diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss
index dd27b33c3aa..c660b8d6605 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss
@@ -664,3 +664,7 @@ td .dropdown-menu > li > a.disabled:hover,
 td .dropdown-menu > li > a.disabled:focus {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
+
+span.btn a.disabled {
+ color: #8b8d8f;
+}
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 285ac8dffa0..7b47676899f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -231,7 +231,10 @@ def action_buttons(*args)
     return if args.blank?
 
     # single button
-    return content_tag(:span, args[0].html_safe, :class => 'btn btn-sm btn-default') if args.length == 1
+    if args.length == 1
+      action = args[0].is_a?(Hash) ? args[0][:content] : args[0]
+      return content_tag(:span, action.html_safe, :class => 'btn btn-sm btn-default')
+    end
 
     # multiple buttons
     primary = args.delete_at(0).html_safe