diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/popover/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/popover/views.cljs
index aac49024eb..e021f7929e 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/popover/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/popover/views.cljs
@@ -25,24 +25,26 @@
   [bottom-anim-value alpha-value window-height]
   (anim/start
    (anim/parallel
-    [(anim/spring bottom-anim-value
+    [(anim/timing bottom-anim-value
                   {:toValue         (- window-height)
+                   :duration        300
                    :useNativeDriver true})
      (anim/timing alpha-value
                   {:toValue         0
-                   :duration        500
+                   :duration        300
                    :useNativeDriver true})])))
 
 (defn show-panel-anim
   [bottom-anim-value alpha-value]
   (anim/start
    (anim/parallel
-    [(anim/spring bottom-anim-value
+    [(anim/timing bottom-anim-value
                   {:toValue         0
+                   :duration        300
                    :useNativeDriver true})
      (anim/timing alpha-value
                   {:toValue         0.4
-                   :duration        500
+                   :duration        300
                    :useNativeDriver true})])))
 
 (defn popover-view
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@
                                 (js/setTimeout
                                  #(do (reset! current-popover nil)
                                       (re-frame/dispatch [:hide-popover]))
-                                 200))
+                                 300))
                               (hide-panel-anim
                                bottom-anim-value
                                alpha-value
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@
                   [signing-sheets/fees-warning]
 
                   (= :activity-center view)
-                  [activity-center/view]
+                  [activity-center/view request-close]
 
                   :else
                   [view])]]]])))})))
diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/activity_center/view.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/activity_center/view.cljs
index 7bd9d2f5a2..b3ab5f133a 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/activity_center/view.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/activity_center/view.cljs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
                                                     (contains? types-with-unread types/system))}]}]))
 
 (defn header
-  []
+  [request-close]
   [rn/view
    [rn/view {:style style/header-container}
     [quo/button
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       :size                32
       :accessibility-label :close-activity-center
       :override-theme      :dark
-      :on-press            #(rf/dispatch [:hide-popover])}
+      :on-press            request-close}
      :i/close]
     [quo/button
      {:icon                true
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
            nil)]))))
 
 (defn view
-  []
+  [request-close]
   (let [active-swipeable (atom nil)]
     [:f>
      (fn []
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
           (let [notifications (rf/sub [:activity-center/filtered-notifications])
                 window-width  (rf/sub [:dimensions/window-width])]
             [rn/view {:style (style/screen-container window-width top bottom)}
-             [header]
+             [header request-close]
              [rn/flat-list
               {:data                      notifications
                :render-data               active-swipeable