diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_events.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_events.xml
index 598cb3bd..91ffc6ad 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_events.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_events.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
             android:layout_margin="16dp"
-            android:gravity="center"
-            android:drawablePadding="16dp"
             android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"
             android:text="@string/events_no_nearest"
             android:textSize="16sp" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_grades.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_grades.xml
index 6280f641..faab735b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_grades.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_grades.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
             android:textAppearance="@style/NavView.TextView.Title"
             android:text="@string/card_grades_header_title" />
 
-        <TextView
+        <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView
             android:id="@+id/noData"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
             android:layout_margin="16dp"
+            android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"
             android:text="@string/card_grades_no_data"
-            android:textStyle="italic"
-            android:visibility="gone" />
+            android:textSize="16sp" />
 
         <LinearLayout
             android:id="@+id/gradeList"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_template.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_template.xml
index bf8f8874..8cea8889 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_template.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/card_home_template.xml
@@ -17,5 +17,15 @@
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:text="Hello world"/>
 
+        <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView
+            android:id="@+id/noData"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
+            android:layout_margin="16dp"
+            android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"
+            android:text="@string/card_grades_no_data"
+            android:textSize="16sp" />
+
     </LinearLayout>
-</layout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</layout>