diff --git a/bin/css/style.css b/bin/css/style.css
index d3384f6e176a98a4d071a178197dfcc1522a7f51..c2175020b4d37a1a68e3c6d7d57d6fd9b06771c5 100644
--- a/bin/css/style.css
+++ b/bin/css/style.css
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ a.toTop:before {
 /******************************/
 .topbar-right > .quiqqer-bricks-languageswitch-dropdown {
     height: 100%;
+    flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -620,6 +621,37 @@ a.toTop:before {
     height: 100%;
 }
 
+.quiqqer-control-languageswitch-dropdown-dd-entry:hover {
+    color: inherit;
+}
+
+.quiqqer-control-languageswitch-dropdown-dd {
+    box-shadow: 0 7px 22px -5px rgba(48, 60, 72, 0.2);
+}
+
+/*******************/
+/* Currency switch */
+/*******************/
+/*
+1. because `.cologne-header` has z-index 99, we must set this control to 100
+*/
+.topbar-right .quiqqer-currency-switch {
+    z-index: 100; /* 1 */
+    height: 100%;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    padding-right: 0.5em;
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.quiqqer-currency-switch-dd {
+    box-shadow: 0 7px 22px -5px rgba(48, 60, 72, 0.2);
+}
+
+.quiqqer-currency-switch-sign {
+    font-size: 1.2rem;
+}
+
 /***************************/
 /* template product search */
 /***************************/
diff --git a/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.css b/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.css
index 85fa4fb203f8f65d3dc7370e735423b81cc364d5..b4f9baccc7172cffed02daacb23bd9e0fa0b6e32 100644
--- a/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.css
+++ b/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.css
@@ -1,115 +1,23 @@
-.currency-switch {
-    align-items: center;
-    display: inline-flex;
-    height: 100%;
-    position: relative;
-}
-
-.lcs-button {
-    cursor: pointer;
-    white-space: nowrap;
-}
-
-.lcs-button.lcs-button__no-hover {
+/**********/
+/* button */
+/**********/
+.quiqqer-currency-switch-display.placeholder {
+    opacity: 0.5;
     cursor: default;
 }
 
-.lcs-button.lcs-button__no-hover:hover {
-    color: inherit;
-}
-
-.lcs-button.lcs-button__no-hover:hover .lcs-button-currency-code.text-muted {
-    color: #9ba3ad;
-}
-
-.lcs-button.lcs-button__no-hover .fa {
-    display: none;
-}
-
-.lcs-button-flag {
-    border-right: 1px solid #ddd;
-    padding: 0 1rem;
-}
-
-.lcs-button-currency {
-    font-weight: 300;
-    margin: 0 1rem;
-}
-
-.lcs-button-currency-sign {
-
-}
-
-/* loader */
-.qui-loader-inner > div {
-    align-items: center;
-    display: flex;
-    justify-content: center;
-}
-
-.qui-loader-inner .qui-loader-inner-fa-circle-o-notch .fa-spin,
-.qui-loader-inner .qui-loader-inner-fa-gear .fa-spin,
-.qui-loader-inner .qui-loader-inner-fa-refresh .fa-spin,
-.qui-loader-inner .qui-loader-inner-fa-spinner .fa-spin {
-    font-size: 1.5rem;
-    position: initial;
-    top: 0;
-}
-
-/********/
-/* menu */
-/********/
-.lcs-menu-wrapper {
-    bottom: 0;
-    position: absolute;
-    right: 0;
-}
-
-.lcs-menu {
-    background: #fff;
-    border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);
-    box-shadow: 0 7px 22px -5px rgba(48, 60, 72, 0.2);
-    min-width: 200px;
-    padding: 16px 20px;
+/* custom loader */
+.quiqqer-currency-switch-customLoader {
     position: absolute;
-    right: 0;
-    z-index: 1001;
-}
-
-.lcs-menu:focus {
-    border: 1px solid red !important;
-}
-
-/* currency */
-.lcs-menu .quiqqer-currency-switch {
-    border: 1px solid #ddd;
-    border-radius: 0.25rem;
-    display: flex;
-    float: none;
-    position: relative;
-    /*line-height: 40px;*/
-    /*height: 40px;*/
-}
-
-.quiqqer-currency-switch.button {
-    align-items: center;
-    display: flex;
-    padding: 0 10px;
-    width: 100%;
-}
-
-.quiqqer-currency-switch .quiqqer-currency-switch-arrow {
-    margin-left: auto;
-    position: initial;
+    font-size: 1.5em;
+    left: calc(50% - 0.75em);
 }
 
