diff --git a/ring-android/app/src/main/res/drawable/textmsg_bg_input.xml b/ring-android/app/src/main/res/drawable/textmsg_bg_input.xml
index 8bdc5bed0620b0e45be8a8398aa92d78723a967b..fc3e901e9b62bc6481f421367de4f7492640aa17 100644
--- a/ring-android/app/src/main/res/drawable/textmsg_bg_input.xml
+++ b/ring-android/app/src/main/res/drawable/textmsg_bg_input.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
                 android:angle="90"
                 android:startColor="@color/background"
                 android:centerColor="@color/background"
-                android:endColor="#00000000"
+                android:endColor="#00ffffff"
                 android:type="linear" />
         </shape>
     </item>