diff --git a/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx b/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx
index bb31684..0692e4b 100644
--- a/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ export const Dashboard = () => {
   const hasAvailableDashboards = reduxHooks.useHasAvailableDashboards();
   const initIsPending = reduxHooks.useRequestIsPending(RequestKeys.initialize);
   const showSelectSessionModal = reduxHooks.useShowSelectSessionModal();
-  const shouldShowProductRecommendations = !initIsPending && !hasAvailableDashboards && hasCourses && false;
+
+  // Hard coded to not show until experiment set-up logic is implemented
+  const showProductRecommendations = !initIsPending && !hasAvailableDashboards && hasCourses && true;
 
   return (
     <div id="dashboard-container" className="d-flex flex-column p-2 pt-0">
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ export const Dashboard = () => {
             </DashboardLayout>
           )}
       </div>
-      {shouldShowProductRecommendations && <ProductRecommendations />}
+      {showProductRecommendations && <ProductRecommendations />}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/LoadedView.jsx b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/LoadedView.jsx
index 37d5360..03aeea0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/LoadedView.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/LoadedView.jsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const LoadedView = ({ crossProductCourses, openCourses }) => {
     <div className="bg-light-200">
       <Container
         size="lg"
-        className="recommendations-container pt-sm-5 pt-4.5 pb-2 pb-sm-4.5 bg-light-200"
+        className="recommendations-container pt-sm-5 pt-4.5 pb-2 pb-sm-4.5"
       >
         <h2>
           {formatMessage(messages.recommendationsHeading)}
diff --git a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/__snapshots__/LoadedView.test.jsx.snap b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/__snapshots__/LoadedView.test.jsx.snap
index e1acc21..072bed9 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/__snapshots__/LoadedView.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/components/__snapshots__/LoadedView.test.jsx.snap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exports[`ProductRecommendations LoadedView matches snapshot 1`] = `
   className="bg-light-200"
 >
   <Container
-    className="recommendations-container pt-sm-5 pt-4.5 pb-2 pb-sm-4.5 bg-light-200"
+    className="recommendations-container pt-sm-5 pt-4.5 pb-2 pb-sm-4.5"
     size="lg"
   >
     <h2>
diff --git a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.js b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.js
index d9bf203..1477f80 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.js
+++ b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.js
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ export const useFetchProductRecommendations = (setRequestState, setData) => {
 };
 
 export const useProductRecommendationsData = () => {
-  const [requestState, setRequestState] = module.state.requestState(
-    RequestStates.pending
-  );
+  const [requestState, setRequestState] = module.state.requestState(RequestStates.pending);
   const [data, setData] = module.state.data({});
   module.useFetchProductRecommendations(setRequestState, setData);
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.test.js b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.test.js
index 639a08b..b2f6659 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.test.js
+++ b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/hooks.test.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('ProductRecommendations hooks', () => {
           expect(api.fetchProductRecommendations).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mostRecentCourseRunKey);
         });
         describe('successful fetch on mounted component', () => {
-          it('sets request state to completed and loads api response', async () => {
+          it('sets request state to completed and loads response', async () => {
             let resolveFn;
             api.fetchProductRecommendations.mockReturnValueOnce(new Promise(resolve => {
               resolveFn = resolve;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('ProductRecommendations hooks', () => {
           });
         });
         describe('successful fetch on unmounted component', () => {
-          it('it does not set the state', async () => {
+          it('does not set the state', async () => {
             let resolveFn;
             api.fetchProductRecommendations.mockReturnValueOnce(new Promise(resolve => {
               resolveFn = resolve;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ describe('ProductRecommendations hooks', () => {
       state.expectInitializedWith(state.keys.requestState, RequestStates.pending);
     });
     describe('return values', () => {
-      describe('request is completed, with returned response object', () => {
+      describe('when the request is completed, with returned response object', () => {
         const mockResponse = { crossProductCourses: {}, amplitudeCourses: {} };
         beforeEach(() => {
           state.mockVal(state.keys.requestState, RequestStates.completed);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe('ProductRecommendations hooks', () => {
           expect(output.productRecommendations).toEqual(mockResponse);
         });
       });
-      describe('request is pending', () => {
+      describe('when the request is pending', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           state.mockVal(state.keys.requestState, RequestStates.pending);
           state.mockVal(state.keys.data, {});
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('ProductRecommendations hooks', () => {
           expect(output.productRecommendations).toEqual({});
         });
       });
-      describe('request has failed', () => {
+      describe('when the request has failed', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           state.mockVal(state.keys.requestState, RequestStates.failed);
           state.mockVal(state.keys.data, {});
diff --git a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/index.scss b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/index.scss
index 5094d46..91bb43a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/index.scss
+++ b/src/widgets/ProductRecommendations/index.scss
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 $horizontal-card-gap: 20px;
 $vertical-card-gap: 24px;
 
-// .recommendations-container {
-//   border: solid;
-// }
-
 .base-card {
   height: 332px;
   width: 270px !important;