diff --git a/Assets/Scenes/SpellingBeeThemeSelection.unity b/Assets/Scenes/SpellingBeeThemeSelection.unity
index 71f11e3..faf25f9 100644
--- a/Assets/Scenes/SpellingBeeThemeSelection.unity
+++ b/Assets/Scenes/SpellingBeeThemeSelection.unity
@@ -912,8 +912,8 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_GameObject: {fileID: 1768150802}
   m_Enabled: 1
   m_EditorHideFlags: 0
-  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: 44fbed5ae228de39b9f727def7578d06, type: 3}
+  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: 68caaa5508a4d40448b47630ff86f035, type: 3}
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
-  image: {fileID: 0}
-  input: {fileID: 0}
+  buttonPrefab: {fileID: 0}
+  parentTransform: {fileID: 0}
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/SpellingBeeThemeSelectionController.cs b/Assets/Scripts/SpellingBeeThemeSelectionController.cs
index a975883..d2efdf9 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/SpellingBeeThemeSelectionController.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/SpellingBeeThemeSelectionController.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ public class SpellingBeeThemeSelectionController : MonoBehaviour {
     public Button buttonPrefab;
     public Transform parentTransform;
 
+    private int buttonHeight = 140;
+    private int buttonWidth = 600;
+
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {   
@@ -26,6 +29,13 @@ public class SpellingBeeThemeSelectionController : MonoBehaviour {
             // Then, add the button component to the game object
             Button buttonComponent = newButton.AddComponent<Button>();
 
+            GameObject colorBox = new GameObject("Letter box");
+            colorBox.transform.SetParent(newButton.transform);
+            Image background = colorBox.AddComponent<Image>();
+            background.rectTransform.sizeDelta = new Vector2(buttonWidth, buttonHeight);
+            background.color = Color.black;
+            background.sprite = UnityEditor.AssetDatabase.GetBuiltinExtraResource<Sprite>("UI/Skin/UIMask.psd");
+
             // Set the position of the button game object
 
             // Create the text game object
@@ -42,12 +52,13 @@ public class SpellingBeeThemeSelectionController : MonoBehaviour {
             textComponent.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
 
             // Set the text content and font size
+            textComponent.color = new Color(50, 50, 50);
             textComponent.text = theme.name;
-            textComponent.rectTransform.sizeDelta = new Vector2(300, 120);
+            textComponent.rectTransform.sizeDelta = new Vector2(buttonWidth, buttonHeight);
 
             // Set the parent of the text game object to the button game object
             textComponent.font = Resources.GetBuiltinResource<Font>("Arial.ttf");
-            textComponent.fontSize = 42;
+            textComponent.fontSize = 36;
             buttonComponent.onClick.AddListener(() => OnButtonClick(theme.name));
 
             // Set the size and position of the text game object