diff --git a/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml b/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml
index 60469e6238..59d59798bb 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ Rectangle
 
             Button
             {
+                id: control
+
                 height: settingsModeSelection.height
                 width: Math.floor(0.5 * parent.width)
 
@@ -196,20 +198,22 @@ Rectangle
                     }
                 }
 
-                contentItem: Text
-                {
-                    text: model.text
-                    color: (control.checked || control.pressed) ? UM.Theme.getColor("action_button_active") : control.hovered ? UM.Theme.getColor("action_button_hovered") : UM.Theme.getColor("action_button")
-                    font: control.font
-                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
-                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
-                    elide: Text.ElideRight
-                }
-
                 background: Rectangle
                 {
                     border.width: control.checked ? UM.Theme.getSize("default_lining").width * 2 : UM.Theme.getSize("default_lining").width
                     border.color: (control.checked || control.pressed) ? UM.Theme.getColor("action_button_active_border") : control.hovered ? UM.Theme.getColor("action_button_hovered_border"): UM.Theme.getColor("action_button_border")
+
+                    // for some reason, QtQuick decided to use the color of the background property as text color for the contentItem, so here it is
+                    color: (control.checked || control.pressed) ? UM.Theme.getColor("action_button_active") : control.hovered ? UM.Theme.getColor("action_button_hovered") : UM.Theme.getColor("action_button")
+                }
+
+                contentItem: Text
+                {
+                    text: model.text
+                    font: UM.Theme.getFont("default")
+                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+                    elide: Text.ElideRight
                 }
             }
         }