diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusMessage.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusMessage.qml
index a8406939e6..d0d6718644 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusMessage.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusMessage.qml
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ Control {
             }
             width: 2
             visible: root.isPinned || root.hasMention
-            color: root.isPinned ? Theme.palette.pinColor1 : root.hasMention ? Theme.palette.mentionColor1
-                                                                             : "transparent" // not visible really
+            color: root.hasMention ? Theme.palette.mentionColor1 : root.isPinned ? Theme.palette.pinColor1
+                                                                                 : "transparent" // not visible really
         }
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Control {
             anchors.fill: parent
             opacity: 0
             visible: opacity > 0.001
-            color: Theme.palette.baseColor2
+            color: Theme.palette.messageHighlightColor
         }
 
         MouseArea {
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml
index e3f7483cf4..9582ffb411 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ ThemePalette {
     statusLoadingHighlight: getColor('white', 0.03)
     statusLoadingHighlight2: getColor('white', 0.07)
 
+    messageHighlightColor: getColor('blue4', 0.2)
+
     userCustomizationColors: [
         "#AAC6FF",
         "#887AF9",
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml
index 899a145593..04017b370d 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ ThemePalette {
     statusLoadingHighlight: getColor('lightPattensBlue', 0.5)
     statusLoadingHighlight2: indirectColor3
 
+    messageHighlightColor: getColor('blue', 0.2)
+
     userCustomizationColors: [
         "#2946C4",
         "#887AF9",
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml
index d702f64f83..395b29b653 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ QtObject {
     property color statusLoadingHighlight
     property color statusLoadingHighlight2
 
+    property color messageHighlightColor
+
     property var userCustomizationColors: []
 
     property var identiconRingColors: []