diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/lib.rs b/dash-frontend/src/lib.rs
index c9736e0..a62c2e6 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ impl Frontend {
 		let globals = WguiGlobals::new(
 			Box::new(assets::Asset {}),
 			wgui::globals::Defaults {
+				dark_mode: true,
 				text_color: drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
 			},
 		)?;
diff --git a/uidev/assets/gui/various_widgets.xml b/uidev/assets/gui/various_widgets.xml
index ec7eb24..3485880 100644
--- a/uidev/assets/gui/various_widgets.xml
+++ b/uidev/assets/gui/various_widgets.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <layout>
   <elements>
     <rectangle
-      color="#AAAAAA"
+      color="#888888"
       width="1000" height="500" min_width="1000" min_height="500"
       gap="4" flex_direction="column"
       overflow_y="scroll">
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
           <CheckBox text="i'm checked by default" checked="1" />
         </div>
 
-        <label text="custom attrib test, you should see size rectangles below, each of them in R, G and B (if TESTBED is generic)" />
+        <label text="custom attrib test, you should see size rectangles below, each of them in R, G and B (if TESTBED is not set)" />
         <div flex_direction="row" gap="8">
           <label text="lighter:" />
 
diff --git a/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_any.rs b/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_any.rs
index e599ce5..6700bff 100644
--- a/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_any.rs
+++ b/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_any.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ impl TestbedAny {
 	pub fn new(name: &str, listeners: &mut EventListenerCollection<(), ()>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
 		let path = format!("gui/{name}.xml");
 
-		let globals = WguiGlobals::new(Box::new(assets::Asset {}), Default::default())?;
+		let globals = WguiGlobals::new(
+			Box::new(assets::Asset {}),
+			wgui::globals::Defaults {
+				dark_mode: true,
+				text_color: wgui::drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
+			},
+		)?;
 
 		let (layout, state) = wgui::parser::new_layout_from_assets(
 			listeners,
diff --git a/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_generic.rs b/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_generic.rs
index 17f8a65..ecbdd3a 100644
--- a/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_generic.rs
+++ b/uidev/src/testbed/testbed_generic.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ impl TestbedGeneric {
 	pub fn new(listeners: &mut EventListenerCollection<(), ()>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
 		const XML_PATH: &str = "gui/various_widgets.xml";
 
-		let globals = WguiGlobals::new(Box::new(assets::Asset {}), Default::default())?;
+		let globals = WguiGlobals::new(
+			Box::new(assets::Asset {}),
+			wgui::globals::Defaults {
+				text_color: wgui::drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
+				dark_mode: true,
+			},
+		)?;
 
 		let extra = ParseDocumentExtra {
 			on_custom_attribs: Some(Box::new(move |par| {
diff --git a/wgui/src/components/slider.rs b/wgui/src/components/slider.rs
index 2122690..4951a9f 100644
--- a/wgui/src/components/slider.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/components/slider.rs
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ pub fn construct<U1, U2>(
 			WidgetLabelParams {
 				content: Translation::default(),
 				style: TextStyle {
+					color: Some(drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.75)), // always black
 					weight: Some(FontWeight::Bold),
 					align: Some(HorizontalAlign::Center),
 					..Default::default()
diff --git a/wgui/src/globals.rs b/wgui/src/globals.rs
index 86b8c2d..6ca7612 100644
--- a/wgui/src/globals.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/globals.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ use std::{
 use crate::{assets::AssetProvider, drawing, i18n::I18n};
 
 pub struct Defaults {
+	pub dark_mode: bool,
 	pub text_color: drawing::Color,
 }
 
 impl Default for Defaults {
 	fn default() -> Self {
 		Self {
+			dark_mode: true,
 			text_color: drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0),
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/bar.xml b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/bar.xml
index 58b5836..34ae422 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/bar.xml
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/bar.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
       <rectangle padding="8" gap="8" round="100%" color="~bg_color_active" justify_content="center" align_items="center">
         <label size="18" translation="BAR.OPACITY" color="~text_color" />
         <Slider width="150" height="24" min_value="0" max_value="100" value="100" />
-        <label size="18" translation="BAR.ADDITIVE" color="~text_color" />
-        <sprite color="~device_color" width="20" height="20" src="bar/checkbox-checked.svg" />
+        <CheckBox translation="BAR.ADDITIVE" color="~text_color" />
       </rectangle>
     </div>
   </elements>
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs
index dab28bd..6320854 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/state.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use glam::Affine3A;
 use idmap::IdMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
+use smallvec::{SmallVec, smallvec};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use wgui::{
     gfx::WGfx, globals::WguiGlobals, renderer_vk::context::SharedContext as WSharedContext,
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ impl AppState {
             wgui_globals: WguiGlobals::new(
                 Box::new(gui::asset::GuiAsset {}),
                 wgui::globals::Defaults {
+                    dark_mode: true,
                     text_color: wgui::drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
                 },
             )?,