diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserActivity.kt
index 31476d35625f..109a2a607624 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserActivity.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.net.Uri
-import android.os.Build
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager
 import android.text.Editable
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ class BrowserActivity : DuckDuckGoActivity(), BookmarkDialogCreationListener {
 
     @Inject
     lateinit var viewModelFactory: ViewModelFactory
-    
+
     @Inject
     lateinit var cookieManagerProvider: Provider<CookieManager>
 
@@ -99,8 +98,8 @@ class BrowserActivity : DuckDuckGoActivity(), BookmarkDialogCreationListener {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
 
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_browser)
+
         createPopupMenu()
-        createWebView()
         configureObservers()
         configureToolbar()
         configureWebView()
@@ -126,17 +125,6 @@ class BrowserActivity : DuckDuckGoActivity(), BookmarkDialogCreationListener {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun createWebView() {
-        webView = NestedWebView(this)
-        webView.gone()
-        webView.isFocusableInTouchMode = true
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
-            webView.focusable = View.FOCUSABLE
-        }
-
-        webViewContainer.addView(webView)
-    }
-
     private fun configureObservers() {
         viewModel.viewState.observe(this, Observer<BrowserViewModel.ViewState> {
             it?.let { render(it) }
@@ -345,6 +333,7 @@ class BrowserActivity : DuckDuckGoActivity(), BookmarkDialogCreationListener {
 
     @SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
     private fun configureWebView() {
+        webView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.include_duckduckgo_browser_webview, webViewContainer, true).findViewById(R.id.browserWebView) as WebView
         webView.webViewClient = webViewClient
         webView.webChromeClient = webChromeClient
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/NestedWebView.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/NestedWebView.kt
index 5d3173270302..57ab51aa1179 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/NestedWebView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/NestedWebView.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import android.webkit.WebView
  * Based on https://github.com/takahirom/webview-in-coordinatorlayout
  */
 class NestedWebView : WebView, NestedScrollingChild {
-
     private var lastY: Int = 0
     private val scrollOffset = IntArray(2)
     private val scrollConsumed = IntArray(2)
@@ -39,9 +38,8 @@ class NestedWebView : WebView, NestedScrollingChild {
     private var nestedScrollHelper: NestedScrollingChildHelper = NestedScrollingChildHelper(this)
 
     constructor(context: Context) : this(context, null)
-    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?) : this(context, attrs, 0)
-    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyleAttr: Int) : super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr) {
-        nestedScrollHelper = NestedScrollingChildHelper(this)
+    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?) : super(context, attrs)
+    {
         isNestedScrollingEnabled = true
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/include_duckduckgo_browser_webview.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/include_duckduckgo_browser_webview.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6041a4c73d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/include_duckduckgo_browser_webview.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2018 DuckDuckGo
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<com.duckduckgo.app.browser.NestedWebView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    android:id="@+id/browserWebView"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:fadeScrollbars="true"
+    android:focusable="true"
+    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
+    android:scrollbarSize="4dp"
+    android:scrollbarStyle="outsideInset"
+    android:scrollbarThumbHorizontal="@color/webViewScrollbarThumbColor"
+    android:scrollbarThumbVertical="@color/webViewScrollbarThumbColor"
+    android:scrollbarTrackHorizontal="@color/webViewScrollbarTrackColor"
+    android:scrollbarTrackVertical="@color/webViewScrollbarTrackColor"
+    android:visibility="gone"
+    tools:visibility="visible">
+
+</com.duckduckgo.app.browser.NestedWebView>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
index 777c6e5c9ff5..dceab7c037c8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@
 
     <color name="white_two">#e4e4e4</color>
 
+    <color name="webViewScrollbarTrackColor">#FF333333</color>
+    <color name="webViewScrollbarThumbColor">#FFABABAB</color>
+
 </resources>