NEVER MIND, USER ERROR!
I manually inspected the code (ini file) and saw other close buttons had 0,0 for size. For some reason this particular button had 18,18 size. I set to 0,0 and it works! It was really bothering me since I'm a developer too. I know you had to be using the same function.
Thanks for the code view, it's sometimes easier to work in there than the preview.