diff --git a/dist/mermaid.js b/dist/mermaid.js
index a4a529fa74..f748b0dd73 100644
--- a/dist/mermaid.js
+++ b/dist/mermaid.js
@@ -57846,6 +57846,7 @@ exports.drawText = function (elem, textData, width) {
     //span.attr('x', textData.x);
     span.attr('x', textData.x + textData.textMargin * 2);
     //span.attr('dy', textData.dy);
+    span.attr("fill", textData.fill);
     span.text(nText);
     if (typeof textElem.textwrap !== 'undefined') {
 
@@ -57861,17 +57862,16 @@ exports.drawText = function (elem, textData, width) {
 };
 
 exports.drawLabel = function (elem, txtObject) {
-    var rectData = exports.getNoteRect();
-    rectData.x = txtObject.x;
-    rectData.y = txtObject.y;
-    rectData.width = 50;
-    rectData.height = 20;
-    rectData.fill = '#526e52';
-    rectData.stroke = 'none';
-    rectData['class'] = 'labelBox';
-    //rectData.color = 'white';
-
-    exports.drawRect(elem, rectData);
+    function genPoints(x, y, width, height, cut) {
+        return x + "," + y + " " +
+            (x + width) + "," + y + " " +
+            (x + width) + "," + (y + height - cut) + " " +
+            (x + width - cut * 1.2) + "," + (y + height) + " " +
+            (x) + "," + (y + height);
+    }
+    var polygon = elem.append("polygon");
+    polygon.attr("points" , genPoints(txtObject.x, txtObject.y, 50, 20, 7));
+    polygon.attr("style", "fill:#526e52;stroke:none");
 
     txtObject.y = txtObject.y + txtObject.labelMargin;
     txtObject.x = txtObject.x + 0.5 * txtObject.labelMargin;
@@ -57938,14 +57938,14 @@ exports.drawActivation = function (elem, bounds, verticalPos) {
 exports.drawLoop = function (elem, bounds, labelText, conf) {
     var g = elem.append('g');
     var drawLoopLine = function drawLoopLine(startx, starty, stopx, stopy) {
-        g.append('line').attr('x1', startx).attr('y1', starty).attr('x2', stopx).attr('y2', stopy).attr('stroke-width', 2).attr('stroke', '#526e52').attr('class', 'loopLine');
+        return g.append('line').attr('x1', startx).attr('y1', starty).attr('x2', stopx).attr('y2', stopy).attr('stroke-width', 2).attr('stroke', '#526e52').attr('class', 'loopLine');
     };
     drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.starty, bounds.stopx, bounds.starty);
     drawLoopLine(bounds.stopx, bounds.starty, bounds.stopx, bounds.stopy);
     drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.stopy, bounds.stopx, bounds.stopy);
     drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.starty, bounds.startx, bounds.stopy);
     if (typeof bounds.elsey !== 'undefined') {
-        drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.elsey, bounds.stopx, bounds.elsey);
+        drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.elsey, bounds.stopx, bounds.elsey).style('stroke-dasharray', '3, 3');
     }
 
     var txt = exports.getTextObj();
@@ -57967,7 +57967,7 @@ exports.drawLoop = function (elem, bounds, labelText, conf) {
 
     exports.drawText(g, txt);
 
-    if (typeof bounds.elseText !== 'undefined') {
+    if (typeof bounds.elseText !== 'undefined' && bounds.elseText !== "") {
         txt.text = '[ ' + bounds.elseText + ' ]';
         txt.y = bounds.elsey + 1.5 * conf.boxMargin;
         exports.drawText(g, txt);
@@ -59155,4 +59155,4 @@ var isSubstringInArray = function isSubstringInArray(str, arr) {
 exports.isSubstringInArray = isSubstringInArray;
 
 },{"./logger":131}]},{},[132])(132)
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
index 16204c7631..cd0838cdbd 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ exports.drawText = function(elem, textData, width) {
     //span.attr('x', textData.x);
     span.attr('x', textData.x+textData.textMargin*2);
     //span.attr('dy', textData.dy);
+    span.attr("fill", textData.fill);
     span.text(nText);
     if(typeof textElem.textwrap !== 'undefined'){
 
@@ -58,21 +59,20 @@ exports.drawText = function(elem, textData, width) {
     return textElem;
 };
 
-exports.drawLabel = function(elem , txtObject){
-    var rectData = exports.getNoteRect();
-    rectData.x = txtObject.x;
-    rectData.y = txtObject.y;
-    rectData.width = 50;
-    rectData.height = 20;
-    rectData.fill = '#526e52';
-    rectData.stroke = 'none';
-    rectData.class = 'labelBox';
-    //rectData.color = 'white';
-
-    exports.drawRect(elem, rectData);
+exports.drawLabel = function (elem, txtObject) {
+    function genPoints(x, y, width, height, cut) {
+        return x + "," + y + " " +
+            (x + width) + "," + y + " " +
+            (x + width) + "," + (y + height - cut) + " " +
+            (x + width - cut * 1.2) + "," + (y + height) + " " +
+            (x) + "," + (y + height);
+    }
+    var polygon = elem.append("polygon");
+    polygon.attr("points" , genPoints(txtObject.x, txtObject.y, 50, 20, 7));
+    polygon.attr("style", "fill:#526e52;stroke:none");
 
     txtObject.y = txtObject.y + txtObject.labelMargin;
-    txtObject.x = txtObject.x + 0.5*txtObject.labelMargin;
+    txtObject.x = txtObject.x + 0.5 * txtObject.labelMargin;
     txtObject.fill = 'white';
     exports.drawText(elem, txtObject);
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ exports.drawActivation = function(elem,bounds,verticalPos){
 exports.drawLoop = function(elem,bounds,labelText, conf){
     var g = elem.append('g');
     var drawLoopLine = function(startx,starty,stopx,stopy){
-        g.append('line')
+        return g.append('line')
             .attr('x1', startx)
             .attr('y1', starty)
             .attr('x2', stopx )
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ exports.drawLoop = function(elem,bounds,labelText, conf){
     drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.stopy , bounds.stopx , bounds.stopy );
     drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.starty, bounds.startx, bounds.stopy );
     if(typeof bounds.elsey !== 'undefined'){
-        drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.elsey, bounds.stopx, bounds.elsey );
+        drawLoopLine(bounds.startx, bounds.elsey, bounds.stopx, bounds.elsey).style('stroke-dasharray', '3, 3');
     }
 
     var txt = exports.getTextObj();
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ exports.drawLoop = function(elem,bounds,labelText, conf){
 
     exports.drawText(g,txt);
 
-    if(typeof bounds.elseText !== 'undefined') {
+    if (typeof bounds.elseText !== 'undefined' && bounds.elseText !== "") {
         txt.text = '[ ' + bounds.elseText + ' ]';
         txt.y = bounds.elsey + 1.5 * conf.boxMargin;
         exports.drawText(g, txt);
diff --git a/test/web.html b/test/web.html
index 1ea5bc5654..3634257a26 100644
--- a/test/web.html
+++ b/test/web.html
@@ -226,6 +226,22 @@ <h1>Sequence diagrams </h1>
 
     </div>
 
+    <div class="mermaid">
+        sequenceDiagram
+        loop Daily query
+            Alice->>Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
+            alt is sick
+                Bob->>Alice: Not so good :(
+            else
+                Bob->>Alice: Feeling fresh like a daisy
+            end
+        opt Extra response
+        Bob->>Alice: Thanks for asking
+        end
+
+        end
+    </div>
+
     <div  class="mermaid">
 graph LR;
                 A[Start]-->B{a = '1,2'}