diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/themes/light/styles/_square_config.scss b/src/main/webapp/static/themes/light/styles/_square_config.scss
index 002341f0ba8d1b73d1986a62734a59d1e2a45591..ee90abf52fe556cb09315ff9cfc7ae2f462a3fa3 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/themes/light/styles/_square_config.scss
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/themes/light/styles/_square_config.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ $panel-border-radius:         $border-radius-base !default;
 $thumbnail-border-radius:     $border-radius-base !default;
 $badge-border-radius:         0px !default;
 
+/* buttons */
+$btn-default-color:              #333 !default;
+$btn-default-bg:                 #e6e6e6 !default;
+$btn-default-border:             transparent !default;
+
 
 /* light theme _config overrides */
 $o-content-border-box-radius	: $border-radius-small !default;