diff --git a/src/PlotDock.cpp b/src/PlotDock.cpp
index f7b3ba88..03e208cf 100644
--- a/src/PlotDock.cpp
+++ b/src/PlotDock.cpp
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void PlotDock::updatePlot(SqliteTableModel* model, BrowseDataTableSettings* sett
     // Warn user if not all data has been fetched and hint about the button for loading all the data
     if (ui->plotWidget->graphCount() > 0 && model->canFetchMore()) {
         ui->buttonLoadAllData->setEnabled(true);
-        ui->buttonLoadAllData->setStyleSheet("color: white; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 102)");
+        ui->buttonLoadAllData->setStyleSheet("QToolButton {color: white; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 102)}");
         ui->buttonLoadAllData->setToolTip(tr("Load all data and redraw plot.\n"
                                              "Warning: not all data has been fetched from the table yet due to the partial fetch mechanism."));
         QToolTip::showText(ui->buttonLoadAllData->mapToGlobal(QPoint(0, 0)), ui->buttonLoadAllData->toolTip());
diff --git a/src/SqlExecutionArea.cpp b/src/SqlExecutionArea.cpp
index 810091f2..372a61c0 100644
--- a/src/SqlExecutionArea.cpp
+++ b/src/SqlExecutionArea.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void SqlExecutionArea::finishExecution(const QString& result, const bool ok)
         if (ok)
             ui->editErrors->setStyleSheet("");
         else
-            ui->editErrors->setStyleSheet("color: white; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 102)");
+            ui->editErrors->setStyleSheet("QTextEdit {color: white; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 102)}");
     }
 
 }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void SqlExecutionArea::find(QString expr, bool forward)
     if (found || expr == "")
         ui->findLineEdit->setStyleSheet("");
     else
-        ui->findLineEdit->setStyleSheet("color: white; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 102)");
+        ui->findLineEdit->setStyleSheet("QLineEdit {color: white; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 102)}");
 
 }