diff --git a/include/aoemotebutton.h b/include/aoemotebutton.h
index cb46167..58e7e74 100644
--- a/include/aoemotebutton.h
+++ b/include/aoemotebutton.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define AOEMOTEBUTTON_H
 
 #include "aoapplication.h"
-
+#include <QPainter>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QPushButton>
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ private:
 
   int m_id = 0;
 
+
 signals:
   void emote_clicked(int p_id);
 
diff --git a/src/aoemotebutton.cpp b/src/aoemotebutton.cpp
index abec526..9053560 100644
--- a/src/aoemotebutton.cpp
+++ b/src/aoemotebutton.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "aoemotebutton.h"
-
 #include "file_functions.h"
 
 AOEmoteButton::AOEmoteButton(QWidget *p_parent, AOApplication *p_ao_app,
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ AOEmoteButton::AOEmoteButton(QWidget *p_parent, AOApplication *p_ao_app,
 
 void AOEmoteButton::set_image(QString p_image, QString p_emote_comment)
 {
+  QString tmp_p_image = p_image;
+
   if (file_exists(p_image)) {
     this->setText("");
     this->setStyleSheet(
@@ -24,6 +25,26 @@ void AOEmoteButton::set_image(QString p_image, QString p_emote_comment)
         "\") 0 0 0 0 stretch stretch; }"
         "QToolTip { color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px; }");
   }
+  else if (p_image.contains("_on") && file_exists(tmp_p_image.replace("_on", "_off"))) {
+    QImage tmpImage(tmp_p_image);
+    QPoint p1, p2;
+    p2.setY(tmpImage.height());
+
+    QLinearGradient gradient(p1, p2);
+    gradient.setColorAt(0, Qt::transparent);
+    gradient.setColorAt(1, QColor(0, 0, 0, 159));
+
+    QPainter p(&tmpImage);
+    p.fillRect(0, 0, tmpImage.width(), tmpImage.height(), gradient);
+
+    gradient.setColorAt(0, QColor(0, 0, 0, 159));
+    gradient.setColorAt(1, Qt::transparent);
+    p.fillRect(0, 0, tmpImage.width(), tmpImage.height(), gradient);
+
+    p.end();
+    tmpImage.save(p_image, "png");
+    set_image(p_image, p_emote_comment);
+  }
   else {
     this->setText(p_emote_comment);
     this->setStyleSheet("QPushButton { border-image: url(); }"