diff --git a/hyprbars/barDeco.cpp b/hyprbars/barDeco.cpp
index 8df9b22..7ffb2e6 100644
--- a/hyprbars/barDeco.cpp
+++ b/hyprbars/barDeco.cpp
@@ -399,14 +399,14 @@ void CHyprBar::renderBarButtonsText(CBox* barBox, const float scale, const float
             // render icon
             const Vector2D BUFSIZE = {scaledButtonSize, scaledButtonSize};
 
-            auto           fgcolor = button.fgcol;
+            auto           fgcol = button.fgcol;
 
-            if (fgcolor == CHyprColor(0, 0, 0, 0)) {
+            if (!button.userfg) {
                 const bool LIGHT = button.bgcol.r + button.bgcol.g + button.bgcol.b < 1;
-                fgcolor          = LIGHT ? CHyprColor(0xFFFFFFFF) : CHyprColor(0xFF000000);
+                fgcol            = LIGHT ? CHyprColor(0xFFFFFFFF) : CHyprColor(0xFF000000);
             }
 
-            renderText(button.iconTex, button.icon, fgcolor, BUFSIZE, scale, button.size * 0.62);
+            renderText(button.iconTex, button.icon, fgcol, BUFSIZE, scale, button.size * 0.62);
         }
 
         if (button.iconTex->m_iTexID == 0)
diff --git a/hyprbars/globals.hpp b/hyprbars/globals.hpp
index d42621d..c779a0e 100644
--- a/hyprbars/globals.hpp
+++ b/hyprbars/globals.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ inline HANDLE PHANDLE = nullptr;
 
 struct SHyprButton {
     std::string  cmd     = "";
+    bool         userfg  = false;
     CHyprColor   fgcol   = CHyprColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
     CHyprColor   bgcol   = CHyprColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
     float        size    = 10;
diff --git a/hyprbars/main.cpp b/hyprbars/main.cpp
index 42fada2..48bab9d 100644
--- a/hyprbars/main.cpp
+++ b/hyprbars/main.cpp
@@ -75,14 +75,17 @@ Hyprlang::CParseResult onNewButton(const char* K, const char* V) {
     }
 
     auto bgcolor = configStringToInt(vars[1]);
-    auto fgcolor = configStringToInt("");
 
     if (!bgcolor) {
         result.setError("invalid bgcolor");
         return result;
     }
 
+    bool userfg  = false;
+    auto fgcolor = configStringToInt("");
+
     if (vars.size() == 5) {
+        userfg  = true;
         fgcolor = configStringToInt(vars[4]);
         if (!fgcolor) {
             result.setError("invalid fgcolor");
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ Hyprlang::CParseResult onNewButton(const char* K, const char* V) {
         }
     }
 
-    g_pGlobalState->buttons.push_back(SHyprButton{vars[3], *fgcolor, *bgcolor, size, vars[2]});
+    g_pGlobalState->buttons.push_back(SHyprButton{vars[3], userfg, *fgcolor, *bgcolor, size, vars[2]});
 
     for (auto& b : g_pGlobalState->bars) {
         b->m_bButtonsDirty = true;