diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
index ee6fcd270..7302b06d8 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ $NEWS_TEMPLATE['default']['item'] = '
           {NEWSBODY}
 		  <hr>
 			<div class="options">
-			<span class="category ">{GLYPH=comments} {NEWSCOMMENTCOUNT} &nbsp; {EMAILICON} &nbsp; {PRINTICON} &nbsp; {PDFICON} &nbsp; {ADMINOPTIONS}</span> 
+			<div class="btn-group">{NEWSCOMMENTLINK: glyph=comments&class=btn btn-default} &nbsp; {EMAILICON: class=btn btn-default} &nbsp; {PRINTICON: class=btn btn-default} &nbsp; {PDFICON} &nbsp; {ADMINOPTIONS: class=btn btn-default}</div> 
 			</div>
 
 ';
diff --git a/e107_themes/bootstrap3/style.css b/e107_themes/bootstrap3/style.css
index 308bd8ea6..7a15abacd 100644
--- a/e107_themes/bootstrap3/style.css
+++ b/e107_themes/bootstrap3/style.css
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ img.featurebox { border-radius: 5px }
     color: inherit;
     text-decoration: none;
     opacity: .7;
+    padding-left:15px;
+    transition: opacity .5s ease-out;
+    -moz-transition: opacity .5s ease-out;
+    -webkit-transition: opacity .5s ease-out;
+    -o-transition: opacity .5s ease-out;
 }
 
 .xurl-social-icons a:hover {