diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
index 39d69158c9..a0fbbc19d6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ function tinyMceService($rootScope, $q, imageHelper, $locale, $http, $timeout, s
 
                     body_class: 'umb-rte',
                     //see http://archive.tinymce.com/wiki.php/Configuration:cache_suffix
-                    cache_suffix: "?umb__rnd=" + Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.application.cacheBuster
+                    cache_suffix: "?umb__rnd=" + Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.application.cacheBuster,
+
+                    //this is used to style the inline macro bits, sorry hard coding this form now since we don't have a standalone
+                    //stylesheet to load in for this with only these styles (the color is @pinkLight)
+                    content_style: ".mce-content-body .umb-macro-holder { border: 3px dotted #f5c1bc; padding: 7px; display: block; margin: 3px; } .umb-rte .mce-content-body .umb-macro-holder.loading {background: url(assets/img/loader.gif) right no-repeat; background-size: 18px; background-position-x: 99%;}"
                 };
 
                 if (tinyMceConfig.customConfig) {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/rte.less b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/rte.less
index d9888eb9d3..ba8d02c1e1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/rte.less
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/rte.less
@@ -25,22 +25,6 @@
     padding:10px;
 }
 
-/* loader for macro loading in tinymce*/
-.mce-content-body .umb-macro-holder {
-    border: 3px dotted @pinkLight;
-    padding: 7px;
-    display: block;
-    margin: 3px;
-} 
-.umb-rte .mce-content-body .umb-macro-holder.loading {
-    
-    /*fixme: this image doesn't exist*/
-
-    background: url(img/loader.gif) right no-repeat;
-    background-size: 18px;
-    background-position-x: 99%;
-}
-
 .umb-rte .mce-container {
     box-sizing: border-box;
 }