diff --git a/src/1p-filters.html b/src/1p-filters.html
index 93310c376..36fe3b83a 100644
--- a/src/1p-filters.html
+++ b/src/1p-filters.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <body>
 
 <p data-i18n="1pFormatHint"></p>
-<p><button id="userFiltersApply" disabled="true" data-i18n="1pApplyChanges"></button></p>
+<p><button id="userFiltersApply" class="important" type="button" disabled="true" data-i18n="1pApplyChanges"></button></p>
 <textarea class="userFilters" id="userFilters" dir="auto" spellcheck="false"></textarea>
 <p><button id="importUserFiltersFromFile" data-i18n="1pImport"></button> &emsp;
    <button id="exportUserFiltersToFile" data-i18n="1pExport"></button>
diff --git a/src/3p-filters.html b/src/3p-filters.html
index 57bcf2f19..aed39680e 100644
--- a/src/3p-filters.html
+++ b/src/3p-filters.html
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 <body>
 
-<button id="buttonApply" class="custom reloadAll disabled" data-i18n="3pApplyChanges"></button>
+<button id="buttonApply" class="important disabled" data-i18n="3pApplyChanges"></button>
 <ul id="options">
     <li><input type="checkbox" id="autoUpdate"><label data-i18n="3pAutoUpdatePrompt1" for="autoUpdate"></label>&ensp;
-        <button class="custom reloadAll disabled" id="buttonUpdate" data-i18n="3pUpdateNow"></button>
+        <button class="important disabled" id="buttonUpdate" data-i18n="3pUpdateNow"></button>
         <button id="buttonPurgeAll" class="custom disabled" data-i18n="3pPurgeAll"></button>
     <li><input type="checkbox" id="parseCosmeticFilters"><label data-i18n="3pParseAllABPHideFiltersPrompt1" for="parseCosmeticFilters"></label>
     <button class="whatisthis"></button>
diff --git a/src/css/3p-filters.css b/src/css/3p-filters.css
index 66f93e2fc..988404424 100644
--- a/src/css/3p-filters.css
+++ b/src/css/3p-filters.css
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ button.custom.disabled {
 button.custom:hover {
     opacity: 1.0;
     }
-button.custom.reloadAll:not(.disabled) {
-    border-color: #ffcc7f #ffcc7f hsl(36, 100%, 73%);
-    background-color: hsl(36, 100%, 75%);
-    background-image: linear-gradient(#ffdca8, #ffcc7f);
-    }
 #buttonApply {
     display: initial;
     margin: 1em 0;
diff --git a/src/css/dashboard-common.css b/src/css/dashboard-common.css
index b29172063..5edbc0942 100644
--- a/src/css/dashboard-common.css
+++ b/src/css/dashboard-common.css
@@ -25,6 +25,29 @@ div > p:last-child {
     margin-bottom: 0;
     }
 
+button.important {
+    padding: 5px;
+    border: 1px solid transparent;
+    border-color: #ffcc7f #ffcc7f hsl(36, 100%, 73%);
+    border-radius: 3px;
+    background-color: hsl(36, 100%, 75%);
+    background-image: linear-gradient(#ffdca8, #ffcc7f);
+    background-repeat: repeat-x;
+    color: #222;
+    opacity: 0.8;
+    }
+button.important[disabled],
+button.important.disabled {
+    border-color: #dddddd #dddddd hsl(36, 0%, 85%);
+    background-color: hsl(36, 0%, 72%);
+    background-image: linear-gradient(#f2f2f2, #dddddd);
+    color: #888;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    }
+button.important:hover {
+    opacity: 1.0;
+    }
+
 .para {
     width: 40em;
     }
diff --git a/src/whitelist.html b/src/whitelist.html
index ee392026e..5efbc3bf4 100644
--- a/src/whitelist.html
+++ b/src/whitelist.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <body>
 
 <p data-i18n="whitelistPrompt"></p>
-<p><button id="whitelistApply" type="button" disabled="true" data-i18n="whitelistApply"></button></p>
+<p><button id="whitelistApply" class="important" type="button" disabled="true" data-i18n="whitelistApply"></button></p>
 <textarea id="whitelist" dir="auto" spellcheck="false"></textarea>
 <p><button id="importWhitelistFromFile" data-i18n="whitelistImport"></button> &emsp;
    <button id="exportWhitelistToFile" data-i18n="whitelistExport"></button>
