diff --git a/src/usr/share/themes/Box8/gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css b/src/usr/share/themes/Box8/gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css
index b0f484c..eb22783 100644
--- a/src/usr/share/themes/Box8/gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css
+++ b/src/usr/share/themes/Box8/gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ UnityPanelWidget:backdrop,
     background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom,
                                      from (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.5)),
                                      to (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.02)));
+    color: shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.4);
 }
 
 @keyframes playbackmenuitem_spinner {