diff --git a/src/plugins/sib-emoji-picker.js b/src/plugins/sib-emoji-picker.js
index 0c3da68a99592cdcb05f04e30d17a767ab6cd085..fc4ed60e8a8b1f9890c5616e1eb2e572d55768dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sib-emoji-picker.js
+++ b/src/plugins/sib-emoji-picker.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ converse.plugins.add('sib-emoji-picker', {
           <emoji-picker .chatview="${this.chatview}"
                         .model="${this.model}"
                         @emoji-click="${ev => this.insertIntoTextArea(ev.detail.unicode)}"
+                        class="light"
           ></emoji-picker>`;
       },
     };