diff --git a/gui-colors.go b/gui-colors.go
index 0c77e01..60253f0 100644
--- a/gui-colors.go
+++ b/gui-colors.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pb "git.wit.com/wit/witProtobuf"
 import "git.wit.com/wit/gui"
 
 var windowsTextVeryLightGrey  = color.RGBA{10, 10, 10, 10}
-var windowsTextBlack  = color.RGBA{0, 0, 0, 0}
+var windowsTextBlack  = color.RGBA{0, 0, 0, 255}
 var windowsTextWhite  = color.RGBA{255, 255, 255, 255}
 var windowsTextYellow = color.RGBA{200, 200, 0, 200}
 var windowsTextRed    = color.RGBA{200, 0, 0, 200}