diff --git a/src/panel/widgets/window-list/toplevel.cpp b/src/panel/widgets/window-list/toplevel.cpp
index 05802076..7938bd98 100644
--- a/src/panel/widgets/window-list/toplevel.cpp
+++ b/src/panel/widgets/window-list/toplevel.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class WayfireToplevel::impl
         button_contents.set_halign(Gtk::ALIGN_START);
         button.add(button_contents);
         button.set_tooltip_text("none");
+        set_state(0); // will set the appropriate button style
 
         button.signal_clicked().connect_notify(
             sigc::mem_fun(this, &WayfireToplevel::impl::on_clicked));