diff --git a/bin/assets/layouts/test.xml b/bin/assets/layouts/test.xml
index 9bc4df723..5627678a5 100644
--- a/bin/assets/layouts/test.xml
+++ b/bin/assets/layouts/test.xml
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 					<PushButton layout_width="wrap_content" layout_height="wrap_content" text="testing padding" layout_gravity="bottom|right" gravity="center" padding="8dp" layout_to_top_of="tmp" />
 					<PushButton id="pbut" text="OK!" textSize="16dp" icon="ok" layout_gravity="left|bottom" gravity="center" layout_width="wrap_content" layout_height="wrap_content" layout_marginBottom="8dp" padding="8dp" layout_to_top_of="tm" />
 					
-					<Slider id="slider" orientation="horizontal" halfslider="true" layout_width="200dp" layout_height="wrap_content" padding="32dp" background="#555" layout_to_bottom_of="el1" />
+					<Slider id="slider" orientation="horizontal" halfslider="true" layout_width="200dp" layout_height="wrap_content" padding="32dp" backgroundColor="#555" layout_to_bottom_of="el1" />
 					
-					<ScrollBar id="scrollbar" orientation="horizontal" layout_width="200dp" layout_height="wrap_content" padding="8dp" background="#12345666" layout_to_bottom_of="slider" />
+					<ScrollBar id="scrollbar" orientation="horizontal" layout_width="200dp" layout_height="wrap_content" padding="8dp" backgroundColor="#12345666" layout_to_bottom_of="slider" />
 
-					<SpinBox id="spinbox" layout_width="200dp" layout_height="wrap_content" padding="8dp" background="#54345666" layout_to_bottom_of="scrollbar" />
+					<SpinBox id="spinbox" layout_width="200dp" layout_height="wrap_content" padding="8dp" backgroundColor="#54345666" layout_to_bottom_of="scrollbar" />
 					
 					<TextEdit layout_width="200dp" layout_height="50dp" layout_gravity="bottom|center_horizontal" padding="16dp" layout_marginBottom="140dp" />
 				</RelativeLayout>
diff --git a/src/eepp/ui/uiwidget.cpp b/src/eepp/ui/uiwidget.cpp
index 67c66d746..dbbe96035 100644
--- a/src/eepp/ui/uiwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/eepp/ui/uiwidget.cpp
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ bool UIWidget::setAttribute( const NodeAttribute& attribute, const Uint32& state
 	} else if ( "background" == name ) {
 		Drawable * res = NULL;
 
-		if ( String::startsWith( name, "#" ) ) {
+		if ( String::startsWith( attribute.getValue(), "#" ) ) {
 			setAttribute( NodeAttribute( "backgroundcolor", attribute.getValue() ) );
 		} else if ( NULL != ( res = DrawableSearcher::searchByName( name ) ) ) {
 			setBackgroundDrawable( state, res, res->getDrawableType() == Drawable::SPRITE );
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ bool UIWidget::setAttribute( const NodeAttribute& attribute, const Uint32& state
 	} else if ( "foreground" == name ) {
 		Drawable * res = NULL;
 
-		if ( String::startsWith( name, "#" ) ) {
+		if ( String::startsWith( attribute.getValue(), "#" ) ) {
 			setAttribute( NodeAttribute( "foregroundcolor", attribute.getValue() ) );
 		} else if ( NULL != ( res = DrawableSearcher::searchByName( attribute.getValue() ) ) ) {
 			setForegroundDrawable( state, res, res->getDrawableType() == Drawable::SPRITE );