diff --git a/data/gui/dialogs/overworld_dialog.stkgui b/data/gui/dialogs/overworld_dialog.stkgui
index f023697c6..5b5d775b3 100644
--- a/data/gui/dialogs/overworld_dialog.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/dialogs/overworld_dialog.stkgui
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
     <div x="5%" y="5%" width="90%" height="90%" layout="vertical-row" >
         <header id="title" width="100%" text_align="center" text="Paused" proportion="2" />
 
-        <!-- FIXME: some play in proportions occur below because the text of an icon
-                    button is added UNDER it and not within its allocated height -->
-        <icon-button id="backbtn" align="center" icon="gui/icons/back.png" extend_label="200"
-                     I18N="In the in-game dialog" text="Back to Game" proportion="3"/>
+        <spacer width="20" height="2%" />
 
-        <spacer width="20" height="50" />
+        <buttonbar id="backbtnribbon" proportion="4" width="100%" align="center">
+            <icon-button id="backbtn" width="128" height="128" align="center" icon="gui/icons/back.png" 
+                         extend_label="200" I18N="In the in-game dialog" text="Back to Game"/>
+        </buttonbar>
+
+        <spacer width="20" height="8%" />
 
         <buttonbar id="choiceribbon" proportion="4" width="100%" align="center">
 
diff --git a/data/gui/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.stkgui b/data/gui/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.stkgui
index 2f844c380..fb6f36af1 100644
--- a/data/gui/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.stkgui
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
     <div x="2%" y="5%" width="96%" height="90%" layout="vertical-row" >
         <header id="title" width="100%" text_align="center" text="Paused" proportion="2" />
 
-        <!-- FIXME: some play in proportions occur below because the text of an icon
-                    button is added UNDER it and not within its allocated height -->
-        <icon-button id="backbtn" align="center" icon="gui/icons/back.png" extend_label="200"
-                     I18N="Race paused button" text="Back to Race" proportion="3"/>
+        <spacer width="20" height="2%" />
 
-        <spacer width="20" height="50" />
+        <buttonbar id="backbtnribbon" proportion="4" width="100%" align="center">
+            <icon-button id="backbtn" width="128" height="128" align="center" icon="gui/icons/back.png" 
+                         extend_label="200" I18N="Race paused button" text="Back to Race"/>
+        </buttonbar>
+
+        <spacer width="20" height="8%" />
 
         <buttonbar id="choiceribbon" proportion="4" width="100%" align="center">
 
diff --git a/src/states_screens/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.cpp b/src/states_screens/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.cpp
index e436a7408..3aec57c2a 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/dialogs/race_paused_dialog.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ RacePausedDialog::RacePausedDialog(const float percentWidth,
         loadFromFile("race_paused_dialog.stkgui");
     }
 
-    IconButtonWidget* back_btn = getWidget<IconButtonWidget>("backbtn");
+    GUIEngine::RibbonWidget* back_btn = getWidget<RibbonWidget>("backbtnribbon");
     back_btn->setFocusForPlayer( PLAYER_ID_GAME_MASTER );
 
     if (NetworkConfig::get()->isNetworking())
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ GUIEngine::EventPropagation
     GUIEngine::RibbonWidget* choice_ribbon =
             getWidget<GUIEngine::RibbonWidget>("choiceribbon");
 
-    if (eventSource == "backbtn")
+    if (eventSource == "backbtnribbon")
     {
         // unpausing is done in the destructor so nothing more to do here
         ModalDialog::dismiss();