diff --git css/quicktabs.css css/quicktabs.css
index ba7467b..6d45956 100644
--- css/quicktabs.css
+++ css/quicktabs.css
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-
 .quicktabs-hide {
-  display: none;
+  display: none!important;
 }
-
 ul.quicktabs_tabs {
   margin-top: 0;
 }
diff --git js/quicktabs.js js/quicktabs.js
index f6c3d2a..52f6284 100644
--- js/quicktabs.js
+++ js/quicktabs.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ var quicktabsClick = function() {
 
   // Show the active tabpage.
   if (tab.tabpage.hasClass('quicktabs_tabpage')) {
-    tab.tabpage.removeClass('quicktabs-hide');
+    tab.tabpage.fadeIn('fast').removeClass('quicktabs-hide');
   }
   else {
     if ($(this).hasClass('qt_ajax_tab')) {