diff --git a/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_message-list.scss b/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_message-list.scss
index 7b2d190..1d42912 100644
--- a/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_message-list.scss
+++ b/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_message-list.scss
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     // icon size and color
     > StIcon {
       icon-size: 32px; // 32px
-      -st-icon-style: symbolic;
+      -st-icon-style: regular;
+      //-st-icon-style: symbolic;
     }
 
     // fallback
diff --git a/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_panel.scss b/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_panel.scss
index c3e86aa..e9d6679 100644
--- a/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_panel.scss
+++ b/src/sass/gnome-shell/common/_panel.scss
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ $panel_height: $menuitem_size;
 
     // app menu icon
     .app-menu-icon {
-      -st-icon-style: symbolic;
+      //-st-icon-style: symbolic;
+      /** Custom override to the current application icon to restore colur */
+      -st-icon-style: regular;
       // dimensions of the icon are hardcoded
     }