diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/css/base.css b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/css/base.css
index 3c70bd2e8c..e5b933d8bf 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/css/base.css
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/css/base.css
@@ -98,14 +98,10 @@ hr {
     min-height: 120px;
     padding-bottom: 1px;
     padding-top: 20px;
-    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+    text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
     white-space: normal;
 }
 
-.btn-block .fa {
-    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
-}
-
 .radio ul li {
     list-style-type:none;
 }
@@ -115,14 +111,10 @@ a i {
 }
 
 .dashboard-widget {
-    box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+    box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
     border: 1px solid black;
 }
 
-.dashboard-widget .panel-heading i {
-    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
-}
-
 .dashboard-widget-icon {
     font-size: 200%;
 }
diff --git a/mayan/apps/dashboards/templates/dashboards/numeric_widget.html b/mayan/apps/dashboards/templates/dashboards/numeric_widget.html
index 9a41cce301..4aaf8481dd 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/dashboards/templates/dashboards/numeric_widget.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/dashboards/templates/dashboards/numeric_widget.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 
+{% load appearance_tags %}
+
 <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-4 col-lg-3 match-height">
     <div class="panel panel-secondary dashboard-widget">
         <div class="panel-heading">
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@
                         <i class="dashboard-widget-icon {{ icon }}"></i>
                     {% elif icon_class %}
                         <div class="dashboard-widget-icon">
-                            {{ icon_class.render }}
+                            {% appearance_icon_render icon_class enable_shadow=True %}
                         </div>
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>