diff --git a/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java b/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java
index a8947fdea6..d84c41b96b 100644
--- a/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java
+++ b/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009-2018 jMonkeyEngine
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2019 jMonkeyEngine
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ private RenderState.BlendMode convertBlend(final BlendMode blendMode) {
       } else if (blendMode == BlendMode.BLEND) {
           return RenderState.BlendMode.Alpha;
       } else if (blendMode == BlendMode.MULIPLY) {
-          return RenderState.BlendMode.Modulate;
+          return RenderState.BlendMode.Alpha;
       } else {
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
       }
diff --git a/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/RenderDeviceJme.java b/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/RenderDeviceJme.java
index ab0fc6659e..7390a32654 100644
--- a/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/RenderDeviceJme.java
+++ b/jme3-niftygui/src/main/java/com/jme3/niftygui/RenderDeviceJme.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009-2012 jMonkeyEngine
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2019 jMonkeyEngine
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ private RenderState.BlendMode convertBlend(BlendMode blendMode) {
         } else if (blendMode == BlendMode.BLEND) {
             return RenderState.BlendMode.Alpha;
         } else if (blendMode == BlendMode.MULIPLY) {
-            return RenderState.BlendMode.Modulate;
+            return RenderState.BlendMode.Alpha;
         } else {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }