diff --git a/_sass/thesis.scss b/_sass/thesis.scss
index ce1a299..2b0c47a 100644
--- a/_sass/thesis.scss
+++ b/_sass/thesis.scss
@@ -7,21 +7,24 @@ figure {
     margin-inline-start: 0em;
     margin-inline-end: 0em;
 
-    border-bottom: solid #222 1px;
+    // border-bottom: solid #222 1px;
     padding-bottom: 1em;
 
     // border-top: solid #222 1px;
     // padding-top: 1em;
 }
-figure img,svg {
+figure > img, figure > svg {
     max-width: 900px;
-    width: 80%;
+    width: 90% !important;
     margin-bottom: 2em;
 }
 
 figcaption {
+    // font-style: italic;
+    // font-size: 0.9em;
     aria-hidden: true;
     max-width: 700px;
+    width: 90%;
 }
 
 // For the table of contents, should probably put this in a container
@@ -104,4 +107,21 @@ div#page-header {
     // z-index: 10;
     // width: 100%;
     p { margin-block-end: 0px;}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+@media 
+    only screen and (max-width: $horizontal_breakpoint),
+    only screen and (max-height: $vertical_breakpoint)
+    {  
+
+    //make the figures go to 100% and use italics to denote the figure captions
+    figure > img, figure > svg {
+        width: 100%;
+    }
+    
+    figcaption {
+        font-style: italic;
+        width: 100%;
+    }
+}