diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 55c1080ae..240fd6f9f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ android {
         versionName "${getMyVersionName()}"
         testApplicationId "de.test.antennapod"
         testInstrumentationRunner "de.test.antennapod.AntennaPodTestRunner"
+        generatedDensities = []
     }
 
     signingConfigs {
@@ -132,6 +133,10 @@ android {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
+
+    aaptOptions {
+        additionalParameters "--no-version-vectors"
+    }
 }
 
 // about.html is templatized so that we can automatically insert
diff --git a/core/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/core/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index c4a731a53..d79ba6b45 100644
--- a/core/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 
     <style name="Theme.AntennaPod.Dark" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
         <item name="colorAccent">@color/holo_blue_dark</item>
+        <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/white</item>
         <item name="buttonStyle">@style/Widget.AntennaPod.Button</item>
         <item name="progressBarTheme">@style/ProgressBarDark</item>
         <item name="alertDialogTheme">@style/AntennaPod.Dialog.Dark</item>
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@
         <item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
         <item name="progressBarTheme">@style/ProgressBarDark</item>
         <item name="colorAccent">@color/holo_blue_dark</item>
+        <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/white</item>
         <item name="buttonStyle">@style/Widget.AntennaPod.Button</item>
         <item name="alertDialogTheme">@style/AntennaPod.Dialog.Dark</item>
         <item name="attr/action_about">@drawable/ic_info_white_24dp</item>