diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1967a36e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <color name="background">#2E2E2E</color>
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 62fe59fa..66f68f96 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
         <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
         <item name="android:textColor">#000000</item>
+        <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/background</item>
     </style>
 
 </resources>
diff --git a/ios/LaunchScreen.storyboard b/ios/LaunchScreen.storyboard
index 878949f2..2856c493 100644
--- a/ios/LaunchScreen.storyboard
+++ b/ios/LaunchScreen.storyboard
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="16097" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" launchScreen="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="01J-lp-oVM">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="17156" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" launchScreen="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="01J-lp-oVM">
     <device id="retina6_1" orientation="portrait" appearance="light"/>
     <dependencies>
         <deployment identifier="iOS"/>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="16087"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="17125"/>
         <capability name="Safe area layout guides" minToolsVersion="9.0"/>
+        <capability name="System colors in document resources" minToolsVersion="11.0"/>
         <capability name="documents saved in the Xcode 8 format" minToolsVersion="8.0"/>
     </dependencies>
     <scenes>
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@
                     <view key="view" contentMode="scaleToFill" id="Ze5-6b-2t3">
                         <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="414" height="896"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
-                        <color key="backgroundColor" systemColor="systemBackgroundColor" cocoaTouchSystemColor="whiteColor"/>
                         <viewLayoutGuide key="safeArea" id="Bcu-3y-fUS"/>
+                        <color key="backgroundColor" systemColor="systemBackgroundColor"/>
                     </view>
                 </viewController>
                 <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="iYj-Kq-Ea1" userLabel="First Responder" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
@@ -24,4 +25,9 @@
             <point key="canvasLocation" x="53" y="375"/>
         </scene>
     </scenes>
+    <resources>
+        <systemColor name="systemBackgroundColor">
+            <color white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
+        </systemColor>
+    </resources>
 </document>
diff --git a/ios/StandardNotes/AppDelegate.m b/ios/StandardNotes/AppDelegate.m
index 2360ff76..c9310583 100644
--- a/ios/StandardNotes/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/ios/StandardNotes/AppDelegate.m
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
   rootView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:1.0f green:1.0f blue:1.0f alpha:1];
 
   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
+  if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
+    [rootView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor systemBackgroundColor]];
+  } else {
+    [rootView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
+  }
   UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
   rootViewController.view = rootView;
   self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;