diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
index 7d3b76dd3..70f54c4c2 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
 import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
 import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
 
-import com.formdev.flatlaf.ui.FlatComboBoxUI;
 import processing.app.Base;
 import processing.app.Library;
 import processing.app.laf.PdeComboBoxUI;
+import processing.app.laf.PdeProgressBarUI;
 import processing.app.ui.Editor;
 import processing.app.ui.Theme;
 import processing.app.ui.Toolkit;
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public class ContributionTab extends JPanel {
   StatusPanel statusPanel;
   FilterField filterField;
 
+  boolean inited;
+
 //  JLabel categoryLabel;
   JLabel loaderLabel;
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ public class ContributionTab extends JPanel {
 
   String category;
 
-  JProgressBar progressBar;
+  //protected JProgressBar progressBar;  // TODO this is not actually used?
 
 
   public ContributionTab(ManagerFrame dialog) {
@@ -116,9 +118,10 @@ public class ContributionTab extends JPanel {
 
 
   protected void setLayout() {
-    if (progressBar == null) {
-      progressBar = new JProgressBar();
-      progressBar.setVisible(false);
+    if (loaderLabel == null) {
+//    if (progressBar == null) {
+//      progressBar = new JProgressBar();
+//      progressBar.setVisible(false);
 
       createComponents();
       buildErrorPanel();
@@ -544,6 +547,17 @@ public class ContributionTab extends JPanel {
         categoryChooser.setUI(new PdeComboBoxUI("manager.categories"));
       }
 
+      /*
+      if (progressBar != null) {
+        if (progressBar.getUI() instanceof PdeProgressBarUI) {
+          System.out.println("setting theme for progress bar");
+          ((PdeProgressBarUI) progressBar.getUI()).updateTheme();
+        } else {
+          progressBar.setUI(new PdeProgressBarUI("manager.progress"));
+        }
+      }
+      */
+
       /*
       textColor = Theme.getColor("manager.list.search.text.color");
       placeholderColor = Theme.getColor("manager.list.search.placeholder.color");
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanel.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanel.java
index 5a8bf2aae..ecddc2b6a 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanel.java
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
     updateButtonTheme(updateButton, "update");
     updateButtonTheme(removeButton, "remove");
 
+    StatusPanelDetail currentDetail =
+      contributionTab.listPanel.getSelectedDetail();
+    if (currentDetail != null) {
+      currentDetail.updateTheme();
+    }
+
     /*
     if (installButton.getUI() instanceof PdeButtonUI) {
       ((PdeButtonUI) installButton.getUI()).updateTheme();
@@ -423,6 +429,6 @@ class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
       progressPanel.setVisible(false);
       updateLabel.setVisible(true);
     }
-    progressPanel.repaint();
+//    progressPanel.repaint();  // needed? [fry 220504]
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanelDetail.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanelDetail.java
index 17a95a73b..32fb57066 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanelDetail.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/StatusPanelDetail.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
 
 import processing.app.*;
+import processing.app.laf.PdeProgressBarUI;
 import processing.app.ui.Toolkit;
 
 
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ class StatusPanelDetail {
   StatusPanelDetail(Base base, StatusPanel statusPanel) {
     this.base = base;
     this.statusPanel = statusPanel;
+
+//    initProgressBar();
+//    updateTheme();
   }
 
 
@@ -84,11 +88,12 @@ class StatusPanelDetail {
   protected void initProgressBar() {
     progressBar = new JProgressBar();
 
-    progressBar.setInheritsPopupMenu(true);
+//    progressBar.setInheritsPopupMenu(true);
     progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
-    progressBar.setFont(ManagerFrame.NORMAL_PLAIN);
+//    progressBar.setFont(ManagerFrame.NORMAL_PLAIN);
     progressBar.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
-    progressBar.setOpaque(false);
+//    progressBar.setOpaque(false);
+    progressBar.setOpaque(true);
 
     resetProgressBar();
 
@@ -196,9 +201,9 @@ class StatusPanelDetail {
       // For the special "Updates" tab in the manager, there are no progress
       // bars, so if that's what we're doing, this will create a dummy bar.
       // TODO Not a good workaround [fry 220312]
-      if (progressBar == null) {
-        initProgressBar();
-      }
+//      if (progressBar == null) {
+//        initProgressBar();
+//      }
       progressBar.setVisible(true);
       progressBar.setIndeterminate(true);
 
@@ -261,6 +266,20 @@ class StatusPanelDetail {
   }
 
 
+  protected void updateTheme() {
+    if (progressBar != null) {
+      if (progressBar.getUI() instanceof PdeProgressBarUI) {
+        System.out.println("updating theme for progress bar");
+        ((PdeProgressBarUI) progressBar.getUI()).updateTheme();
+      } else {
+        System.out.println("setting ui for progress bar");
+        progressBar.setUI(new PdeProgressBarUI("manager.progress"));
+        System.out.println("fore " + progressBar.getForeground());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
   // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
 
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java
index ae91ebaf1..dfabf9093 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateContributionTab.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.awt.Color;
 
 import javax.swing.GroupLayout;
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
-import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
+//import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
 
 import processing.app.ui.Toolkit;
 
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ public class UpdateContributionTab extends ContributionTab {
 
   @Override
   protected void setLayout() {
-    if (progressBar == null) {
-      progressBar = new JProgressBar();
-      progressBar.setVisible(false);
+    if (loaderLabel == null) {
+//    if (progressBar == null) {
+//      progressBar = new JProgressBar();
+//      progressBar.setVisible(false);
 
       buildErrorPanel();
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index c7c4f3bcf..9282a2282 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ _ Export to Application fonts are too tiny
 design/manager
 X set color of the sort order icon in the ListPanel table header
 X   also the color of the text?
+_ remove JProgressBar from ContributionTab/UpdateContributionTab
+_   StatusPanelDetail creates its own, which is the one used
 _ after download, list item doesn't update to show installed
 _   stays stuck with the download icon
 _ remove dorky loading.gif (used in ContributionTab and UpdateContributionTab)