diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/ui/PickerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/ui/PickerActivity.kt
index cd412db..2da95bd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/ui/PickerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/ui/PickerActivity.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.bapspatil.rake.R
 import com.bapspatil.rake.adapter.PickerAdapter
 import com.bapspatil.rake.databinding.ActivityPickerBinding
 import com.bapspatil.rake.model.PickerItem
+import com.bapspatil.rake.util.CommonUtils.makeUiLight
 import com.bapspatil.rake.util.Constants
 import com.firebase.ui.auth.AuthUI
 import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ class PickerActivity : AppCompatActivity(), CoroutineScope {
         firestoreDb = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance()
         setupAppBar()
 
+        makeUiLight()
+
         // Saving the user's UID in SharedPreferences
         firebaseUser = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().currentUser
         userUid = firebaseUser?.uid
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/util/CommonUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/util/CommonUtils.kt
index f6b9c0a..e27c4d1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/util/CommonUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/bapspatil/rake/util/CommonUtils.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.bapspatil.rake.util
 
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.Color
 import android.graphics.Matrix
+import android.os.Build
 import android.util.Base64
 import android.view.View
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
@@ -49,4 +51,15 @@ object CommonUtils {
         this.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, baos)
         return baos.toByteArray()
     }
+
+    fun AppCompatActivity.makeUiLight() {
+        window.statusBarColor = Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF")
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
+            window.decorView.systemUiVisibility = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR
+        }
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+            window.navigationBarColor = Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF")
+            window.decorView.systemUiVisibility = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_NAVIGATION_BAR or View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LIGHT_STATUS_BAR
+        }
+    }
 }
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