diff --git a/CBFlashyTabBarController.podspec b/CBFlashyTabBarController.podspec
index 13b7151..61239a8 100644
--- a/CBFlashyTabBarController.podspec
+++ b/CBFlashyTabBarController.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name             = 'CBFlashyTabBarController'
-  s.version          = '0.8.2'
+  s.version          = '0.8.3'
   s.summary          = 'One another nice animated tabbar'
   s.homepage         = 'https://github.com/Cuberto/flashy-tabbar'
   s.license          = 'MIT'
diff --git a/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBar.swift b/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBar.swift
index 5d520b9..bcbb0c8 100644
--- a/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBar.swift
+++ b/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBar.swift
@@ -40,22 +40,6 @@ open class CBFlashyTabBar: UITabBar {
         }
     }
 
-    public override init(frame: CGRect) {
-        super.init(frame: frame)
-        configure()
-    }
-
-    public required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
-        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
-        configure()
-    }
-
-    private func configure() {
-        backgroundColor = UIColor.white
-        isTranslucent = false
-        barTintColor = UIColor.white
-    }
-
     open override var items: [UITabBarItem]? {
         didSet {
             reloadViews()
diff --git a/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBarController.swift b/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBarController.swift
index 5aad705..42c9e4a 100644
--- a/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBarController.swift
+++ b/CBFlashyTabBarController/Classes/CBFlashyTabBarController.swift
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ open class CBFlashyTabBarController: UITabBarController {
             return
         }
         let tabBar = CBFlashyTabBar()
-        tabBar.barTintColor = self.tabBar.barTintColor
+        if let barTint = self.tabBar.barTintColor {
+            tabBar.barTintColor = barTint
+        }
         self.setValue(tabBar, forKey: "tabBar")
     }
 
diff --git a/CBFlashyTabBarController/Info.plist b/CBFlashyTabBarController/Info.plist
index 278e1be..cf64a36 100644
--- a/CBFlashyTabBarController/Info.plist
+++ b/CBFlashyTabBarController/Info.plist
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>FMWK</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>0.8.2</string>
+	<string>0.8.3</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
 	<string>$(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)</string>
 </dict>
diff --git a/Example/AppDelegate.swift b/Example/AppDelegate.swift
index 926908a..d72fef3 100644
--- a/Example/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Example/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
     func application(_ application: UIApplication,
                      didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
         CBFlashyTabBar.appearance().tintColor = #colorLiteral(red: 0.1176470588, green: 0.1176470588, blue: 0.431372549, alpha: 1)
+        CBFlashyTabBar.appearance().barTintColor = .white
         return true
     }