diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
index 8f4e1e819a2d970e8489e839f687420fbd27e5c0..9979f75e85cddcd67082093aced7f72f2b9cd15d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
@@ -764,7 +764,11 @@ class ChatActivity : ServiceBoundActivity(), SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenc
             val initial = rawInitial?.toUpperCase().toString()
             val senderColor = senderColors[senderColorIndex]
 
-            val fallback = colorContext.prepareTextDrawable().buildRect(initial, senderColor)
+            val fallback = colorContext.prepareTextDrawable()
+              .beginConfig()
+              .scale(0.5f)
+              .endConfig()
+              .buildRect(initial, senderColor)
 
             val urls = viewModel.networks.value?.get(info.networkId)?.ircUser(info.bufferName)?.let {
               AvatarHelper.avatar(messageSettings, it, 432)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/util/ui/TextDrawable.java b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/util/ui/TextDrawable.java
index 10e0cc53c9ee47b0a9a08f0aa83188880cd3500e..66edc9f88d433c765e426b6766ff57b003d16785 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/util/ui/TextDrawable.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/util/ui/TextDrawable.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class TextDrawable extends ShapeDrawable {
   private final int fontSize;
   private final float radius;
   private final int borderThickness;
+  private final float scale;
 
   private TextDrawable(Builder builder) {
     super(builder.shape);
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ public class TextDrawable extends ShapeDrawable {
     width = builder.width;
     radius = builder.radius;
 
+    scale = builder.scale;
+
     // text and color
     text = builder.toUpperCase ? builder.text.toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault()) : builder.text;
 
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ public class TextDrawable extends ShapeDrawable {
     // draw text
     int width = this.width < 0 ? r.width() : this.width;
     int height = this.height < 0 ? r.height() : this.height;
-    int fontSize = this.fontSize < 0 ? (int) (Math.min(width, height) * 0.67) : this.fontSize;
+    int fontSize = this.fontSize < 0 ? (int) (Math.min(width, height) * scale) : this.fontSize;
     textPaint.setTextSize(fontSize);
     canvas.drawText(text, width / 2, height / 2 - ((textPaint.descent() + textPaint.ascent()) / 2), textPaint);
 
@@ -165,6 +168,8 @@ public class TextDrawable extends ShapeDrawable {
 
     IConfigBuilder height(int height);
 
+    IConfigBuilder scale(float scale);
+
     IConfigBuilder textColor(int color);
 
     IConfigBuilder withBorder(int thickness);
@@ -203,6 +208,7 @@ public class TextDrawable extends ShapeDrawable {
   public static class Builder implements IConfigBuilder, IShapeBuilder, IBuilder {
     public int textColor;
     public float radius;
+    private float scale;
     private String text;
     private int color;
     private int borderThickness;
@@ -221,6 +227,7 @@ public class TextDrawable extends ShapeDrawable {
       borderThickness = 0;
       width = -1;
       height = -1;
+      scale = 0.67f;
       shape = new RectShape();
       font = Typeface.create("sans-serif-light", Typeface.NORMAL);
       fontSize = -1;
@@ -228,41 +235,55 @@ public class TextDrawable extends ShapeDrawable {
       toUpperCase = false;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder width(int width) {
       this.width = width;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder height(int height) {
       this.height = height;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder textColor(int color) {
       this.textColor = color;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public IConfigBuilder scale(float scale) {
+      this.scale = scale;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder withBorder(int thickness) {
       this.borderThickness = thickness;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder useFont(Typeface font) {
       this.font = font;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder fontSize(int size) {
       this.fontSize = size;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder bold() {
       this.isBold = true;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public IConfigBuilder toUpperCase() {
       this.toUpperCase = true;
       return this;
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_channel_foreground.xml b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_channel_foreground.xml
index 56dfeb49fb5d2f840c2cbbe63f726bde34892dd1..7992233be8af231a756800e696f539ed136d75f7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_channel_foreground.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_channel_foreground.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   android:viewportHeight="108"
   android:viewportWidth="108">
   <path
-    android:fillColor="#fff"
+    android:fillColor="#8affffff"
     android:pathData="m47.116,47.211 0.885,-6.39a1.875,1.875 0 0 1 3.714,0.51l-0.81,5.859 8.337,
     -0.045 0.879,-6.327a1.876,1.876 0 0 1 3.717,0.513l-0.804,5.796 4.827,-0.024a1.876,1.876 0 1 1
     0.018,3.75l-5.367,0.027-0.993,7.164 5.136,-0.027a1.875,1.875 0 0 1 0.021,3.747l-5.676,0.03-0.915
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_query_foreground.xml b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_query_foreground.xml
index 3ed44cbfcf65a52ad6079be1f39303a3c5a02a69..fed66dcf36c7cd7115b10dd32518de9f9deec026 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_query_foreground.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_shortcut_query_foreground.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   android:viewportHeight="108"
   android:viewportWidth="108">
   <path
-    android:fillColor="#fff"
+    android:fillColor="#8affffff"
     android:pathData="m 54,40 a 7,7 0 0 1 7,7 7,7 0 0 1 -7,7 7,7 0 0 1 -7,-7 7,7 0 0 1 7,-7 m 0,17 c
     7.735,0 14,3.1325 14,7 l 0,3.5 -28,0 0,-3.5 c 0,-3.8675 6.265,-7 14,-7 z" />
 </vector>