diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewGroupViewController.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewGroupViewController.m
index 2e1a73c5e..a7acd7b4a 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewGroupViewController.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/NewGroupViewController.m
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ const NSUInteger kNewGroupViewControllerAvatarWidth = 68;
 
     self.title = [MessageStrings newGroupDefaultTitle];
 
+    self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.ows_themeBackgroundColor;
+
     self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
         initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"NEW_GROUP_CREATE_BUTTON", @"The title for the 'create group' button.")
                 style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ThreadSettings/UpdateGroupViewController.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ThreadSettings/UpdateGroupViewController.m
index c76d00467..e4f3580c3 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ThreadSettings/UpdateGroupViewController.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ThreadSettings/UpdateGroupViewController.m
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
     OWSAssert(self.thread.groupModel);
     OWSAssert(self.thread.groupModel.groupMemberIds);
 
+    self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.ows_themeBackgroundColor;
+
     [self.memberRecipientIds addObjectsFromArray:self.thread.groupModel.groupMemberIds];
     self.previousMemberRecipientIds = [NSSet setWithArray:self.thread.groupModel.groupMemberIds];