diff --git a/main/src/ui/conversation_summary/merged_message_item.vala b/main/src/ui/conversation_summary/merged_message_item.vala
index 190be50a..b00dc18e 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/conversation_summary/merged_message_item.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/conversation_summary/merged_message_item.vala
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ public class MergedMessageItem : Grid {
         message_text_view.buffer.insert(ref end, message.body, -1);
         format_suffix_urls(message.body);
         messages.add(message);
-        message.notify["marked"].connect_after(update_received); // TODO other thread? not main? css error? gtk main?
+        message.notify["marked"].connect_after(() => {
+            Idle.add(() => { update_received(); return false; });
+        });
         update_received();
     }
 
@@ -81,9 +83,10 @@ public class MergedMessageItem : Grid {
         foreach (Message message in messages) {
             if (message.marked == Message.Marked.WONTSEND) {
                 received_image.visible = true;
-                Gtk.IconTheme icon_theme = Gtk.IconTheme.get_default();
-                Gtk.IconInfo? icon_info = icon_theme.lookup_icon("dialog-warning-symbolic", IconSize.SMALL_TOOLBAR, 0);
-                received_image.set_from_pixbuf(icon_info.load_symbolic({1,0,0,1}));
+                received_image.set_from_icon_name("dialog-warning-symbolic", IconSize.SMALL_TOOLBAR);
+                Util.force_error_color(received_image);
+                Util.force_error_color(encryption_image);
+                Util.force_error_color(time_label);
                 return;
             } else if (message.marked != Message.Marked.READ) {
                 all_read = false;
diff --git a/main/src/ui/util.vala b/main/src/ui/util.vala
index 34df82d8..9ed28b1f 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/util.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/util.vala
@@ -77,20 +77,34 @@ public class Util : Object {
     }
 
     private const string force_background_css = "%s { background-color: %s; }";
+    private const string force_color_css = "%s { color: %s; }";
 
-    public static void force_background(Gtk.Widget widget, string color, string selector = "*") {
+
+    private static void force_css(Gtk.Widget widget, string css) {
         var p = new Gtk.CssProvider();
         try {
-            p.load_from_data(force_background_css.printf(selector, color));
+            p.load_from_data(css);
             widget.get_style_context().add_provider(p, Gtk.STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION);
         } catch (GLib.Error err) {
             // handle err
         }
     }
 
+    public static void force_background(Gtk.Widget widget, string color, string selector = "*") {
+        force_css(widget, force_background_css.printf(selector, color));
+    }
+
     public static void force_base_background(Gtk.Widget widget, string selector = "*") {
         force_background(widget, "@theme_base_color", selector);
     }
+
+    public static void force_color(Gtk.Widget widget, string color, string selector = "*") {
+        force_css(widget, force_color_css.printf(selector, color));
+    }
+
+    public static void force_error_color(Gtk.Widget widget, string selector = "*") {
+        force_color(widget, "@error_color", selector);
+    }
 }
 
 }
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