diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/css/themes/element/call.css b/src/platform/web/ui/css/themes/element/call.css
index c0f1550e..3efe3c56 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/css/themes/element/call.css
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/css/themes/element/call.css
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 }
 
 .CallView_error {
-    color: red;
-    font-weight: bold;
     align-self: start;
     justify-self: center;
     margin: 16px;
+    /** Chrome (v100) requires this to make the buttons clickable
+     * where they overlap with the video element, even though
+     * the buttons come later in the DOM. */
+    z-index: 1;
 }
 
 .CallView_members {