diff --git a/src/apps/launchbox/LaunchButton.cpp b/src/apps/launchbox/LaunchButton.cpp
index 370e4417d4..416aaea3e0 100644
--- a/src/apps/launchbox/LaunchButton.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/launchbox/LaunchButton.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ LaunchButton::LaunchButton(const char* name, const char* label,
 {
 	if (sClickSpeed == 0 || get_click_speed(&sClickSpeed) != B_OK)
 		sClickSpeed = 500000;
+	SetLowUIColor(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR);
 }
 
 
@@ -448,4 +449,4 @@ LaunchButton::_DrawFrame(BRect r, rgb_color col1, rgb_color col2,
 		AddLine(BPoint(r.right, r.top + 1.0), BPoint(r.right, r.bottom), col4);
 		AddLine(BPoint(r.right - 1.0, r.bottom), BPoint(r.left + 1.0, r.bottom), col4);
 	EndLineArray();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/launchbox/PadView.cpp b/src/apps/launchbox/PadView.cpp
index e119a19c0e..41df96d090 100644
--- a/src/apps/launchbox/PadView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/launchbox/PadView.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ PadView::PadView(const char* name)
 	  fIconSize(DEFAULT_ICON_SIZE)
 {
 	SetViewColor(B_TRANSPARENT_32_BIT);
-	SetLowColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
+	SetLowUIColor(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR);
 	get_click_speed(&sActivationDelay);
 
 	fButtonLayout->SetInsets(2, 7, 2, 2);