diff --git a/resources/css/style.css b/resources/css/style.css
index 72f5903..3dfbdfb 100644
--- a/resources/css/style.css
+++ b/resources/css/style.css
@@ -149,7 +149,13 @@ QTabBar::tab:last {
 
 QTabBar::tab:last QToolButton {
     font-size: 30px;
-    margin-bottom: 5px;
+    width: 30px; min-width: 30px; max-width: 30px;
+    height: 30px; min-height:30px; max-height:30px;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+}
+
+QTabBar::tab:last QToolButton::hover {
+    background-color: grey;
 }
 
 /* -----------------------------------------
diff --git a/resources/icons/new-tab-icon.svg b/resources/icons/new-tab-icon.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..748aaff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/icons/new-tab-icon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg version="1.1" id="Capa_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="93.562px" height="93.562px" viewBox="0 0 93.562 93.562" style="enable-background:new 0 0 93.562 93.562;" xml:space="preserve"><g><path d="M87.952,41.17l-36.386,0.11V5.61c0-3.108-2.502-5.61-5.61-5.61c-3.107,0-5.61,2.502-5.61,5.61l0.11,35.561H5.61 c-3.108,0-5.61,2.502-5.61,5.61c0,3.107,2.502,5.609,5.61,5.609h34.791v35.562c0,3.106,2.502,5.61,5.61,5.61c3.108,0,5.61-2.504,5.61-5.61V52.391h36.331c3.108,0,5.61-2.504,5.61-5.61C93.562,43.672,91.032,41.17,87.952,41.17z"/></g></svg>
diff --git a/resources/kiwix.qrc b/resources/kiwix.qrc
index 89527a7..1c420a7 100644
--- a/resources/kiwix.qrc
+++ b/resources/kiwix.qrc
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
         <file>icons/play-button.png</file>
         <file>icons/pause-button.png</file>
         <file>icons/cancel-button.png</file>
+        <file>icons/new-tab-icon.svg</file>
     </qresource>
     <qresource lang="fr" prefix="/">
         <file alias="texts/about.html">texts/fr/about.html</file>
diff --git a/src/tabbar.cpp b/src/tabbar.cpp
index 56535e5..4d2e285 100644
--- a/src/tabbar.cpp
+++ b/src/tabbar.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void TabBar::setNewTabButton()
 {
     QToolButton *tb = new QToolButton();
     tb->setDefaultAction(KiwixApp::instance()->getAction(KiwixApp::NewTabAction));
-    tb->setText("+");
+    tb->setIcon(QIcon(":/icons/new-tab-icon.svg"));
     addTab("");
     setTabEnabled(1, false);
     setTabButton(1, QTabBar::LeftSide, tb);