diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/styles/message/message.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/styles/message/message.cljs
index 35a20973a8..96f453be0b 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/styles/message/message.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/chat/styles/message/message.cljs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 (defn message-timestamp-placeholder
   []
-  (merge message-timestamp {:opacity 0}))
+  (merge message-timestamp {:opacity 0 :color "rgba(0,0,0,0)"}))
 
 (defn message-timestamp-text
   [justify-timestamp? outgoing rtl?]