diff --git a/components/RemoteNodeEdit.qml b/components/RemoteNodeEdit.qml
index 4d44c156..6655e629 100644
--- a/components/RemoteNodeEdit.qml
+++ b/components/RemoteNodeEdit.qml
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ GridLayout {
     property alias daemonAddrLabelText: daemonAddr.labelText
     property alias daemonPortLabelText: daemonPort.labelText
 
+    // TODO: LEGACY; remove these placeHolder variables when
+    // the wizards get redesigned to the black-theme
+    property string placeholderFontFamily: Style.fontRegular.name
+    property bool placeholderFontBold: false
+    property int placeholderFontSize: 18 * scaleRatio
+    property string placeholderColor: Style.defaultFontColor
+    property real placeholderOpacity: 0.25
+
     property string lineEditBorderColor: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)
     property string lineEditBackgroundColor: "white"
     property string lineEditFontColor: "black"
@@ -55,6 +63,11 @@ GridLayout {
         id: daemonAddr
         Layout.fillWidth: true
         placeholderText: qsTr("Remote Node Hostname / IP") + translationManager.emptyString
+        placeholderFontFamily: root.placeholderFontFamily
+        placeholderFontBold: root.placeholderFontBold
+        placeholderFontSize: root.placeholderFontSize
+        placeholderColor: root.placeholderColor
+        placeholderOpacity: root.placeholderOpacity
         onEditingFinished: root.editingFinished()
         borderColor: lineEditBorderColor
         backgroundColor: lineEditBackgroundColor
@@ -66,8 +79,13 @@ GridLayout {
         id: daemonPort
         Layout.fillWidth: true
         placeholderText: qsTr("Port") + translationManager.emptyString
+        placeholderFontFamily: root.placeholderFontFamily
+        placeholderFontBold: root.placeholderFontBold
+        placeholderFontSize: root.placeholderFontSize
+        placeholderColor: root.placeholderColor
+        placeholderOpacity: root.placeholderOpacity
         onEditingFinished: root.editingFinished()
-
+        legacyWizardStyle: true
         borderColor: lineEditBorderColor
         backgroundColor: lineEditBackgroundColor
         fontColor: lineEditFontColor
diff --git a/wizard/WizardDaemonSettings.qml b/wizard/WizardDaemonSettings.qml
index 69947f74..c0a45e7a 100644
--- a/wizard/WizardDaemonSettings.qml
+++ b/wizard/WizardDaemonSettings.qml
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ ColumnLayout {
                 Layout.preferredWidth:  200 * scaleRatio
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                 text: persistentSettings.blockchainDataDir
+                placeholderFontBold: true
+                placeholderFontFamily: "Arial"
+                placeholderColor: Style.legacy_placeholderFontColor
+                placeholderOpacity: 1.0
                 placeholderText: qsTr("(optional)") + translationManager.emptyString
 
                 borderColor: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)
@@ -182,6 +186,12 @@ ColumnLayout {
                 Layout.minimumWidth: 300 * scaleRatio
                 opacity: localNode.checked
                 id: bootstrapNodeEdit
+
+                placeholderFontBold: true
+                placeholderFontFamily: "Arial"
+                placeholderColor: Style.legacy_placeholderFontColor
+                placeholderOpacity: 1.0
+
                 daemonAddrText: persistentSettings.bootstrapNodeAddress.split(":")[0].trim()
                 daemonPortText: {
                     var node_split = persistentSettings.bootstrapNodeAddress.split(":");
@@ -198,6 +208,7 @@ ColumnLayout {
             CheckBox {
                 id: remoteNode
                 text: qsTr("Connect to a remote node") + translationManager.emptyString
+                checkedIcon: "../images/checkedBlackIcon.png"
                 Layout.topMargin: 20 * scaleRatio
                 background: "#FFFFFF"
                 fontColor: "#4A4646"
@@ -218,6 +229,12 @@ ColumnLayout {
                 property var rna: persistentSettings.remoteNodeAddress
                 daemonAddrText: rna.search(":") != -1 ? rna.split(":")[0].trim() : ""
                 daemonPortText: rna.search(":") != -1 ? (rna.split(":")[1].trim() == "") ? "18081" : persistentSettings.remoteNodeAddress.split(":")[1] : ""
+
+                placeholderFontBold: true
+                placeholderFontFamily: "Arial"
+                placeholderColor: Style.legacy_placeholderFontColor
+                placeholderOpacity: 1.0
+
                 lineEditBorderColor: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)
                 lineEditBackgroundColor: "white"
                 lineEditFontColor: "black"