diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index fe51b9891..68a22fad6 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ StTooltip StLabel {
 .chat-meta-message {
     padding-left: 4px;
     border-radius: 4px;
-    font-size: 10.5pt;
+    font-size: 9pt;
     color: #bbbbbb;
 }
 
@@ -1268,21 +1268,28 @@ StTooltip StLabel {
 #notification StEntry {
     padding: 4px;
     border-radius: 4px;
-    border: 1px solid #565656;
     color: #a8a8a8;
-    background-color: #404040;
-    caret-color: #ffffff;
+    selected-color: black;
+    border: 1px solid rgba(245,245,245,0.2);
+    background-gradient-direction: vertical;
+    background-gradient-start: rgb(200,200,200);
+    background-gradient-end: white;
+    transition-duration: 300;
+    box-shadow: inset 0px 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
+
+    caret-color: #a8a8a8;
     caret-size: 1px;
 }
 
 #notification StEntry:focus {
-    border: 1px solid #3a3a3a;
+    border: 1px solid #8b8b8b;
     color: #545454;
-    background-color: #e8e8e8;
+    background-gradient-direction: vertical;
+    background-gradient-start: rgb(200,200,200);
+    background-gradient-end: white;
+
     caret-color: #545454;
-    selection-background-color: #bcbcbc;
-    selected-color: #323232;
-    box-shadow: 0px 0px 6px 2px rgba(255,255,255,0.9);
+    selection-background-color: #808080;
 }
 
 /* The spacing and padding on the summary is tricky; we want to keep