diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m
index b7e3a80a..e51ffc83 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m
@@ -173,16 +173,7 @@
     
     if (closeButton && !self.closeButton) {
         self.closeButton = [self addCloseButtonWithAnimationDelegate:animationDelegate];
-        //Based on the way the code is ordered now in lines 68-70, contentColor should
-        //still be nil when setupCloseButton is called, making a nil check superflous.
-        //Since this ordering could change, however, it would be best to handle a situation
-        //in which the contentColor is black, for example, and the closeButton
-        //would need to be black as well.
-        if (self.contentColor == nil) {
-            [self.closeButton setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
-        } else {
-            [self.closeButton setTintColor:self.contentColor];
-        }
+        [self.closeButton setTintColor:self.contentColor ?:[UIColor whiteColor]];
     } else if (!closeButton && self.closeButton) {
         [self.closeButton removeFromSuperview];
         self.closeButton = nil;