diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 4078be222..11b22237f 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -2506,7 +2506,6 @@ void MainWindow::statusChanged()
       ui->txb6->setEnabled(true);
       ui->txrb6->setEnabled(true);
       ui->houndButton->setChecked(false);
-      ui->houndButton->setStyleSheet("");
   }
 }
 
@@ -7025,7 +7024,6 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionFT8_triggered()
   }
   if(SpecOp::HOUND == m_specOp) {
     ui->houndButton->setChecked(true);
-    ui->houndButton->setStyleSheet("background-color: #ff0000;");
     ui->txFirstCheckBox->setChecked(false);
     ui->txFirstCheckBox->setEnabled(false);
     ui->cbAutoSeq->setEnabled(false);
@@ -7048,7 +7046,6 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionFT8_triggered()
   }
   if(m_specOp != SpecOp::HOUND) {
       ui->houndButton->setChecked(false);
-      ui->houndButton->setStyleSheet("");
   }
 
   m_specOp=m_config.special_op_id();
@@ -10587,13 +10584,11 @@ QString MainWindow::WSPR_message()
 void MainWindow::on_houndButton_clicked (bool checked)
 {
   if (checked) {
-    ui->houndButton->setStyleSheet("background-color: #ff0000;");
     m_config.setSpecial_Hound();
     ui->tx1->setVisible(true);
     ui->tx1->setEnabled(true);
     ui->txb1->setEnabled(true);
   } else {
-    ui->houndButton->setStyleSheet("");
     m_config.setSpecial_None();
     keep_frequency = true;
     QTimer::singleShot (250, [=] {keep_frequency = false;});
diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.ui b/widgets/mainwindow.ui
index 57ef59ff7..d22601b34 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.ui
@@ -2901,6 +2901,17 @@ QLabel[oob="true"] {
              <property name="toolTip">
               <string>Toggle FT8 hound mode On/Off</string>
              </property>
+             <property name="styleSheet">
+              <string notr="true">QPushButton:checked {
+	color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
+	background-color: red;
+	border-style: outset;
+	border-width: 1px;
+	border-radius: 5px;
+	border-color: black;
+	padding: 3px;
+}</string>
+             </property>
              <property name="text">
               <string>H</string>
              </property>