diff --git a/epicyon-profile.css b/epicyon-profile.css
index d3535c199..ac76818fb 100644
--- a/epicyon-profile.css
+++ b/epicyon-profile.css
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     --button-event-corner-radius: 60px;
     --button-event-background-color: green;
     --button-event-fg-color: white;
+    --hashtag-background-color: black;
 }
 
 @font-face {
@@ -374,6 +375,10 @@ a:focus {
     width: 90%;
 }
 
+.addedHashtag {
+    background-color: var(--hashtag-background-color);
+}
+
 .message:focus{
     border: 2px solid var(--focus-color);
 }
diff --git a/newsdaemon.py b/newsdaemon.py
index 1a304d743..2b0e034a9 100644
--- a/newsdaemon.py
+++ b/newsdaemon.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def newswireHashtagProcessing(session, baseDir: str, postJsonObject: {},
                     # add corresponding html to the post content
                     hashtagHtml = \
                         " <a href=\"" + hashtagUrl + \
-                        "\" class=\"mention hashtag\" " + \
+                        "\" class=\"addedHashtag\" " + \
                         "rel=\"tag\">#<span>" + \
                         htId + "</span></a>"
                     content = postJsonObject['object']['content']
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def newswireHashtagProcessing(session, baseDir: str, postJsonObject: {},
                 # remove tag html from the post content
                 hashtagHtml = \
                     "<a href=\"" + hashtagUrl + \
-                    "\" class=\"mention hashtag\" " + \
+                    "\" class=\"addedHashtag\" " + \
                     "rel=\"tag\">#<span>" + \
                     htId + "</span></a>"
                 content = postJsonObject['object']['content']
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ def convertRSStoActivityPub(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
             if tagName in blog['object']['content']:
                 hashtagHtml = \
                     "<a href=\"" + hashtagUrl + \
-                    "\" class=\"mention hashtag\" " + \
+                    "\" class=\"addedHashtag\" " + \
                     "rel=\"tag\">#<span>" + \
                     htId + "</span></a>"
                 blog['object']['content'].replace(tagName, hashtagHtml)
diff --git a/theme.py b/theme.py
index 0ca64d8df..40c30a456 100644
--- a/theme.py
+++ b/theme.py
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ def setThemeIndymediaClassic(baseDir: str):
         "search": "jpg"
     }
     themeParams = {
+        "hashtag-background-color": "darkred",
         "font-size-newswire": "18px",
         "font-size-newswire-mobile": "48px",
         "line-spacing-newswire": "100%",
@@ -795,6 +796,7 @@ def setThemeHacker(baseDir: str):
 def setThemeLight(baseDir: str):
     name = 'light'
     themeParams = {
+        "hashtag-background-color": "lightblue",
         "focus-color": "grey",
         "font-size-button-mobile": "26px",
         "font-size": "32px",
@@ -853,6 +855,7 @@ def setThemeLight(baseDir: str):
 def setThemeSolidaric(baseDir: str):
     name = 'solidaric'
     themeParams = {
+        "hashtag-background-color": "lightred",
         "button-highlighted": "darkred",
         "button-selected-highlighted": "darkred",
         "newswire-date-color": "grey",