diff --git a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
index 172419468..5709df99b 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void CHintBox::init(const std::string& Text, const int& Width, const std::string
 	hb_font		= MSG_FONT;
 
 	//enable shadow
-	shadow = true;
+	shadow = CC_SHADOW_ON;
 
 	//disable disable header if no title has been defined
 	if (ccw_caption.empty())