diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m
index 8583cc2e..fa26a7f7 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/TopAlert/MVMCoreUITopAlertMainView.m
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
         if (color) {
             self.button.layer.borderColor = color.CGColor;
             [self.button setTitleColor:color forState:UIControlStateNormal];
-            [self.closeButton setTitleColor:color forState:UIControlStateNormal];
+            [self.closeButton setTintColor:color];
         }
     }];
 }
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Utility/MVMCoreUICommonViewsUtility.m b/MVMCoreUI/Utility/MVMCoreUICommonViewsUtility.m
index 41237640..94c6ca85 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Utility/MVMCoreUICommonViewsUtility.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Utility/MVMCoreUICommonViewsUtility.m
@@ -181,8 +181,9 @@ static const CGFloat VertialShadowOffset = 6;
 + (nonnull MFCustomButton *)addCloseButtonToView:(UIView *)view action:(ButtonTapBlock)actionBlock verticalCentered:(BOOL)verticalCentered {
     MFCustomButton *button = [[MFCustomButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
     button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
-    [button setImage:[MVMCoreUIUtility imageNamed:@"closeXBlack"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
-    button.titleLabel.font = [MFStyler fontForHeadlineAlternative];
+    UIImage *image = [[MVMCoreUIUtility imageNamed:@"closeXBlack"] imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
+    [button setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
+    [button setTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
     
     //accessibility
     button.accessibilityLabel = [MVMCoreUIUtility hardcodedStringWithKey:@"AccCloseButton"];