diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
index 013ef325b67..81a86dfa1de 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ blockquote {
   p {
     margin: 0 0 10px 0;
   }
+  p:last-of-type {
+    margin-bottom:0;
+  }
 }
 
 .topic-statuses {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
index 96651cb1250..2aaeafe4fb3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@
       top: -9px;
       z-index: 1;
       margin-left: 0;
+      color: $tertiary !important;
+      /* this !important is a terrible hack but the badge colors are
+      being overridden in a way I can't figure out on mobile, appears
+      to be a CSS precedence problem */
     }
     .unread-notifications {
       right: -4px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
index 0db9d1e0fc9..22954599a54 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@
   .badge-notification {
     position: relative;
     top: -1px;
+    color: $tertiary !important;
+    /* this important is a terrible hack but the badge colors are
+    being overridden in a way I can't figure out on mobile, appears
+    to be a CSS precedence problem */
   }
 
   .topic-item-stats {