diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/index.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/index.tsx
index 0989b171a04357d38f7777bfb4ff05d17385d490..9db9602454c26cc4087b884e795434180397aecb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ErrorMessage/index.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+import { Colors } from '@blueprintjs/core'
 import { css } from '@emotion/css'
 import type { FC, PropsWithChildren } from 'react'
 
 const div = css`
-  background: #c20b0b;
-  color: var(--white-1);
-  border-radius: var(--md);
-  padding: var(--md) var(--lg);
+  background: ${Colors.RED1};
+  color: ${Colors.WHITE};
+  border-radius: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
 `
 
 const ErrorMessage: FC<PropsWithChildren> = ({ children }) => (
diff --git a/frontend/src/global.css b/frontend/src/global.css
index 7f4526b166382b97ab095eb25fbfa0815cf032e9..e158e8e19abe2906abb76b56b4e14ac5d8e545d1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/global.css
+++ b/frontend/src/global.css
@@ -5,27 +5,12 @@ html, body, #root {
 
 html {
   overflow-x: hidden;
-
-  /* overflow-y: hidden; */
 }
 
 body.bp5-dark {
   background-color: #2f343c;
 }
 
-body {
-  --green-1: #12ae12;
-  --white-1: #fffefe;
-  --grey-1: #aeaeae;
-  --grey-2: #9e9e93;
-  --blue-1: #43d4ee;
-  --sm: 0.25rem;
-  --md: 0.5rem;
-  --lg: 1rem;
-  --xl: 2rem;
-  --xxl: 4rem;
-}
-
 * {
   box-sizing: border-box;
 }
@@ -64,7 +49,6 @@ h6 {
 ::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
   border-radius: 8px;
   background-color: transparent;
-  /* border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); */
   border-left: 2px none;
   border-right: 2px none;
   border-top: 2px none;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ChannelButton.tsx b/frontend/src/views/ChannelButton.tsx
index c05949f21689ab4f2deb0f579dd5813d4436ddd8..114feedc8f6a2b353fac3403efaa0971cf01d561 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ChannelButton.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ChannelButton.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import { EmailSelection } from '@/analyst/utilities'
 import type { LinkType } from '@/components/LinkButton'
 import LinkButton from '@/components/LinkButton'
 import type { Path } from '@/router'
-import type { IconName } from '@blueprintjs/core'
+import { Colors, type IconName } from '@blueprintjs/core'
+import { Dot } from '@blueprintjs/icons'
 import type { Channel } from '@inject/graphql/fragments/Channel.generated'
 import { useWriteReadReceiptChannel } from '@inject/graphql/mutations/clientonly/WriteReadReceiptChannel.generated'
 import type { ChannelType } from '@inject/graphql/types'
-import type { FC } from 'react'
+import { useMemo, type FC } from 'react'
 import { matchPath } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 interface ChannelButtonProps {
@@ -131,24 +132,30 @@ const ChannelButton: FC<ChannelButtonProps> = ({
     )
   }
 
+  const isUnread = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      channel.readReceipt.find(
+        ({ readReceipt, teamId: receiptTeamId }) =>
+          receiptTeamId === teamId && readReceipt === null
+      ),
+    [channel.readReceipt, teamId]
+  )
+
   return (
     <LinkButton
       key={getLink(channel)[0] as string}
       link={getLink(channel)}
       button={{
         icon: getIcon(channel.type),
-        text: !hideLabel && channel.name,
         title: channel.name,
         fill: true,
         alignText: 'left',
         minimal: true,
         active: getActive(channel),
-        intent: channel.readReceipt?.find(
-          x => x?.teamId == teamId && x.readReceipt === null
-        )
-          ? 'warning'
-          : undefined,
+        intent: isUnread ? 'warning' : undefined,
+        rightIcon: isUnread ? <Dot color={Colors.RED3} /> : undefined,
         onClick: mutate,
+        children: !hideLabel && isUnread ? <b>{channel.name}</b> : channel.name,
       }}
     />
   )