diff --git a/Source/FolioReaderCenter.swift b/Source/FolioReaderCenter.swift
index 2beaa72a9..7af29cf0b 100755
--- a/Source/FolioReaderCenter.swift
+++ b/Source/FolioReaderCenter.swift
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class FolioReaderCenter: UIViewController, UICollectionViewDelegate, UICollectio
            readerConfig.mediaOverlayColor = readerConfig.toolBarBackgroundColor.highlightColor()
         }
 
-        let mediaOverlayStyle = "background: \(readerConfig.mediaOverlayColor.hexString(false)); border-radius: 3px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: -4px;"
+        let mediaOverlayStyle = "background: \(readerConfig.mediaOverlayColor.hexString(false)) !important; border-radius: 3px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: -4px;"
 
         // Inject CSS
         let jsFilePath = NSBundle.frameworkBundle().pathForResource("Bridge", ofType: "js")
diff --git a/Source/Resources/Style.css b/Source/Resources/Style.css
index d9aaa5b81..6ef4df079 100755
--- a/Source/Resources/Style.css
+++ b/Source/Resources/Style.css
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ html.nightMode {
     background-color: #131313 !important;
 }
 
-.nightMode p, .nightMode div, .nightMode span {
+.nightMode p, .nightMode div, .nightMode span:not(.epub-media-overlay-playing) {
     color: #767676 !important;
     background-color: transparent !important;
 }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ p, span, div {
 
 /* default media overlay style */
 span.epub-media-overlay-playing {
-    background: #ccc;
+    background: #ccc !important;
     border-radius: 3px;
     padding-right: 4px;
     margin-right: -4px