diff --git a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
index a6fe17005..df7d9f4da 100644
--- a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
@@ -651,5 +651,5 @@ void TextHandlerTest::linkPreviewsReject()
     QCOMPARE(testTextHandler.getLinkPreviews(), testOutputLinks);
 }
 
-QTEST_MAIN(TextHandlerTest)
+QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(TextHandlerTest)
 #include "texthandlertest.moc"
diff --git a/src/controller.cpp b/src/controller.cpp
index 61d75a475..4f0c29487 100644
--- a/src/controller.cpp
+++ b/src/controller.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Controller::Controller(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
 {
     Connection::setRoomType<NeoChatRoom>();
-    Connection::setUserType<User>();
 
     setApplicationProxy();
 
diff --git a/src/models/locationsmodel.cpp b/src/models/locationsmodel.cpp
index 5a55a9f37..9c20b8d99 100644
--- a/src/models/locationsmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/models/locationsmodel.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "locationsmodel.h"
 
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+
 using namespace Quotient;
 
 LocationsModel::LocationsModel(QObject *parent)
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ LocationsModel::LocationsModel(QObject *parent)
     });
 
     connect(this, &LocationsModel::rowsInserted, this, &LocationsModel::boundingBoxChanged);
+
+    connect(static_cast<QGuiApplication *>(QGuiApplication::instance()), &QGuiApplication::paletteChanged, this, [this] {
+        Q_EMIT dataChanged(index(0, 0), index(rowCount() - 1, 0), {AuthorRole});
+    });
 }
 
 void LocationsModel::addLocation(const RoomMessageEvent *event)
diff --git a/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp b/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
index c9c982ff2..d05933adf 100644
--- a/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ MessageEventModel::MessageEventModel(QObject *parent)
     : QAbstractListModel(parent)
 {
     connect(static_cast<QGuiApplication *>(QGuiApplication::instance()), &QGuiApplication::paletteChanged, this, [this] {
-        Q_EMIT dataChanged(index(0, 0), index(rowCount() - 1, 0), {AuthorRole, ReplyRole});
+        Q_EMIT dataChanged(index(0, 0), index(rowCount() - 1, 0), {AuthorRole, ReplyAuthor, ReadMarkersRole});
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/models/searchmodel.cpp b/src/models/searchmodel.cpp
index 68e1523d1..8571f4e2c 100644
--- a/src/models/searchmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/models/searchmodel.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 
 #include "messageeventmodel.h"
 #include "neochatroom.h"
+
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+
+#include <Quotient/connection.h>
 #include <Quotient/events/stickerevent.h>
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
-#include <Quotient/connection.h>
-
 using namespace Quotient;
 
 // TODO search only in the current room
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ using namespace Quotient;
 SearchModel::SearchModel(QObject *parent)
     : QAbstractListModel(parent)
 {
+    connect(static_cast<QGuiApplication *>(QGuiApplication::instance()), &QGuiApplication::paletteChanged, this, [this] {
+        Q_EMIT dataChanged(index(0, 0), index(rowCount() - 1, 0), {AuthorRole, ReadMarkersRole});
+    });
 }
 
 QString SearchModel::searchText() const
diff --git a/src/models/userlistmodel.cpp b/src/models/userlistmodel.cpp
index 2398e5aae..5cf3c2e0f 100644
--- a/src/models/userlistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/models/userlistmodel.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "userlistmodel.h"
 
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+
 #include <Quotient/connection.h>
 #include <Quotient/events/roompowerlevelsevent.h>
 
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ UserListModel::UserListModel(QObject *parent)
     : QAbstractListModel(parent)
     , m_currentRoom(nullptr)
 {
+    connect(static_cast<QGuiApplication *>(QGuiApplication::instance()), &QGuiApplication::paletteChanged, this, [this]() {
+        refreshAllUsers();
+    });
 }
 
 void UserListModel::setRoom(NeoChatRoom *room)