diff --git a/app/styles/components/taskboard-task.scss b/app/styles/components/taskboard-task.scss
index cad16d5d..be1b0678 100644
--- a/app/styles/components/taskboard-task.scss
+++ b/app/styles/components/taskboard-task.scss
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
         span {
             color: $white;
         }
+        &:hover {
+            .icon-edit,
+            .icon-drag-h {
+                color: $white;
+            }
+        }
     }
     .taskboard-tagline {
         border-color: $postit-hover;
diff --git a/app/styles/modules/backlog/taskboard-table.scss b/app/styles/modules/backlog/taskboard-table.scss
index af876268..3a75204f 100644
--- a/app/styles/modules/backlog/taskboard-table.scss
+++ b/app/styles/modules/backlog/taskboard-table.scss
@@ -145,16 +145,13 @@ $column-margin: 0 10px 0 0;
         &.blocked {
             .taskboard-userstory-box {
                 background: rgba($red, .6);
-                border-radius: 3px;
+
             }
-            a,
-            .points-value {
-                color: rgba($white, .9);
-                transition: color .3s linear;
-            }
-            a:hover,
+            .taskboard-userstory-box a,
+            .taskboard-userstory-box a:hover,
+            .points-value,
             .points-value:hover {
-                color: rgba($white, 1);
+                color: $white;
                 transition: color .3s linear;
             }
             .taskboard-tasks-box {