diff --git a/wax-prosemirror-components/src/components/specialCharacters/SpecialCharactersComponent.js b/wax-prosemirror-components/src/components/specialCharacters/SpecialCharactersComponent.js
index 5d1b1465f4d91f09c52a0388372df66f2b0acb7c..6796de0d9ca1eaf3bbad414b039eae0ffe8bf4c5 100644
--- a/wax-prosemirror-components/src/components/specialCharacters/SpecialCharactersComponent.js
+++ b/wax-prosemirror-components/src/components/specialCharacters/SpecialCharactersComponent.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import React, {
   useEffect,
 } from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { grid, th } from '@pubsweet/ui-toolkit';
+import { grid, th, override } from '@pubsweet/ui-toolkit';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import { WaxContext } from 'wax-prosemirror-core';
 import { filter, groupBy, debounce } from 'lodash';
@@ -53,24 +53,32 @@ const CharactersListComponent = styled.div`
   overflow-y: scroll;
   overflow-x: hidden;
   padding-top: ${grid(2)};
+
+  ${override('Wax.CharactersListComponent')}
 `;
 
 const SpecialCharactersGroup = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   padding-top: ${grid(2)};
+
+  ${override('Wax.SpecialCharactersGroup')}
 `;
 
 const GroupTitle = styled.div`
   font-size: 17px;
   color: ${th('colorPrimary')};
   padding: 0 ${grid(2)} ${grid(2)} ${grid(2)};
+
+  ${override('Wax.GroupTitle')}
 `;
 
 const GroupCharacters = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
+
+  ${override('Wax.GroupCharacters')}
 `;
 
 const SpecialCharacter = styled.div`
@@ -95,6 +103,8 @@ const SpecialCharacter = styled.div`
       color: ${th('colorPrimary')};
     }
   }
+    ${override('Wax.SpecialCharacterButton')}
+
 `;
 
 // const LastUsedComponent = styled.div`
diff --git a/wax-prosemirror-components/src/ui/buttons/Dropdown.js b/wax-prosemirror-components/src/ui/buttons/Dropdown.js
index 5b1aa5ce82949ceb116d8cd69543d4192ffddf57..4dd6147fa36016dd9f4671666dda268f72406fd6 100644
--- a/wax-prosemirror-components/src/ui/buttons/Dropdown.js
+++ b/wax-prosemirror-components/src/ui/buttons/Dropdown.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
-import { grid } from '@pubsweet/ui-toolkit';
+import { grid, override } from '@pubsweet/ui-toolkit';
 import MenuButton from './MenuButton';
 
 // font size 0 reason: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19212391
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ const DropWrapper = styled.div`
   background: white;
   margin-top: ${grid(1)};
   position: absolute;
+
+  ${override('Wax.MoreDropWrapper')}
 `;
 
 const Dropdown = props => {