diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/haveno.css b/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/haveno.css
index 9de0f48a81..8b706dd56d 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/haveno.css
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/haveno.css
@@ -2567,13 +2567,20 @@ textfield */
     -fx-text-fill: -fx-dark-text-color !important;
 }
 
-.grid-pane .text-area {
+.grid-pane .text-area,
+.flat-text-area-with-border {
     -fx-background-radius: 8;
     -fx-border-radius: 8;
     -fx-background-color: transparent !important;
     -fx-font-size: 1.077em;
     -fx-font-family: "IBM Plex Sans";
     -fx-font-weight: normal;
+    -fx-text-fill: -bs-rd-font-dark-gray !important;
+    -fx-border-width: 1;
+    -fx-border-color: -bs-color-border-form-field !important;
+}
+
+.grid-pane .text-area {
     -fx-max-height: 150 !important;
 }
 
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/offer/takeoffer/TakeOfferView.java b/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/offer/takeoffer/TakeOfferView.java
index 0c9aa76370..7984d06614 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/offer/takeoffer/TakeOfferView.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/offer/takeoffer/TakeOfferView.java
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public class TakeOfferView extends ActivatableViewAndModel<AnchorPane, TakeOffer
             extraInfoTextArea.setVisible(false);
             extraInfoTextArea.setManaged(false);
             extraInfoTextArea.setText(offer.getCombinedExtraInfo().trim());
-            extraInfoTextArea.getStyleClass().add("text-area");
+            extraInfoTextArea.getStyleClass().addAll("text-area", "flat-text-area-with-border");
             extraInfoTextArea.setWrapText(true);
             extraInfoTextArea.setMaxHeight(300);
             extraInfoTextArea.setEditable(false);
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/overlays/windows/GenericMessageWindow.java b/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/overlays/windows/GenericMessageWindow.java
index a3887eec38..9ee42ae27c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/overlays/windows/GenericMessageWindow.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/haveno/desktop/main/overlays/windows/GenericMessageWindow.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class GenericMessageWindow extends Overlay<GenericMessageWindow> {
         }
         checkNotNull(message, "message must not be null");
         TextArea textArea = addTextArea(gridPane, ++rowIndex, "", 10);
+        textArea.getStyleClass().add("flat-text-area-with-border");
         textArea.setText(message);
         textArea.setEditable(false);
         textArea.setWrapText(true);