diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index f2d986118e..34c08fb7f1 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ label.infield { cursor: text !important; }
 #navigation { position:fixed; top:3.5em; float:left; width:64px; padding:0; z-index:75; height:100%; background:#30343a url('../img/noise.png') repeat; border-right:1px #333 solid; -moz-box-shadow:0 0 7px #000; -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 7px #000; box-shadow:0 0 7px #000; overflow:hidden;}
 #navigation a { display:block; padding:8px 0 4px; text-decoration:none; font-size:10px; text-align:center; color:#000; text-shadow:#444 0 1px 0; }
 #navigation .icon { width:32px; height:32px; background-position:0 0; background-repeat:no-repeat; margin:0 16px 0; }
-/*#navigation li:hover div { background-position:-32px 0; } hover & active effect, activate when icons are sprited*/
-#navigation li:first-child { padding-top:8px; }
+#navigation li:hover div, #navigation li a.active div { background-position:-32px 0; }
+#navigation li:first-child a { padding-top:16px; }
 #navigation a img { display:block; width:32px; height:32px; margin:0 auto; }
 #navigation a.active, #navigation a:hover, #navigation a:focus { color:#888; text-shadow:#000 0 -1px 0; }
 #navigation a.active {  }
diff --git a/core/img/places/files.svg b/core/img/places/files.svg
index e2db10ed36..617b0422de 100644
--- a/core/img/places/files.svg
+++ b/core/img/places/files.svg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
    xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
    width="64"
@@ -14,12 +15,34 @@
    id="svg3349"
    version="1.1"
    inkscape:version="0.48.3.1 r9886"
-   sodipodi:docname="home.svg"
+   sodipodi:docname="files.svg"
    inkscape:export-filename="home.png"
    inkscape:export-xdpi="90"
    inkscape:export-ydpi="90">
   <defs
-     id="defs3351" />
+     id="defs3351">
+    <linearGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
+       id="linearGradient3754">
+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:1;"
+         offset="0"
+         id="stop3756" />
+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0;"
+         offset="1"
+         id="stop3758" />
+    </linearGradient>
+    <linearGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
+       xlink:href="#linearGradient3754"
+       id="linearGradient3760"
+       x1="-525.16077"
+       y1="-108.10512"
+       x2="-525.57147"
+       y2="-44.355114"
+       gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" />
+  </defs>
   <sodipodi:namedview
      id="base"
      pagecolor="#ffffff"
@@ -28,8 +51,8 @@
      inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
      inkscape:pageshadow="2"
      inkscape:zoom="11.2"
-     inkscape:cx="32.824304"
-     inkscape:cy="7.991749"
+     inkscape:cx="33.002875"
+     inkscape:cy="-13.436822"
      inkscape:document-units="px"
      inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
      showgrid="false"
@@ -50,7 +73,7 @@
         <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
         <dc:type
            rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
-        <dc:title></dc:title>
+        <dc:title />
       </cc:Work>
     </rdf:RDF>
   </metadata>
@@ -73,7 +96,7 @@
        inkscape:connector-curvature="0"
        d="m -525.14286,-108.23534 -16,15.938823 6,0 0,12.0002 20,0 0,-12.0002 6,0 -6,-6.061183 0,-7.93905 -6,0 0,2.16234 -4,-4.10093 z"
        id="path3328"
-       style="opacity:0.3;fill:#ffffff;fill-opacity:1;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:none;stroke-width:1;marker:none;visibility:visible;display:inline;overflow:visible;enable-background:accumulate" />
+       style="opacity:0.50000000000000000;fill:url(#linearGradient3760);fill-opacity:1;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:none;stroke-width:1;marker:none;visibility:visible;display:inline;overflow:visible;enable-background:accumulate" />
     <path
        style="opacity:0.9;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:none;stroke-width:1;marker:none;visibility:visible;display:inline;overflow:visible;enable-background:accumulate"
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