diff --git a/village/devices/camera.py b/village/devices/camera.py
index 8bef4c8a1..5454c20d9 100644
--- a/village/devices/camera.py
+++ b/village/devices/camera.py
@@ -83,14 +83,17 @@ def render_request(self, completed_request) -> None:
             self._frame_counter = 0
             super().render_request(completed_request)
 
-    def paintEvent(self, event) -> None:
-        """Renders the camera frame then draws screen-only overlays."""
-        super().paintEvent(event)
-        if self._cam is not None:
-            painter = QPainter(self)
-            self._cam.task_is_running = manager.state.task_is_running()
-            manager.camera_draw.draw_preview(self._cam, painter)
-            painter.end()
+    def drawForeground(self, painter: QPainter, rect) -> None:
+        """Draws screen-only overlays on top of the camera frame
+        (which is a QGraphicsView in QPicamera2!)."""
+        super().drawForeground(painter, rect)
+        if self._cam is None:
+            return
+        painter.save()
+        painter.resetTransform()
+        self._cam.task_is_running = manager.state.task_is_running()
+        manager.camera_draw.draw_preview(self._cam, painter)
+        painter.restore()
 
 
 # the camera class
diff --git a/village/devices/led_strip.py b/village/devices/led_strip.py
index 8b4a5ea23..9b508bc84 100644
--- a/village/devices/led_strip.py
+++ b/village/devices/led_strip.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import traceback
 from typing import Any
 
-from pi5neo import Pi5Neo
+from pi5neo import Pi5Neo, EPixelType
 
 from village.classes.null_classes import NullLEDStrip
 from village.scripts.log import log
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def get_led_strip(
     spi_device: str = "/dev/spidev0.0",
     num_leds: int = 10,
     spi_speed_khz: int = 800,
-    pixel_type: str = "GRB",
+    pixel_type: EPixelType = EPixelType.RGB,
     quiet_mode: bool = True,
 ) -> Any | NullLEDStrip:
     """Factory function to get an instance of the LED strip.
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ def get_led_strip(
         spi_device (str): SPI device path
         num_leds (int): Number of LEDs in the strip
         spi_speed_khz (int): SPI speed in kHz
-        pixel_type (str): Type of LED pixels 'GRB' or 'GRBW' or 'RGB' or 'RGBW'
+        pixel_type (EPixelType): Color channel order of the pixels. One of
+            EPixelType.RGB / GRB / RGBW / GRBW (RGB/GRB are 3-channel,
+            RGBW/GRBW have a dedicated white channel).
         quiet_mode (bool): Whether to suppress output
     Returns:
         NullLEDStrip: An instance of the LED strip class or
@@ -48,6 +50,6 @@ def get_led_strip(
     spi_device=settings.get("SPI_DEVICE"),
     num_leds=settings.get("NUMBER_OF_LEDS"),
     spi_speed_khz=settings.get("SPI_SPEED_KHZ"),
-    pixel_type=settings.get("PIXEL_TYPE").value,
+    pixel_type=EPixelType[settings.get("PIXEL_TYPE").name],
     quiet_mode=True,
 )