diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
index 9baeecb463..a8f432a391 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.res.ColorStateList;
 import android.database.Cursor;
-import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Color;
-import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
@@ -1041,44 +1039,19 @@ public class AdapterMessage extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMessage.ViewHold
                 Spanned html = decodeHtml(message, body);
 
                 SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder(html);
-                QuoteSpan[] quotes = builder.getSpans(0, builder.length(), QuoteSpan.class);
-                for (QuoteSpan quote : quotes) {
+                QuoteSpan[] quoteSpans = builder.getSpans(0, builder.length(), QuoteSpan.class);
+                for (QuoteSpan quoteSpan : quoteSpans) {
                     builder.setSpan(
-                            new StyledQuoteSpan(),
-                            builder.getSpanStart(quote),
-                            builder.getSpanEnd(quote),
-                            builder.getSpanFlags(quote));
-                    builder.removeSpan(quote);
+                            new StyledQuoteSpan(colorPrimary),
+                            builder.getSpanStart(quoteSpan),
+                            builder.getSpanEnd(quoteSpan),
+                            builder.getSpanFlags(quoteSpan));
+                    builder.removeSpan(quoteSpan);
                 }
 
                 return builder;
             }
 
-            class StyledQuoteSpan extends QuoteSpan {
-                StyledQuoteSpan() {
-                    super(colorPrimary);
-                }
-
-                @Override
-                public int getLeadingMargin(boolean first) {
-                    return 6 /* stripeWidth */ + 12 /* gapWidth */;
-                }
-
-                @Override
-                public void drawLeadingMargin(@NonNull Canvas c, @NonNull Paint p, int x, int dir, int top, int baseline, int bottom, @NonNull CharSequence text, int start, int end, boolean first, @NonNull Layout layout) {
-                    Paint.Style style = p.getStyle();
-                    int color = p.getColor();
-
-                    p.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
-                    p.setColor(getColor());
-
-                    c.drawRect(x, top, x + dir * 6 /* stripeWidth */, bottom, p);
-
-                    p.setStyle(style);
-                    p.setColor(color);
-                }
-            }
-
             @Override
             protected void onExecuted(Bundle args, SpannableStringBuilder body) {
                 TupleMessageEx message = (TupleMessageEx) args.getSerializable("message");
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
index c3fd9114fb..3e413a27b3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ import android.text.Editable;
 import android.text.Html;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableString;
+import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.style.ImageSpan;
+import android.text.style.QuoteSpan;
 import android.text.style.StyleSpan;
 import android.text.style.TypefaceSpan;
 import android.text.style.URLSpan;
@@ -1835,18 +1837,36 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentEx {
                 final long reference = args.getLong("reference", -1);
 
                 String body = EntityMessage.read(context, id);
-                String quote = (reference < 0 ? null : HtmlHelper.getQuote(context, reference, true));
+                Spanned spannedBody = Html.fromHtml(body, cidGetter, null);
 
-                return new Spanned[]{
-                        Html.fromHtml(body, cidGetter, null),
-                        quote == null ? null : Html.fromHtml(quote,
-                                new Html.ImageGetter() {
-                                    @Override
-                                    public Drawable getDrawable(String source) {
-                                        return HtmlHelper.decodeImage(source, context, reference, false);
-                                    }
-                                },
-                                null)};
+                String quote = (reference < 0 ? null : HtmlHelper.getQuote(context, reference, true));
+                Spanned spannedReference = null;
+                if (quote != null) {
+                    Spanned spannedQuote = Html.fromHtml(quote,
+                            new Html.ImageGetter() {
+                                @Override
+                                public Drawable getDrawable(String source) {
+                                    return HtmlHelper.decodeImage(source, context, reference, false);
+                                }
+                            },
+                            null);
+
+                    int colorPrimary = Helper.resolveColor(context, R.attr.colorPrimary);
+                    SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder(spannedQuote);
+                    QuoteSpan[] quoteSpans = builder.getSpans(0, builder.length(), QuoteSpan.class);
+                    for (QuoteSpan quoteSpan : quoteSpans) {
+                        builder.setSpan(
+                                new StyledQuoteSpan(colorPrimary),
+                                builder.getSpanStart(quoteSpan),
+                                builder.getSpanEnd(quoteSpan),
+                                builder.getSpanFlags(quoteSpan));
+                        builder.removeSpan(quote);
+                    }
+
+                    spannedReference = builder;
+                }
+
+                return new Spanned[]{spannedBody, spannedReference};
             }
 
             @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/StyledQuoteSpan.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/StyledQuoteSpan.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac57622b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/StyledQuoteSpan.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package eu.faircode.email;
+
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.text.Layout;
+import android.text.style.QuoteSpan;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+public class StyledQuoteSpan extends QuoteSpan {
+    StyledQuoteSpan(int color) {
+        super(color);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getLeadingMargin(boolean first) {
+        return 6 /* stripeWidth */ + 12 /* gapWidth */;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void drawLeadingMargin(
+            @NonNull Canvas c, @NonNull Paint p,
+            int x, int dir, int top, int baseline, int bottom,
+            @NonNull CharSequence text, int start, int end, boolean first,
+            @NonNull Layout layout) {
+        Paint.Style style = p.getStyle();
+        int color = p.getColor();
+
+        p.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
+        p.setColor(getColor());
+
+        c.drawRect(x, top, x + dir * 6 /* stripeWidth */, bottom, p);
+
+        p.setStyle(style);
+        p.setColor(color);
+    }
+}