diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
index 47ab42780326739e5fdfb09fa8cb73c70496bd8c..fbf294a73ab084bdbe9a29b6d06860fb7c6e162b 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
     <mat-icon>close</mat-icon>
   </button>
 
-   <!-- <span class="fill-remaining-space"></span> -->
-
   <div class="button-bar" fxLayoutAlign="center center">
     <div *ngIf="comments && comments.length > 0">
       <mat-chip-list>
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss
index c6278183b2d27fc73fdb738058eed465a6471192..a1dd71f938aa6fb359a0afe7320442335f7360b2 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss
@@ -109,3 +109,8 @@ h4  {
 .down {
   color: var(--red);
 }
+
+::placeholder {
+  color: var(--on-primary);
+  opacity: 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/room-join/room-join.component.scss b/src/app/components/shared/room-join/room-join.component.scss
index 1ef604121bdb231be14dd8aa3540e8d979a35dd4..a11936b3a3fb385772e298f384310c584f525296 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/room-join/room-join.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/room-join/room-join.component.scss
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ input[type="number"]::-webkit-outer-spin-button, input[type="number"]::-webkit-i
 mat-hint {
   color: var(--on-surface) !important;
 }
+
+::placeholder {
+  color: var(--on-surface);
+  opacity: 1;
+}