diff --git a/css/general/formatting.css b/css/general/formatting.css
index b69199c7704ce729145fbdbb8923e188a01ce222..57384d6b541048ab30577a90dca538ea7dfb2db4 100644
--- a/css/general/formatting.css
+++ b/css/general/formatting.css
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-/* strong is deprecated, use bold instead */
-.major-link, .bold, .strong {
+/* strong & bold are deprecated, use custom classes instead */
+/* :not(.defiant) : quick fix to make defiant styles look correct */
+.major-link, .bold:not(.defiant), .strong {
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
diff --git a/css/general/textColors.css b/css/general/textColors.css
index bb6a8c0d6394b65ede67dbfaaed9934233aef6f8..5615ce5c6f0103597ece5cfd5ab74dac4698303c 100644
--- a/css/general/textColors.css
+++ b/css/general/textColors.css
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     color: orange
 }
 
-.orangered, .orangered a, .defiant.inc, .defiant.inc a, .defiant.bold, .defiant.bold, .education.neg a, .unintelligent {
+.orangered, .orangered a, .defiant.inc, .defiant.inc a, .defiant.bold, .defiant.bold a, .education.neg a, .unintelligent {
     color: orangered
 }