diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
index bcfbcc3..0f8b0b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ public final class ChatScene {
 		messageList.setCellFactory(listView -> new MessageListCell());
 		userList.setCellFactory(listView -> new ContactListCell());
 
-		// Unfortunately, remainingChars.setTextFill(...) does not work as it is most
-		// likely overridden by CSS
-		remainingChars.setStyle("-fx-text-fill: #00FF00; -fx-opacity: 1; -fx-background-color: transparent;");
-
 		// Listen to received messages
 		eventBus.register(MessageCreationEvent.class, e -> {
 			final var message = e.get();
diff --git a/src/main/resources/css/base.css b/src/main/resources/css/base.css
index aa2b6fb..43b5c3a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/css/base.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/css/base.css
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@
 	-fx-scale-x: 1.05;
 	-fx-scale-y: 1.05;
 }
+
+#remainingCharsLabel {
+	-fx-text-fill: #00FF00;
+	-fx-opacity: 1;
+	-fx-background-color: transparent;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/ChatScene.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/ChatScene.fxml
index 45067b4..9d95fba 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/ChatScene.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/ChatScene.fxml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
          </GridPane.margin>
       </Button>
-      <Label fx:id="remainingChars" disable="true" ellipsisString="" maxHeight="30.0" maxWidth="180.0" prefHeight="30.0" prefWidth="180.0" text="remaining chars: 0/x" textFill="LIME" textOverrun="LEADING_WORD_ELLIPSIS" visible="false" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="2">
+      <Label id="remainingCharsLabel" fx:id="remainingChars" ellipsisString="" maxHeight="30.0" maxWidth="180.0" prefHeight="30.0" prefWidth="180.0" text="remaining chars: 0/x" textFill="LIME" textOverrun="LEADING_WORD_ELLIPSIS" visible="false" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="2">
          <GridPane.margin>
             <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
          </GridPane.margin>