-/* currency  */
-.quiqqer-currency-switch-dd {
-    border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221) !important;
-    box-shadow: 0 7px 22px -5px rgba(48, 60, 72, 0.2) !important;
-    display: none;
+/* styling from: packages/quiqqer/currency/bin/controls/Switch.css to avoid jumping effect */
+.quiqqer-currency-switch-sign.placeholder {
+    margin-right: 0.5em;
 }
 
-.quiqqer-currency-switch-dd:after {
-    display: none;
+.quiqqer-currency-switch-display.placeholder {
+    display: inline;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.html b/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.html
index 3d445797653bd1ec78589f1d17c23f2ec3f039bc..cf194544435c099568b75ede71180207023c6b00 100644
--- a/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.html
+++ b/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.html
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-<div class="lcs-button">
-    {if $currencySwitch}
-    <span class="lcs-button-currency" title="{$DefaultCurrency->getText()}">
-        <span class="lcs-button-currency-sign">{$DefaultCurrency->getSign()}</span>
-        <span class="lcs-button-currency-code text-muted">{$DefaultCurrency->getCode()}</span>
-    </span>
-    {/if}
-
-    {if $enableChange}
-    <span class="fa fa-caret-down"></span>
-    {/if}
-</div>
-
-<div class="lcs-menu-wrapper"></div>
\ No newline at end of file
+{strip}
+    <div class="quiqqer-currency-switch-display placeholder" title="{$DefaultCurrency->getText()}">
+        <span class="quiqqer-currency-switch-sign placeholder">{$DefaultCurrency->getSign()}</span>
+        <span class="quiqqer-currency-switch-code placeholder">{$DefaultCurrency->getCode()}</span>
+    </div>
+{*    <span class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-fw quiqqer-currency-switch-customLoader"></span>*}
+{/strip}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.php b/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.php
index 7ea23846077e4f99d88c3dc32500ad71079d8152..e447122ee59c825aec8b622458055fdc37bff395 100644
--- a/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.php
+++ b/src/QUI/TemplateCologne/Controls/CurrencySwitch.php
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ class CurrencySwitch extends QUI\Control
     public function __construct($attributes = [])
     {
         $this->setAttributes([
-            'class'               => 'currency-switch',
-//            'data-qui'            => 'package/quiqqer/template-cologne/bin/javascript/controls/CurrencySwitch',
+            'class'               => 'quiqqer-currency-switch',
             'userRelatedCurrency' => 1, // 1 / 0 -> is user allowed to change currency?
         ]);
 
-        $this->addCSSFile(dirname(__FILE__) . '/CurrencySwitch.css');
+        $this->addCSSFile(dirname(__FILE__).'/CurrencySwitch.css');
 
         parent::__construct($attributes);
     }
@@ -40,32 +39,27 @@ public function __construct($attributes = [])
      */
     public function getBody()
     {
-        $Engine       = QUI::getTemplateManager()->getEngine();
-        $enableChange = false;
+        $Engine = QUI::getTemplateManager()->getEngine();
 
-        // is user allowed to change currency?
-        $currencySwitch = false;
-        $userrelatedcurrency = 0;
+        $this->setJavaScriptControlOption('buttonshowsign', 1);
+        $this->setJavaScriptControlOption('dropdownshowsign', 1);
+        $this->setJavaScriptControlOption('showarrow', 0);
+        $this->setJavaScriptControlOption('showloader', 0);
+        $this->setJavaScriptControlOption('dropdownposition', 'right');
 
+        // is user allowed to change currency?
         if ($this->isCurrencySwitchAllowed()) {
             try {
                 $Package = QUI::getPackage('quiqqer/erp');
                 $Config  = $Package->getConfig();
 
                 if ($Config->getValue('general', 'userRelatedCurrency')) {
-                    $userrelatedcurrency = 1;
-                    $currencySwitch = true;
+                    $this->setJavaScriptControl('package/quiqqer/currency/bin/controls/Switch');
                 }
             } catch (QUI\Exception $Exception) {
                 QUI\System\Log::writeException($Exception);
             }
         }
-        $this->setJavaScriptControlOption('userrelatedcurrency', $userrelatedcurrency);
-
-
-        if ($currencySwitch) {
-            $enableChange = true;
-        }
 
         $Currency = QUI\ERP\Currency\Handler::getDefaultCurrency();
 
@@ -75,12 +69,10 @@ public function getBody()
 
         $Engine->assign([
             'this'            => $this,
-            'currencySwitch'  => $currencySwitch,
             'DefaultCurrency' => $Currency,
-            'enableChange'    => $enableChange
         ]);
 
-        return $Engine->fetch(dirname(__FILE__) . '/CurrencySwitch.html');
+        return $Engine->fetch(dirname(__FILE__).'/CurrencySwitch.html');
     }
 
     /**