diff --git a/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp b/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp
index dbbaa2b0..79e01d91 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWi
     // Add the news label to the news toolbar.
     {
         m_newsChecker.reset(new NewsChecker(APPLICATION->network(), BuildConfig.NEWS_RSS_URL));
-        newsLabel = dynamic_cast<QToolButton*>(ui->newsToolBar->widgetForAction(ui->actionNewsLabel));
-
-        //add a spacer before the more news button
-        QWidget *spacer = new QWidget();
-        spacer->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
-        ui->newsToolBar->insertWidget(ui->actionMoreNews, spacer);
+        newsLabel = new QToolButton();
+        newsLabel->setIcon(APPLICATION->getThemedIcon("news"));
+        newsLabel->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Preferred);
+        newsLabel->setToolButtonStyle(Qt::ToolButtonTextBesideIcon);
+        newsLabel->setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
+        ui->newsToolBar->insertWidget(ui->actionMoreNews, newsLabel);
 
         QObject::connect(newsLabel, &QAbstractButton::clicked, this, &MainWindow::newsButtonClicked);
         QObject::connect(m_newsChecker.get(), &NewsChecker::newsLoaded, this, &MainWindow::updateNewsLabel);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/MainWindow.ui b/launcher/ui/MainWindow.ui
index 8437cb2e..42f70996 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/MainWindow.ui
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
    <attribute name="toolBarBreak">
     <bool>false</bool>
    </attribute>
-   <addaction name="actionNewsLabel"/>
    <addaction name="actionMoreNews"/>
   </widget>
   <widget class="WideBar" name="instanceToolBar">
@@ -222,15 +221,6 @@
    <addaction name="accountsMenu"/>
    <addaction name="helpMenu"/>
   </widget>
-  <action name="actionNewsLabel">
-   <property name="icon">
-    <iconset theme="news">
-     <normaloff>.</normaloff>.</iconset>
-   </property>
-   <property name="text">
-    <string>News</string>
-   </property>
-  </action>
   <action name="actionMoreNews">
    <property name="icon">
     <iconset theme="news">