diff --git a/src/app/main/header/header.component.ts b/src/app/main/header/header.component.ts
index 79969c4982..e869e22c7e 100644
--- a/src/app/main/header/header.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/header/header.component.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class HeaderComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         private _session: SessionService
     ) {
 
-        // create tool icons to use them in mat-icons
+        // create own logo icon to use them in mat-icons
         this._matIconRegistry.addSvgIcon(
             'dasch_icon_black',
             this._domSanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('/assets/images/dasch-icon-black.svg')
diff --git a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/add-region-form/add-region-form.component.html b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/add-region-form/add-region-form.component.html
index df0675aa32..1012a91335 100644
--- a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/add-region-form/add-region-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/add-region-form/add-region-form.component.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <form [formGroup]="regionForm" class="form-content small-form">
     <mat-form-field class="medium-field">
-        <mat-label>Label *</mat-label>
+        <mat-label>Label</mat-label>
         <input matInput formControlName="label">
     </mat-form-field>
     <mat-form-field class="medium-field">
-        <mat-label>Comment *</mat-label>
+        <mat-label>Comment</mat-label>
         <textarea matInput rows="7" formControlName="comment"></textarea>
     </mat-form-field>
     <mat-form-field class="medium-field without-border">
diff --git a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.html b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.html
index 5587fa61a1..3e60c3308e 100644
--- a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.html
+++ b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                 <mat-icon>fullscreen</mat-icon>
             </button>
             <button mat-icon-button id="DSP_OSD_DRAW_REGION" matTooltip="Draw Region" (click)="drawButtonClicked()">
-                <mat-icon>edit</mat-icon>
+                <mat-icon svgIcon="draw_region_icon"></mat-icon>
             </button>
         </span>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.spec.ts b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.spec.ts
index 117cf22da5..691a55edf5 100644
--- a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { MatDialogModule } from '@angular/material/dialog';
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { MatSnackBarModule } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
 import { MatToolbarModule } from '@angular/material/toolbar';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { Constants, ReadGeomValue, ReadResource, ReadValue } from '@dasch-swiss/dsp-js';
 import { AppInitService } from 'src/app/app-init.service';
 import { DspApiConnectionToken } from 'src/app/main/declarations/dsp-api-tokens';
@@ -120,8 +122,13 @@ describe('StillImageComponent', () => {
         };
 
         TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-            declarations: [StillImageComponent, TestHostComponent],
+            declarations: [
+                StillImageComponent,
+                TestHostComponent
+            ],
             imports: [
+                BrowserAnimationsModule,
+                HttpClientModule,
                 MatDialogModule,
                 MatIconModule,
                 MatSnackBarModule,
diff --git a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.ts b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.ts
index 4332b749b2..e11152b7cf 100644
--- a/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/workspace/resource/representation/still-image/still-image.component.ts
@@ -10,23 +10,31 @@ import {
     SimpleChanges
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { MatDialog, MatDialogConfig } from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { MatIconRegistry } from '@angular/material/icon';
+import { DomSanitizer } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {
-    Constants, CreateColorValue, CreateGeomValue, CreateLinkValue,
-    CreateResource, CreateTextValueAsString, KnoraApiConnection,
-    Point2D, ReadColorValue, ReadFileValue,
+    Constants,
+    CreateColorValue,
+    CreateGeomValue,
+    CreateLinkValue,
+    CreateResource,
+    CreateTextValueAsString,
+    KnoraApiConnection,
+    Point2D,
+    ReadColorValue,
+    ReadFileValue,
     ReadGeomValue,
     ReadResource,
     ReadStillImageFileValue,
-    ReadValue,
     RegionGeometry
 } from '@dasch-swiss/dsp-js';
+import * as OpenSeadragon from 'openseadragon';
 import { DspApiConnectionToken } from 'src/app/main/declarations/dsp-api-tokens';
 import { DialogComponent } from 'src/app/main/dialog/dialog.component';
 import { ErrorHandlerService } from 'src/app/main/error/error-handler.service';
+import { NotificationService } from 'src/app/main/services/notification.service';
 import { DspCompoundPosition } from '../../dsp-resource';
 import { FileRepresentation } from '../file-representation';
-import * as OpenSeadragon from 'openseadragon';
-import { NotificationService } from 'src/app/main/services/notification.service';
 
 
 /**
@@ -119,15 +127,23 @@ export class StillImageComponent implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
 
     constructor(
         @Inject(DspApiConnectionToken) private _dspApiConnection: KnoraApiConnection,
-        private _elementRef: ElementRef,
         private _dialog: MatDialog,
+        private _domSanitizer: DomSanitizer,
+        private _elementRef: ElementRef,
         private _errorHandler: ErrorHandlerService,
+        private _matIconRegistry: MatIconRegistry,
         private _notification: NotificationService
     ) {
         OpenSeadragon.setString('Tooltips.Home', '');
         OpenSeadragon.setString('Tooltips.ZoomIn', '');
         OpenSeadragon.setString('Tooltips.ZoomOut', '');
         OpenSeadragon.setString('Tooltips.FullPage', '');
+
+        // own draw region icon; because it does not exist in the material icons
+        this._matIconRegistry.addSvgIcon(
+            'draw_region_icon',
+            this._domSanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('/assets/images/draw-region-icon.svg')
+        );
     }
     /**
      * calculates the surface of a rectangular region.
diff --git a/src/assets/images/draw-region-icon.svg b/src/assets/images/draw-region-icon.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8192422b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assets/images/draw-region-icon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+
+<svg width="375" height="375" viewBox="0 0 375 375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" baseProfile="full">
+    <g transform="scale(1.000000,-1.000000) translate(0,-375)">
+        <path d="M 142.235853 250.725275 L 17.000000 250.725275 L 33.000000 266.725275 L 33.000000 17.000000 L 17.000000 33.000000 L 267.549451 33.000000 L 251.549451 17.000000 L 251.549451 142.625782 C 251.549451 151.462338 258.712895 158.625782 267.549451 158.625782 C 276.386007 158.625782 283.549451 151.462338 283.549451 142.625782 L 283.549451 17.000000 C 283.549451 8.163444 276.386007 1.000000 267.549451 1.000000 L 17.000000 1.000000 C 8.163444 1.000000 1.000000 8.163444 1.000000 17.000000 L 1.000000 266.725275 C 1.000000 275.561831 8.163444 282.725275 17.000000 282.725275 L 142.235853 282.725275 C 151.072409 282.725275 158.235853 275.561831 158.235853 266.725275 C 158.235853 257.888719 151.072409 250.725275 142.235853 250.725275 Z" transform="scale(1.000000,1.000000) translate(45.264147,44.874218)" opacity="1.000000"></path>
+        <path d="M 1.000000 39.300067 L 1.000000 1.000000 L 39.494731 1.000000 L 153.028519 113.959670 L 114.533788 152.259737 L 1.000000 39.300067 Z M 182.797774 143.578385 C 186.801226 147.561592 186.801226 153.996003 182.797774 157.979210 L 158.777063 181.878451 C 154.773611 185.861658 148.306496 185.861658 144.303044 181.878451 L 125.517615 163.188018 L 164.012346 124.887950 L 182.797775 143.578384 Z" transform="scale(1.000000,1.000000) translate(124.882343,124.387239)" opacity="1.000000"></path>
+    </g>
+</svg>
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