diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui
index 0dcbe9840..0cbdf11e4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui
@@ -657,10 +657,6 @@
               <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
                <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
               </property>
-              <property name="styleSheet">
-               <string notr="true">QTextEdit#msgText{border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
-background: white;}</string>
-              </property>
               <property name="readOnly">
                <bool>true</bool>
               </property>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
index 7d076e5fa..10d5f4d04 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ QToolButton:pressed  {
 border-image: url(:/images/closepressed.png) 
 }</string>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string/>
-        </property>
         <property name="autoRaise">
          <bool>true</bool>
         </property>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp
index 2f1374813..704c2e985 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ ConnectFriendWizard::ConnectFriendWizard(QWidget *parent) :
 {
 	ui->setupUi(this);
 
-	setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
-
 	/* add stylesheet to title */
 	QList<int> ids = pageIds();
 	for (QList<int>::iterator it = ids.begin(); it != ids.end(); ++it) {
@@ -301,7 +299,8 @@ void ConnectFriendWizard::initializePage(int id)
 	case Page_FriendRequest:
 		{
 			std::cerr << "Friend request page id : " << peerDetails.id << "; gpg_id : " << peerDetails.gpg_id << std::endl;
-			
+
+			ui->fr_avatar->setFrameType(AvatarWidget::NORMAL_FRAME);
 			setPixmap(QWizard::LogoPixmap, QPixmap(":/images/user/user_request48.png"));
 
 			//set the radio button to sign the GPG key
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.ui
index 637d18a38..9faa4c51a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/connect/ConnectFriendWizard.ui
@@ -535,19 +535,6 @@
     </property>
     <item row="0" column="0">
      <widget class="QFrame" name="frame">
-      <property name="styleSheet">
-       <string notr="true">QFrame#frame{
-border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
-border-radius:6px;
-background: white;
-}</string>
-      </property>
-      <property name="frameShape">
-       <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
-      </property>
-      <property name="frameShadow">
-       <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
-      </property>
       <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
        <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="fr_label">
@@ -562,7 +549,7 @@ background: white;
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="1" column="0">
-        <widget class="AvatarWidget" name="avatar">
+        <widget class="AvatarWidget" name="fr_avatar">
          <property name="minimumSize">
           <size>
            <width>96</width>
@@ -575,12 +562,6 @@ background: white;
            <height>96</height>
           </size>
          </property>
-         <property name="styleSheet">
-          <string notr="true">
-border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
-border-radius:6px;
-background: white;</string>
-         </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="1" column="1">
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/SecurityItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/SecurityItem.cpp
index f29e537b5..23981244a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/SecurityItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/SecurityItem.cpp
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ void SecurityItem::friendRequest()
 #endif
 
 	ConnectFriendWizard *connectFriendWizard = new ConnectFriendWizard;
+	connectFriendWizard->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
 	connectFriendWizard->setGpgId(mGpgId, true);
 	connectFriendWizard->show();
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
index 4f924cec6..e3167fb2f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ FriendsDialog QFrame#headerFrame > QLabel#nicknameLabel {
 	color: rgb(50, 205, 50);
 }
 
-FriendsDialog QTextEdit#lineEdit {
+FriendsDialog QTextEdit#msgText, FriendsDialog QTextEdit#lineEdit {
 	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
 }
 
@@ -160,3 +160,11 @@ GenCertDialog > QFrame#headerFrame {
 GenCertDialog > QFrame#headerFrame > QLabel#headerLabel {
 	color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
 }
+
+/* ConnectFriendWizard */
+
+ConnectFriendWizard QWizardPage#FriendRequestPage > QFrame#frame {
+	border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
+	border-radius:6px;
+	background: white;
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
index 1f7034cfc..cc77059c8 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void RshareSettings::initSettings()
 #endif
 
   setDefault(SETTING_LANGUAGE, LanguageSupport::defaultLanguageCode());
-  setDefault(SETTING_SHEETNAME, true); 
+  setDefault(SETTING_SHEETNAME, ":Standard");
 
   /* defaults here are not ideal.... but dusent matter */
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/toaster/FriendRequestToaster.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/toaster/FriendRequestToaster.cpp
index 2eae300b7..cf69baa6b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/toaster/FriendRequestToaster.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/toaster/FriendRequestToaster.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ FriendRequestToaster::FriendRequestToaster(const std::string &gpgId, const QStri
 void FriendRequestToaster::friendrequestButtonSlot()
 {
 	ConnectFriendWizard *connectFriendWizard = new ConnectFriendWizard;
+	connectFriendWizard->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
 	connectFriendWizard->setGpgId(mGpgId, true);
 	connectFriendWizard->show();