diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/button.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/button.lua
index b954346d2..6a2c0169b 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/button.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/button.lua
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ end
 
 function Button:onTapSelectButton()
     if self.enabled and self.callback then
-        self[1].invert = true
-        -- NOTE: Nope, this breaks the FM, by only refreshing the buttons themselves :D.
-        --[[
-        UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
-            return {self[1].dimen}
-        end
-        --]]
-        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+        UIManager:scheduleIn(0.0, function()
+            self[1].invert = true
+            UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
+                return {self[1].dimen}
+            end
+            UIManager.repaint_all = true -- FIXME: Why?
+            UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+        end)
         UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
             self.callback()
             self[1].invert = false
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua
index 808752b72..8871fccbf 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/iconbutton.lua
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ function IconButton:initGesListener()
 end
 
 function IconButton:onTapClickButton()
-    self.image.invert = true
-    UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
-        return {self[1].dimen}
-    end
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    UIManager:scheduleIn(0.0, function()
+        self.image.invert = true
+        UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
+            return {self[1].dimen}
+        end
+        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    end)
     -- make sure button reacts before doing callback
     UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
         self.callback()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
index 6bc4a0728..53e85ac10 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
@@ -95,11 +95,13 @@ function TouchMenuItem:onTapSelect(arg, ges)
     end
     if enabled == false then return end
 
-    self.item_frame.invert = true
-    UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
-        return {self.dimen}
-    end
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    UIManager:scheduleIn(0.0, function()
+        self.item_frame.invert = true
+        UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
+            return {self.dimen}
+        end
+        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    end)
     UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
         self.menu:onMenuSelect(self.item)
     end)
@@ -117,11 +119,13 @@ function TouchMenuItem:onHoldSelect(arg, ges)
     end
     if enabled == false then return end
 
-    self.item_frame.invert = true
-    UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
-        return {self.dimen}
-    end
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    UIManager:scheduleIn(0.0, function()
+        self.item_frame.invert = true
+        UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
+            return {self.dimen}
+        end
+        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    end)
     UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
         self.menu:onMenuHold(self.item)
     end)
@@ -454,7 +458,7 @@ function TouchMenu:updateItems()
     self.page_info_right_chev:enableDisable(self.page < self.page_num)
     self.time_info.text = os.date("%H:%M").." @ "..Device:getPowerDevice():getCapacity().."%"
     -- FIXME: this is a dirty hack to clear previous menus
-    -- refert to issue #664
+    -- refer to issue #664 (in kindlepdfviewer)
     UIManager.repaint_all = true
 end
 
@@ -533,7 +537,7 @@ function TouchMenu:onMenuSelect(item)
                 callback = item.callback_func()
             end
             if callback then
-                -- put stuff in scheduler so we can See
+                -- put stuff in scheduler so we can see
                 -- the effect of inverted menu item
                 UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
                     self:closeMenu()