diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/tabs/home_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/tabs/home_widget.dart
index 53c4620e34..dd31dbeda6 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/tabs/home_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/tabs/home_widget.dart
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ class _HomeWidgetState extends State<HomeWidget> {
   static final _settingsPage = SettingsPage(
     emailNotifier: UserService.instance.emailValueNotifier,
   );
-  static const _headerWidget = HeaderWidget();
 
   final _logger = Logger("HomeWidgetState");
   final _selectedFiles = SelectedFiles();
@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ class _HomeWidgetState extends State<HomeWidget> {
           appBar: PreferredSize(
             preferredSize: const Size.fromHeight(0),
             child: AppBar(
-              backgroundColor: getEnteColorScheme(context).backgroundElevated,
+              backgroundColor: getEnteColorScheme(context).backgroundBase,
             ),
           ),
           resizeToAvoidBottomInset: false,
@@ -427,9 +426,9 @@ class _HomeWidgetState extends State<HomeWidget> {
               physics: const BouncingScrollPhysics(),
               children: [
                 _showShowBackupHook
-                    ? const StartBackupHookWidget(headerWidget: _headerWidget)
+                    ? const StartBackupHookWidget(headerWidget: HeaderWidget())
                     : HomeGalleryWidget(
-                        header: _headerWidget,
+                        header: const HeaderWidget(),
                         footer: const SizedBox(
                           height: 160,
                         ),