width: 258px;
  */
 $border-color:       #e5e5e5;
 $focus-border-color: #3aabf0;
-$table-border-color: #ececec;
+$table-border-color: #f0f0f0;
 $background-color:   #fafafa;
 
 /*
diff --git a/app/views/projects/variables/_table.html.haml b/app/views/projects/variables/_table.html.haml
index f51a52d7cb3a5a6a1e1ee6eac74a7f06d08dffeb..6c43f822db495716a631aa1103e4872d18195b8e 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/variables/_table.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/variables/_table.html.haml
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@
       %th
     %tbody
       - @project.variables.each do |variable|
-        %tr
-          %td= variable.key
-          %td= variable.value
-          %td
-            = link_to namespace_project_variable_path(@project.namespace, @project, variable), class: "btn btn-transparent btn-variable-edit" do
-              %span.sr-only
-                Update
-              = icon("pencil")
-            = link_to namespace_project_variable_path(@project.namespace, @project, variable), class: "btn btn-transparent btn-variable-delete", method: :delete, data: { confirm: "Are you sure?" } do
-              %span.sr-only
-                Remove
-              = icon("trash")
+        - if variable.id?
+          %tr
+            %td= variable.key
+            %td= variable.value
+            %td
+              = link_to namespace_project_variable_path(@project.namespace, @project, variable), class: "btn btn-transparent btn-variable-edit" do
+                %span.sr-only
+                  Update
+                = icon("pencil")
+              = link_to namespace_project_variable_path(@project.namespace, @project, variable), class: "btn btn-transparent btn-variable-delete", method: :delete, data: { confirm: "Are you sure?" } do
+                %span.sr-only
+                  Remove
+                = icon("trash")
diff --git a/app/views/projects/variables/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/variables/index.html.haml
index 89ef79fb2e97331c131561b1c5008b3d43c4a01d..09bb54600afff97acd21f8e60e4df1c4ada15d76 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/variables/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/variables/index.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     %h5.prepend-top-0
       Your variables (#{@project.variables.size})
     - if @project.variables.empty?
-      %p.profile-settings-message.text-center.append-bottom-0
+      %p.settings-message.text-center.append-bottom-0
         No variables found, add one with the form above.
     - else
       = render "table"