diff --git a/theme.py b/theme.py
index 52000e0c2..f89d24d20 100644
--- a/theme.py
+++ b/theme.py
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ def _set_custom_font(base_dir: str):
                               "') format('" +
                               custom_font_type + "')")
             css = set_css_param(css, "*font-family", "'CustomFont'")
+            css = set_css_param(css, "header-font", "'CustomFont'")
             filename = base_dir + '/' + filename
             with open(filename, 'w+') as cssfile:
                 cssfile.write(css)
diff --git a/theme/pixel/theme.json b/theme/pixel/theme.json
index 4e12d68ff..fd6e68145 100644
--- a/theme/pixel/theme.json
+++ b/theme/pixel/theme.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "post-separator-margin-top": "10px",
     "post-separator-margin-bottom": "10px",
     "newswire-publish-icon": "True",
+    "newswire-date-color": "#5152a3",
     "full-width-timeline-buttons": "False",
     "icons-as-buttons": "False",
     "rss-icon-at-top": "True",