diff --git a/lib/widgets/icon_dismissable.dart b/lib/widgets/icon_dismissable.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e74fdaa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/widgets/icon_dismissable.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+class IconDismissable extends Dismissible {
+  final Color backgroundColor;
+  final IconData iconData;
+
+  IconDismissable({
+    @required Key key,
+    @required this.backgroundColor,
+    @required this.iconData,
+    @required Function onDismissed,
+    @required Widget child,
+  }) : super(
+          key: key,
+          child: child,
+          onDismissed: onDismissed,
+          background: Container(
+            color: backgroundColor,
+            alignment: AlignmentDirectional.centerStart,
+            child: Padding(
+              padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
+              child: Icon(
+                Icons.delete,
+                color: Colors.white,
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+          secondaryBackground: Container(
+            color: backgroundColor,
+            alignment: AlignmentDirectional.centerEnd,
+            child: Padding(
+              padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0.0, 0.0, 16.0, 0.0),
+              child: Icon(
+                Icons.delete,
+                color: Colors.white,
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+}
diff --git a/lib/widgets/journal_list.dart b/lib/widgets/journal_list.dart
index 6a8da048..5d357684 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/journal_list.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/journal_list.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:journal/note.dart';
 import 'package:journal/state_container.dart';
 import 'package:journal/utils.dart';
 import 'package:journal/utils/markdown.dart';
+import 'package:journal/widgets/icon_dismissable.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart';
 
 typedef void NoteSelectedFunction(int noteIndex);
@@ -48,31 +49,11 @@ class JournalList extends StatelessWidget {
         }
 
         var note = notes[i];
-        return Dismissible(
+        return IconDismissable(
           key: ValueKey("JournalList_" + note.filePath),
           child: _buildRow(context, note, i),
-          background: Container(
-            color: Colors.red[700],
-            alignment: AlignmentDirectional.centerStart,
-            child: Padding(
-              padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
-              child: Icon(
-                Icons.delete,
-                color: Colors.white,
-              ),
-            ),
-          ),
-          secondaryBackground: Container(
-            color: Colors.red[700],
-            alignment: AlignmentDirectional.centerEnd,
-            child: Padding(
-              padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0.0, 0.0, 16.0, 0.0),
-              child: Icon(
-                Icons.delete,
-                color: Colors.white,
-              ),
-            ),
-          ),
+          backgroundColor: Colors.red[800],
+          iconData: Icons.delete,
           onDismissed: (direction) {
             final stateContainer = StateContainer.of(context);
             stateContainer.removeNote(note);