diff --git a/data/themes/default/style.css b/data/themes/default/style.css
index d8566225913..8d328c88351 100644
--- a/data/themes/default/style.css
+++ b/data/themes/default/style.css
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ SideBar QToolButton:pressed {
 }
 
 SideBar QToolButton:checked {
-	background: none;
+	background: qlineargradient(spread:reflect, x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #4b525b, stop:1 #2f333a);
 	border: none;
 	font-size: 12px;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/SideBar.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/SideBar.cpp
index 990bae7f651..00fb2c6f2cb 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/SideBar.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/SideBar.cpp
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ SideBar::~SideBar()
 void SideBar::appendTab( SideBarWidget *widget )
 {
 	SideBarButton *button = new SideBarButton( orientation(), this );
-	button->setText( widget->title() );
+	button->setText( " " + widget->title() );
 	button->setIcon( widget->icon() );
+	button->setLayoutDirection( Qt::RightToLeft );
 	button->setCheckable( true );
 	m_widgets[button] = widget;
 	m_btnGroup.addButton( button );