diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/votes.js b/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
index 7f8a08b500..6f4c624492 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ define('forum/topic/votes', [
 					message: html,
 					className: 'vote-modal',
 					show: true,
+					onEscape: true,
+					backdrop: true,
 				});
 
 				dialog.on('click', function () {
diff --git a/public/src/modules/topicThumbs.js b/public/src/modules/topicThumbs.js
index c7f7c10898..465bd518bd 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/topicThumbs.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/topicThumbs.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ define('topicThumbs', [
 					modal = bootbox.dialog({
 						title: '[[modules:thumbs.modal.title]]',
 						message: html,
+						onEscape: true,
+						backdrop: true,
 						buttons: {
 							add: {
 								label: '<i class="fa fa-plus"></i> [[modules:thumbs.modal.add]]',