diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
index 5eeafc9f..acb56ad1 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 - (BOOL)isOverridingLeftButton;
 
 //return desired status bar style based on different View Controller 
-- (UIStatusBarStyle)panelPreferredStatusBarStyle;
+- (UIStatusBarStyle)defaultStatusBarStyle;
+- (nullable UIColor *)defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h
index 88b61188..0d4c9ea4 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MFNumberOfDrawers) {
 
 // return subviewcontrollers' prefer status bar style
 - (UIStatusBarStyle)getDefaultStatusBarStyle;
+- (nullable UIColor *)getDefaultStatusBarBackgroundColor;
 
 #pragma mark - Main Subclassables
 
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
index dd76cc92..7f34de85 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController.m
@@ -881,9 +881,7 @@ CGFloat const PanelAnimationDuration = 0.2;
         return self.topAlertView.statusBarStyle;
     } else {
         UIStatusBarStyle style = [self getDefaultStatusBarStyle];
-        if (self.topAlertView.statusBarStyle != style) {
-            [self.topAlertView resetStatusBar];
-        }
+        [self.topAlertView resetDefaultStatusBarStyle:style backgroundColor:[self getDefaultStatusBarBackgroundColor]];
         return style;
     }
 }
@@ -891,13 +889,23 @@ CGFloat const PanelAnimationDuration = 0.2;
 - (UIStatusBarStyle)getDefaultStatusBarStyle {
     UIViewController *viewController = [self getCurrentDetailViewController];
     if ([viewController conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol)]
-        && [viewController respondsToSelector:@selector(panelPreferredStatusBarStyle)]
-        && [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) panelPreferredStatusBarStyle]) {
-        return [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) panelPreferredStatusBarStyle];
+        && [viewController respondsToSelector:@selector(defaultStatusBarStyle)]
+        && [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) defaultStatusBarStyle]) {
+        return [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) defaultStatusBarStyle];
     }
     return UIStatusBarStyleDefault;
 }
 
+- (UIColor *)getDefaultStatusBarBackgroundColor {
+    UIViewController *viewController = [self getCurrentDetailViewController];
+    if ([viewController conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol)]
+        && [viewController respondsToSelector:@selector(defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor)]
+        && [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor]) {
+        return [((UIViewController <MVMCoreUIDetailViewProtocol> *)viewController) defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor];
+    }
+    return nil;
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Getters
 
 // Returns the desired view or falls back. Hot fix until we can get away from using these functions...
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h
index f4de6d5b..ac5219b0 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 - (void)collapseStatusBarView;
 
 //reset status bar color to default based on splitview
-- (void)resetStatusBar;
+- (void)resetDefaultStatusBarStyle:(UIStatusBarStyle)style backgroundColor:(nullable UIColor *)backgroundColor;
 
 // Can be subclassed for custom views.
 - (nonnull MVMCoreUITopAlertBaseView *)topAlertViewForTopAlertObject:(nullable MVMCoreTopAlertObject *)topAlertObject animationDelegate:(nonnull id <MVMCoreTopAlertAnimationDelegateProtocol>)animationDelegate statusBarColor:(UIColor *_Nullable *_Nullable)statusBarColor;
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m
index a582638c..3d2fb626 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertView.m
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ NSString * const MFAccTopAlertClosed = @"Top alert notification is closed.";
 @property (weak, nonatomic) MVMCoreUITopAlertExpandableView *topAlertClearspotView;
 @property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *time;
 
+@property (nonatomic, assign) UIStatusBarStyle defaultStatusBarStyle;
+@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor;
+
 @end
 
 @implementation MVMCoreUITopAlertView
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ NSString * const MFAccTopAlertClosed = @"Top alert notification is closed.";
                     completionHandler(finished);
                     weakSelf.topAlertObject = nil;
                     [MVMCoreDispatchUtility performBlockOnMainThread:^{
-                        [weakSelf resetStatusBar];
+                        [weakSelf resetDefaultStatusBarStyle:weakSelf.defaultStatusBarStyle backgroundColor:weakSelf.defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor];
                     }];
                 }];
             }];
@@ -244,10 +247,18 @@ NSString * const MFAccTopAlertClosed = @"Top alert notification is closed.";
     }];
 }
 
-- (void)resetStatusBar {
-    UIStatusBarStyle style = [[MVMCoreUISplitViewController mainSplitViewController] getDefaultStatusBarStyle];
-    UIColor *backgroundColor = style == UIStatusBarStyleDefault ? [UIColor whiteColor] : [UIColor blackColor];
-    [self setStatusBarColor:backgroundColor statusBarStyle:style];
+- (void)resetDefaultStatusBarStyle:(UIStatusBarStyle)style backgroundColor:(UIColor *)backgroundColor {
+    self.defaultStatusBarStyle = style;
+    self.defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor = backgroundColor;
+    if (!backgroundColor) {
+        self.defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor = style == UIStatusBarStyleDefault ? [UIColor whiteColor] : [UIColor blackColor];
+    }
+    if (!self.topAlertObject) {
+        //style or color doens't match the current default value
+        if (style != self.statusBarStyle ||  !CGColorEqualToColor(self.defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor.CGColor, self.statusBarView.backgroundColor.CGColor)) {
+            [self setStatusBarColor:self.defaultStatusBarBackgroundColor statusBarStyle:style];
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 @end