diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp
index b085267f6..4d8c37886 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp
@@ -398,10 +398,6 @@ void CComponentsHeader::initGradient()
 	cc_gradientData.gradientBuf = cc_gradientBuf;
 	cc_gradientData.direction = CFrameBuffer::gradientVertical;
 	cc_gradientData.mode = CFrameBuffer::pbrg_noOption;
-
-	CTextBox* ctb = cch_text_obj->getCTextBoxObject();
-	if (ctb)
-		ctb->setTextRenderModeFullBG(true);
 }
 
 void CComponentsHeader::initCCItems()
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
index 3e35f44bc..6fc7cb9ce 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ void CComponentsText::initCCText()
 		ct_old_col_text = ct_col_text;
 	}
 
+	//ensure clean font rendering on transparency background
+	ct_textbox->setTextRenderModeFullBG(!paint_bg);
+
 	dprintf(DEBUG_DEBUG, "[CComponentsText]   [%s - %d] init text: %s [x %d, y %d, w %d, h %d]\n", __func__, __LINE__, ct_text.c_str(), this->iX, this->iY, this->iWidth, this->iHeight);
 }