--- a/lib/main.vala
+++ b/lib/main.vala
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
 
 				Pango.FontDescription description;
 				var colour = ((!) style).get_color (Gtk.StateFlags.NORMAL);
+				colour = { 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0 };
 				((!) style).get (Gtk.StateFlags.NORMAL, Gtk.STYLE_PROPERTY_FONT, out description);
 
 				var surface = new Cairo.ImageSurface (Cairo.Format.ARGB32, W, H);