diff --git a/res/drawable/scrollbar_handle_vertical.xml b/res/drawable/scrollbar_handle_vertical.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ec5e57a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/drawable/scrollbar_handle_vertical.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+  <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <gradient android:startColor="#885a5a5a" android:endColor="#885a5a5a"
+      android:angle="0"/>
+  </shape>
diff --git a/res/xml/webview.xml b/res/xml/webview.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dc20a488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/xml/webview.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.web.KiwixWebView
+  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+  android:layout_width="match_parent"
+  android:layout_height="match_parent"
+  android:scrollbarThumbVertical="@drawable/scrollbar_handle_vertical"
+  android:scrollbarSize="15px"
+ />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/KiwixMobileActivity.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/KiwixMobileActivity.java
index 96fee9373..c691754c5 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/KiwixMobileActivity.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/KiwixMobileActivity.java
@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@ import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
 import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog;
 import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import android.support.v7.view.menu.ActionMenuItemView;
-import android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuBuilder;
-import android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuItemImpl;
 import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
 import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
 import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.ActionMode;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
@@ -74,14 +73,8 @@ import android.widget.ImageButton;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
-import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
-import butterknife.BindView;
-import butterknife.ButterKnife;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.database.BookmarksDao;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.database.KiwixDatabase;
@@ -94,6 +87,7 @@ import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.KiwixTextToSpeech;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.LanguageUtils;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.NetworkUtils;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.RateAppCounter;
+import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.StyleUtils;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.files.FileReader;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.files.FileUtils;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.AnimatedProgressBar;
@@ -101,7 +95,14 @@ import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.CompatFindActionModeCallback;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.web.KiwixWebView;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.web.ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.web.ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView;
-import org.w3c.dom.Text;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import butterknife.BindView;
+import butterknife.ButterKnife;
 
 import static android.content.res.Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
 import static org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.TableDrawerAdapter.DocumentSection;
@@ -597,9 +598,10 @@ public class KiwixMobileActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements WebViewCal
   }
 
   private KiwixWebView getWebView(String url) {
+    AttributeSet attrs = StyleUtils.getAttributes(this, R.xml.webview);
     KiwixWebView webView;
     if (isHideToolbar) {
-      webView = new ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView(KiwixMobileActivity.this, this, toolbarContainer);
+      webView = new ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView(KiwixMobileActivity.this, this, toolbarContainer, attrs);
       ((ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView) webView).setOnToolbarVisibilityChangeListener(
           new ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView.OnToolbarVisibilityChangeListener() {
             @Override
@@ -614,7 +616,7 @@ public class KiwixMobileActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements WebViewCal
           }
       );
     } else {
-      webView = new ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView(KiwixMobileActivity.this, this, toolbarContainer);
+      webView = new ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView(KiwixMobileActivity.this, this, toolbarContainer, attrs);
     }
     webView.loadUrl(url);
     webView.loadPrefs();
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/StyleUtils.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/StyleUtils.java
index e7449d51c..787f47a97 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/StyleUtils.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/StyleUtils.java
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@
 
 package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils;
 
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.support.annotation.XmlRes;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.Xml;
+
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.KiwixMobileActivity;
+import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.R;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
 
 public class StyleUtils {
   public static int dialogStyle() {
@@ -29,4 +36,16 @@ public class StyleUtils {
       return android.support.v7.appcompat.R.style.Theme_AppCompat_Light_Dialog_Alert;
     }
   }
+
+  public static AttributeSet getAttributes(Context context, @XmlRes int xml) {
+    XmlPullParser parser = context.getResources().getXml(R.xml.webview);
+    try {
+      parser.next();
+      parser.nextTag();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+
+    return Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/KiwixWebView.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/KiwixWebView.java
index 4b2c53d7a..980f75391 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/KiwixWebView.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/KiwixWebView.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.web;
 
-import android.animation.Animator;
-import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.graphics.ColorMatrixColorFilter;
@@ -30,27 +28,25 @@ import android.os.Environment;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
-import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.ContextMenu;
-import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
-import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
-import android.view.ViewTreeObserver;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
+
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.KiwixMobileActivity;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.KiwixWebChromeClient;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.KiwixWebViewClient;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.R;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.WebViewCallback;
-import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.utils.DimenUtils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 public class KiwixWebView extends WebView {
 
@@ -126,8 +122,8 @@ public class KiwixWebView extends WebView {
     }
   };
 
-  public KiwixWebView(Context context, WebViewCallback callback) {
-    super(context);
+  public KiwixWebView(Context context, WebViewCallback callback, AttributeSet attrs) {
+    super(context, attrs);
     this.callback = callback;
     setWebViewClient(new KiwixWebViewClient(callback));
     setWebChromeClient(new KiwixWebChromeClient(callback));
@@ -207,5 +203,7 @@ public class KiwixWebView extends WebView {
     getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
     getSettings().setDisplayZoomControls(false);
   }
+
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView.java
index dee4f5a28..ef8e97b11 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.web;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ public class ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView extends KiwixWebView {
   private OnToolbarVisibilityChangeListener listener;
   private float startY;
 
-  public ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView(Context context, WebViewCallback callback, View toolbarView) {
-    super(context, callback);
+  public ToolbarScrollingKiwixWebView(Context context, WebViewCallback callback, View toolbarView, AttributeSet attrs) {
+    super(context, callback, attrs);
     this.toolbarView = toolbarView;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView.java
index 48c06523a..60a8966fa 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/views/web/ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.views.web;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.KiwixMobileActivity;
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ public class ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView extends KiwixWebView {
   private int statusBarHeight;
   private ViewGroup viewGroup;
 
-  public ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView(Context context, WebViewCallback callback, ViewGroup toolbarLayout) {
-    super(context, callback);
+  public ToolbarStaticKiwixWebView(Context context, WebViewCallback callback, ViewGroup toolbarLayout, AttributeSet attrs) {
+    super(context, callback, attrs);
     statusBarHeight = DimenUtils.getTranslucentStatusBarHeight(context);
     viewGroup = toolbarLayout;
     viewGroup.setTranslationY(statusBarHeight);