diff --git a/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs b/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs
index b6643d3..8ff5dec 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,16 @@ impl ContentContainer for WalletsContent {
 		// keeps it through its identity step, when the new wallet is already
 		// open but not yet selected).
 		let onboarding_active = !showing_wallet && self.onboarding_active();
+		// Keep the Android status-bar icons readable against whatever paints the
+		// top strip. Every screen outside the Goblin wallet surface — the wallet
+		// list, app settings, wallet creation AND onboarding — leaves the bright
+		// accent-yellow `title_panel_bg` showing under the status bar, which needs
+		// DARK icons; a dark global theme would otherwise pick white icons that
+		// are illegible on yellow. The Goblin surface covers the inset itself and
+		// sets its own per-tab flag (Pay is yellow, the rest dark).
+		if !showing_wallet {
+			crate::gui::theme::set_status_surface_yellow(true);
+		}
 		let dual_panel = is_dual_panel_mode(ui);
 		let content_width = ui.available_width();
 		let list_hidden = showing_settings