diff --git a/ui/app/styles/core.scss b/ui/app/styles/core.scss
index b45768776355..62d76be84129 100644
--- a/ui/app/styles/core.scss
+++ b/ui/app/styles/core.scss
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 @import 'bulma/switch';
 
 // Override Bulma details where appropriate
+@import './core/alert-banner';
 @import './core/generic';
 @import './core/box';
 @import './core/breadcrumb';
diff --git a/ui/app/styles/core/alert-banner.scss b/ui/app/styles/core/alert-banner.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ab82281c1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/styles/core/alert-banner.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.alert-banner-message-body {
+  border: 0;
+  margin-top: $spacing-xxs;
+
+  color: $black;
+}
diff --git a/ui/lib/core/addon/templates/components/alert-banner.hbs b/ui/lib/core/addon/templates/components/alert-banner.hbs
index e1ebd35a9cb3..6e9e64f54a95 100644
--- a/ui/lib/core/addon/templates/components/alert-banner.hbs
+++ b/ui/lib/core/addon/templates/components/alert-banner.hbs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
           {{/if}}
         </div>
         {{#if @message}}
-          <p class="message-body">
+          <p class="alert-banner-message-body">
             {{@message}}
           </p>
         {{/if}}